Are you a Parent of a Speech Delayed Child?
6 years ago, my wife delivered a bouncing baby boy.
He looked exactly like me.
I was overjoyed!
I named him after my father.
He was a happy baby in all ways and brought joy to the homestead.
2 years later though, I was a bit concerned.
The boy was not speaking.
He had hit all the physical milestones just like other infants but when it came to speech, he was not doing too well. He was also not responding to his name.
Could he be autistic?
I dug into research and recommended all the things I unearthed to my wife to do.
"Talk to him"
"Play with him"
"Read him bedtime stories"
"Take him to play with other kids"
"Give him some fish oil"
I did everything that I thought a responsible father ought to do.
He still did not talk.
6 years later, my son leads us in prayers before meals.
It has not been easy.
It has taken sacrifice and intentional actions to get the boy here.
james@themonterabbi.com
The weekly tips on speech therapy at home have helped me immensely with my child
I am happy to find an email list that I can relate with. My son is 4 years and I relate so much with what happened to your son
I am on the mission to help other parents who, just like me, have kids with speech delay issues and would like to get their kids catching up on the language milestones. Because, lets face it, it can get draining when you are all alone. But when you get a support group, you become more accountable, right?
Other than speech delay, TheMonterabbi also works with a special needs teacher, Esther Wells, who talks about autism, attention deficiency hyperactive disorder and celebral palsy.