So its horrible. I'm an english major and my children's articulation is horrible. I don't know why, I talk to them alot! Now if you ask my mom, she'll say I don't. I don't know why, but it just feels weird to have a running conversation or sing to my children in front of people. So I don't.
But at home... all day.... alone.... they are the only three people I can talk to.
Billy went in last week to get his evaluation done. He has articulation problems, duh, I know that. When he says "Mommy, I brought your phone." It really sounds like "Mommeee, I bought yer bone." I can correct him till I'm blue in the face, and it accomplishes nothing.
But!! I do get boasting skills... as Ms. Sue was testing his vocabulary to see where he stood on that scale... she started... he answered.... "Oh, Mom, just so you know we are already at age 6." and I'm thinking what the hell does that mean? Am I supposed to be shocked that my kids knows all these words? If he didn't, I would be shocked. Of course he knows body parts, animals, and activities....
"Ok, we are at 10." What? "oh, it means he has the vocabulary of a 10 year old child." Ok.
He's 4... almost 5.
"We're at 12, now" .... then he got envelope wrong... he knows what an envelope is. He always checks the mail with my brother.
13....
and he finally got 5 wrong in a row, so she stopped the test. My 4 1/2 year old recognizes objects and words that a 13 year old should know.
WOO HOO....
So, then I call Tri care and run around with them on the phone, because they have managed to send my boys to two different locations. So we get it squared away. And I take Beau in this morning.
Literally, I have to carry him in. He had decided last night, that he was going to stay up after mommie went to bed. So I put all my kids to sleep and then went to my room to lay down. I can hear my kid playing Dora on the computer in the living room.
He crawls into my bed a little after 2 am... and this morning at 8, he doesn't want to wake up. No surprise. So I take him to the therapists and he's kinda like, "hmmm, I just wanna go back to bed." Then she starts the questions and words games and he perks up. He loves these games at home.
So then she tells him, he doesn't have to say the words anymore, he has to point to the picture... but thats not what he wants to do. He wants to tell her what every picture in the squares are... She's trying to hurry the test along because she remembers how long Billy took.
So, then... he gets bored. If he can't tell you what he wants to tell you, then you can just go away. She asks him what a shoulder is... he points to the hand... she asks him on another page what the elbow is... he points to the wrist. What's the panda? He points to the other animals and tells the names... she asks to point to the panda... he flops his finger on the page, rolls his eyes at her... then looks at me and says he wants the ipad. I've offically given up at this point, I already know he's done. Boo is in the room with us and she knows he's done. She has sat down at the table because Ms. Sue told her she would let her answer a few questions... so she's waiting.
So I know my 3 year old made it to at least 6 year old vocabulary... what the actual test would have been... no clue. but that's my stubborn evil genius for ya. ;)
