Who has 2 or more kids with speech difficulties?

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracey...

I have three children...my oldest (TARA 8yrs.) is from a previous marriage

and she has NEVER had any issues with talking....my middle child (NATHAN

3.7yrs.) has Apraxia... then last but not least is my youngest (JACKSON

15mnths.) we

haven't had him looked at but I feel that something may be wrong...he hasn't

had any first words yet, although he has recently started to babble...but no

" words " as of yet. This could very well be a paranoid mother " looking " for

something too...just due to his older brother having apraxia. Just on the safe

side

I'm keeping a close eye on him anyway!!!

Good luck on whatever you decide to do!!!

Mandy

[Guest guest]

Both of our adopted kids, ages 4 and 5 have speech problems... 2 different

things, but both need speech....Debbie, and the second one has sensory issues

too.....

Debbie

[Guest guest]

My 3 1/2 yr old apraxic son is by far the greater challenge of my 2 kids,

but my daughter also has a few speech issues. She was a 'late talker' and

was not really intelligible until she was over three. Her articulation was

very poor but did improve as she got older, w/ no therapy. She still has

trouble w/ her R's, and sometimes L's. She is now in 1st grade and they

are about to evaluate her again to see if she qualifies for speech

therapy-- she was 'borderline' last year so we chose to wait and see if she

would progress on her own. Since she hasn't, she may qualify for speech

now, since by age 7 they are supposed to have R's mastered. She is

extremely bright and is reading at a 2nd grade level, but her R trouble is

starting to affect the way she tries to spell words-- 'wele' for really

etc--so i hope she gets some therapy this year.

I sort of feel in my heart that if I had a third, there would be some

speech issues in that kid as well! But i guess you never know. Every

child comes w/ their own set of circumstances. Good luck w/ whatever you

decide!

-Lis, Brittany and

At 02:46 PM 10/13/2003, you wrote:

>Hi!

>This may have been done before but I wanted to just take a quick

>survey of the amount of people who have more than one child with

>speech issues. We are considering having another child but want to

>be thoughtful about it. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!

>~Tracey

[Guest guest]

I had my daughter evaluated by EIP when she was 17 months old b/c she rarely

said Mama and nothing else. My son said about 10 words at that age. They

determined she had mild hypotonia and a speech delay and she began S.T. and

O.T. (I started her on Pro-EFA 4/10/03 too!). Today she is doing great! I

think she'll be finished with therapy be the end of the year.

[ ] Who has 2 or more kids with speech

difficulties?

> Hi!

> This may have been done before but I wanted to just take a quick

> survey of the amount of people who have more than one child with

> speech issues. We are considering having another child but want to

> be thoughtful about it. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!

> ~Tracey

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I have 3 children. My oldest, Katelyn 12yo, was a late talker; Although, by

3 she was talking above her age level. Chase 3.3yo is apraxic and Gage 2.0yo

is not talking yet. He has about 6 words (ma-ma, da-da, bye-bye, ut-uh,

yum-ney, awe-da for all done) at this point, but he babbles all the time. We

have not had evaluated yet, we're hoping he is just a late talker.

Kris

[ ] Who has 2 or more kids with speech

difficulties?

> Hi!

> This may have been done before but I wanted to just take a quick

> survey of the amount of people who have more than one child with

> speech issues. We are considering having another child but want to

> be thoughtful about it. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!

> ~Tracey

>

>

[Guest guest]

We have three kids and our youngest daughter is the only one with gross

and fine motor, speech, and visual issues (strabismus). Good luck with

your decision.

Kitty

[ ] Who has 2 or more kids with speech

difficulties?

Hi!

This may have been done before but I wanted to just take a quick

survey of the amount of people who have more than one child with

speech issues. We are considering having another child but want to

be thoughtful about it. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!

~Tracey

[Guest guest]

I don't know how helpful this will be but I have 4 children. Firstborn

had/has major speech, language issues and sensory issues, second born

required some help for the " s " sound only in first grade, third child had

expressive language delay with sensory issues and fourthborn had no speech

or language issues.

Annemarie

No matter the storm, when you're with God there's always a rainbow at the

end

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracey

I have 3 children, only 1 has apraxia.

~K

[ ] Who has 2 or more kids with speech

difficulties?

Hi!

This may have been done before but I wanted to just take a quick

survey of the amount of people who have more than one child with

speech issues. We are considering having another child but want to

be thoughtful about it. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!

~Tracey

[Guest guest]

I have a 5 1/2 year old who has apraxia and a 2 1/2 year old diagnosed at

this time with a phonological disorder. (Also a 7 year old with no speech

problem) On Apraxia-kids website there is research going on in Pittsburgh

for Molecular genetics of apraxia. The study can be mailed to your home to

complete. Downfall--The results of the study will not be shared with you. I

am going to participate in the study to do my part for science and our

children's future. I assume though, if you are deciding to have another

child but are concerned about them, you could seek genetic counseling at a

nearby hospital.

[Guest guest]

I have 6 boys...............ny my oldest had a slight speech problem but

by 4th grade he graduated out of speech, has some dypraxia but also

graduated out of speech by 4th grade, no issues at all... is my

son with the apraxia...........he still recieves speech, no disorder,

and I wouldn't be able to tell you since he is only 8 months old...He

days say dada, hi, baba, yeah ( no kidding).............would I of not had

the last 2 if I tought they would of had a issues yes I would of anyway.

There are the new formula's out now with the DHA and ARA that I has helped

in many ways. He is well advance for his age....

Diane a SAHM (and Proud of it) to ny 18, 17, 15,.JACOB 13,

11 and 7 months

[Guest guest]

Jeni: I have 3 kids. The oldest has no speech issues. My middle

daughter had speech delay/articulation issues and ADHD. My youngest

is the one with verbal apraxia and doing better each day.

The study sounds very interesting, however, I would definitely want

to know the results. It would not help me to decide any more kids

for my husband and I, we are done! But I think our 2 speech

delayed kids deserve to know. They both know about their respective

issues, but not whether or not it is genetic and may pass to their

kids. Perhaps when they get older, that issue will come up.

Please let us know how it goes and if it is tough to do.

Kim

> I have a 5 1/2 year old who has apraxia and a 2 1/2 year old

diagnosed at

> this time with a phonological disorder. (Also a 7 year old with no

speech

> problem) On Apraxia-kids website there is research going on in

Pittsburgh

> for Molecular genetics of apraxia. The study can be mailed to your

home to

> complete. Downfall--The results of the study will not be shared

with you. I

> am going to participate in the study to do my part for science and

our

> children's future. I assume though, if you are deciding to have

another

> child but are concerned about them, you could seek genetic

counseling at a

> nearby hospital.

[Guest guest]

Tracey,

I have 2 children with apraxia, 5 and 4. The younger child also has hypotonia

and also receives physical therapy. Since mine were so close together I didn't

even realize that my oldest had apraxia, we just knew he wasn't talking. By the

time we got the diagnosis, at age 2, my youngest was 14 months. We got him

evaluated and began intensive therapy right away. So the only good thing about

having two with apraxia, you already know the signs and know what needs to be

done to get therapies started. My speech therapist thought I was crazy when I

said that I thought my youngest one had apraxia too but both children have

profound speech impairments.

Good luck on your decision.