Re: One more ?

[Guest guest]

Hi

Many people even the slp for the school system have commented that 3years 4

months looks like a baby still. He is small for his age, in the 10th

percentile. But his face still has the baby look, my guess it is the muscle

tone. It is very round & chubby cheeked. He weighs around 28 lbs. but just has

that all around round look. We are trying to get in with a dev. ped. I have

many questions for him. Not sure if has problems in this area. We have

had many bad accidents more than my other boys when they were young. He has

knocked out one of his front teeth ( I feel robbed of the beautiful smile) &

have had stitches just under the eye. Just seems clumsy. Just don't know about

all this stuff, looking for so many answers......

Tammy mom to 3 apraxia

Hello everyone,

STacy again. The Dev Ped said something else that I have some questions about.

He said Graham looked younger than his chronological age. It just struck me

funny that he would actually say that. I am not upset or anything I was just

wondering if this is common?

Just a comment, I have e-mailed my husband some of yall's responses to my last

question. He is real impressed with this group. He really has enjoyed all the

positive feedback we have recieved.

Dr. Lavemann, He also says thanks for the explanation of the diagnosis! That

helped him alot.

Thanks so much,

,

Mom to Graham 4.4 apraxic and two other wonderful children

[Guest guest]

Hi :

Sorry about the delay in response - I was on vacation for the last

two weeks.

The fact that he " looked younger " than his chronologic age to the DP

could be one of many things - his physical parameters (height,

weight, dentition, etc) or his demeanor (which is influenced by

language, both expressive and nonverbal) or his behaviors. We all

associate certain behaviors and demeanors with certain age groups

(for example " terrible twos " ).

Of course, I wasn't there, so I cannot say for sure, but probably

this is what the DP was referring to.

Larry Laveman,MD

Medical Consultant, CHERAB

http://www.apraxia.cc

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" Hello everyone,

STacy again. The Dev Ped said something else that I have some

questions about. He said Graham looked younger than his

chronological age. It just struck me funny that he would actually

say that. I am not upset or anything I was just wondering if this is

common?

Just a comment, I have e-mailed my husband some of yall's responses

to my last question. He is real impressed with this group. He

really has enjoyed all the positive feedback we have recieved.

Dr. Lavemann, He also says thanks for the explanation of the

diagnosis! That helped him alot.

Thanks so much,

,

Mom to Graham 4.4 apraxic and two other wonderful children "