Apraxia/late talkers and shyness

[Guest guest]

To jump in with the shy part. Tanner too was not the type of child

to lash out when he was frustrated from not being able to speak -he

was definitely the type that would go into a corner or into a shell

if he was not comfortable.

That was then before therapy and EFAs. Today -after what I posted

this morning about the 'how to make it rain' story, something else

happened to show a real change from the past. Tanner's regular bus

driver was out sick today so he had two different sub drivers -one

who picked him up this morning and a different one that brought him

home this afternoon. When I got him off the bus the driver who I

never met before (he told me he was new) said " Your son is so

entertaining -he talked to me the whole way home and directed me and

told me which way to turn to get to his house " And then even better -

(he said quietly) " I hope you don't mind me asking -but why does

your son go to that school " (Tanner goes to a preschool that is for

hearing impaired children that is heavy speech based)

Yeah!!!!!

So yes, the shyness does go away as the speech comes in, or at least

it did for Tanner.

Which inspired me to my suggested future Surgeon General's Warning

about EFAs:

*****Surgeon General's Warning*****

Giving your late talker child EFAs may give all of those people who

said " Don't worry he's just a late talker " the ability to be able to

say " See I told you so " a few weeks or months later.

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[Guest guest]

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Is there an EFA that is fish protein-free? It could take a month to a month

and a half to get the allergy test and then the results back on my son,

Wiley. I am so terribly allergic to fish that my husband kissed my neck

after eating sushi and my whole body broke out in hives! So I'm a little

nervous about how Wiley might react to the stuff, though he is not allergic

to chicken and I can die from the stuff. Maybe I could get him started on

a fish free EFA until the results are back? Any info you might have would

be great!

Betsy

P.S. Great news all around on your son! Isn't it great when something GOOD

happens?? Your whole world brightens!