Hello Ladies,
Since many of you are praying people, I wanted to ask you all to pray for Luke today. I am taking him to a speech pathologist this afternoon for an evaluation. It is difficult to explain everything behind it, but essentially, Luke says only about four to six words at nearly 22 months old. This would not be particularly scary, since I hear late talkers are actually pretty common, but the docs seem most concerned that he used to say about 20 words at 12 months. Additionally, he now mispronouces some words that he used to say correctly. Also, it is not fair to say that he has had no development in this area. He does say two words that he did not say at 12 months, and occasionally I will SWEAR that he said something new and even two words together, but then he will never say it again.
Another issue is that it can be very difficult to get his attention. He rarely responds to his name, but does occasionally. In every other area his is reaching his milestones, and even completes cognitive tasks like shape sorter toys and wooden picture puzzles easily.
All this to say that we are having him screened today for hearing and speech. If they come up with nothing, we will probably contact his pediatrician about a developmental screening as well.
Please keep Luke in prayer today. I will write with an update later.