Re: Re: will making attempts eventually become successful?

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Hi Carolyn,

I would be glad to share with you how my son was before the Efalex. I love

to talk about it to anyone who listens without doubt about the strides he

has made on EFA's!

I started Liam on Efalex in June (2y and 4months) when someone mentioned the

word apraxia to me and told me about the site. I immediately knew after

reading the symptoms that Liam has apraxia.

Recently I was watching a video from this July and I heard myself say Liam

said " I wet " for him to say that was a huge ordeal. That was after a month

and a half I think. I was shocked watching the video. It just refreshes

how far he has come. The first time he said Thank you I started crying.

Liam had words and then would lose them. He use to say duck,juice,baba,

elmo 1x and water 1x. These words came and went. He use to repeat

bop,bop,bop,bop or dat,dat, dat ,dat. It seems like he knew what he was

saying but it would not come out right. At a year I would ask him where is

the computer,clock and other numerous items and he would point right at them

and ah. Ironically my Dr. told me he would probably talk early. He also

new all of his shapes young but of course could not say them. There was a

great difference between his receptive and expressive language. I love to

hear his voice now.

When liam started the Efalex he was only saying mama , dada and bebe (for

baby)of course dat, and bop,bop. He did also make some animal sounds. Those

were approximations. I remember somewhere in the beginning of him starting

efalex he said dragon when Dragon Tales came on. He started to blow better

and stop drooling. Liam mouthed everything and drooled continually. I had

a set of mouth toys for him just so he could get the stimulation he needed

with appropriate toys.

/Now seven and a half months later I am amazed. I now have new wonders

about how far he will go. His articulation is a big concern and I wonder

about this SLI. I still continue to see improvement though and am sooo

thankful for that. I still have days when I worry, worry worry about his

future. I love to read about Khalid, s son and hope Liam future can be

as bright as his. I believe Liam has " pure apraxia " as he is very

coordinated and shows no other problems. He is a wonderful easy going

little guy who rolls with the punches. I believe this will help him get

where he wants to go in life. He never ceases to amaze me.

I have run on far too long. THanks for listening. If you have any other

questions I can help you with please feel free to ask. The hardest part

about starting the EFA's is having patience.

H

>From: aigjr@...

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>Subject: [ ] Re: will making attempts eventually become

>successful?

>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:12:46 EST

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>, congratulations. You must feel like floating on air. Could you

>tell

>me what your son sounded like or acted before supplementing with efelex?

>Thanks, ,Carolyn

>

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[Guest guest]

Carolyn,

I forgot to mention that Liam started signing and this really helped until

he could say the word. He would sign and then began signing and saying the

word and finally dropped signing. To this day though I still sign quite

often. He had very limited sounds and still now can not stick his tongue

to lick his lips. Hope this helps!

>From: aigjr@...

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>Subject: [ ] Re: will making attempts eventually become

>successful?

>Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 16:12:46 EST

>

>, congratulations. You must feel like floating on air. Could you

>tell

>me what your son sounded like or acted before supplementing with efelex?

>Thanks, ,Carolyn

>

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