Out of the mouths of babes

Some time the children say the strangest of things and some times they say the funniest of things.

Lets go, lets go. Rock and Roll.
Both children now declare this when anyone says anything resembling lets go. Very useful as it usually comes before activity.

Inbound
Youngest small yells this when she is sent upstairs or downstairs to tell anyone and every one that she in on her way.

Mummy on potty
Youngest small is loving parking herself on the toilet, she sometimes achieves and we are hoping it is a good sign but she has a fixation with me sitting on the potty. Despite the fact that I doubt my left bum check would fit on it.

Mummy trumped
We come across a bad smell and that seems to be the cause. Either that or someone has poo'ed. I have no idea what the fascination is but it does make me chuckle.

There are loads more and I need to start writing them down, maybe for an amusing second instalment.

But, when they came to us, oldest small came with a referral for speech and language therapy for which his initial appointment was today. We were told his appointment was due to his speech being poor prior to him being fitting with a hearing aid, oldest is profoundly deaf in one ear due to have meningitis. We had also been told that one of his problems was his speech being poor for his age.

What a difference 6 months has made as the improvement is beyond anything expected.

Today could not have gone any better. He managed to concentrate through the activities and the therapist was really impressed with his speech, the way he comprehends and can follow instructions as well as his use of descriptive language. She literally assessed him and discharged him as excellent for his age.

It all goes to show that deafness does not always have to be detrimental to speech and using the appropriate hearing aid has, for us, meant that he is not left behind his peers nor does he have to struggle to communicate with the world around him.