I’ve been brainstorming this month and decided that on Fridays I will share the highs and lows of our week with apraxia. This week has definitely had its ups and downs. On Monday and Tuesday, Jake’s speech pretty much disappeared, which upset me. He replaced all of his words with “mama,” the cure-all word for everything. On …
In the spring of last year, I had started beginning to accept that Jake was going to need extra help in learning how to talk and therefore, stopped our sporadic coaching sessions from Babies Can’t Wait and sought out a private therapist. This was the true beginning of my quest for answers to the question …
Only a mother of an apraxic child would dream of the day when her little one can say “no.” I’m sure all mothers will agree that this can be the most annoying word … ever. Especially when it’s often misused by defiant, stubborn toddlers who pronounce the /n/ perfectly in a louder than necessary tone. …
After spending half of November and most of December flying high because of Jake’s speech explosion, last week the familiar feel of fear snuck up on me again. After a laid- back holiday schedule, Jake’s speech regressed and my aggressive mama bear maternal instinct kicked in and I went into instant fix-it mode. My child …
First, God created man, then woman, then babies … and a whole lot of stuff in between. A few centuries later, we also learned that it was in His master plan for babies to speak certain sounds first. This fact may be common knowledge to some people, but to me, I never thought twice about …
Jake's Journey with Apraxia 