Help adding beginning sounds to words!

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I need help! I'm new around here and figured that y'all might be able to help me

out (I'm sure you'll have some great suggestions). So, please bear with me while

I tell you my dilemma.

My son is not quite 2 1/2, but has the diagnosis of apraxia. He receives speech

3x a week, but we are having trouble. He is expanding his vocabulary, but will

not put the beginning sounds of words on (unless they begin with a vowel, like

" out, " " in, " etc.). We were trying to get him to say things like " bye " by

telling him to make the B sounds, then the ending, but then the word comes out

" buh-eye, " which isn't right either. The speech therapist said maybe trying to

make him position his lips together and press hard to make the B sound before

the word would be better, but he gets so mad at us because HE thinks that he's

doing a great job saying the word and he is mad that we aren't happy with it. I

understand his frustration because he has come so far and is doing great....with

the endings, at least. I don't know how to get him to understand that we are

proud of the endings he's attemtping, but also to understand that he needs to

get the beginnings of the words too---and how to get him to put those beginnings

on without them sounding incorrect (like buh-eye).

Any help or tips, or things that you've done to help your child(ren) would be

greatly appreciated. Thanks!