A step back

[Guest guest]

I know we all have good intensions here, but does anyone here

actually take a step back and wonder if everything we are doing is

really necessary. My child has a significant speech delay. The

speech pathologist says that yes he is probably apraxic. He is only

two. I am going through Early Intervension for the speech. I thought

he sat a little strange and I brought it to their attention. Well in

the last month (we just started in January) they have told me he

might have a mild case of cerebral palsy. This week they say it

might be a mild form of Spina Bifida. They have told me I might want

to see the pediatric neurologist. I here in these groups to give my

child fish oil. I see everyone labeling your children into people

who will forever be giving excuses for their behavior and popping

pills to cure normal behavior. I know there are some real issues

that some children have I am not talking about those cases, which

are rare. We should be very careful how we handle our own cases.

SOme of you post here numerous times looking for answers, look

within yourself it is your child. I think that doctors and

therapists are way to quick to write in some off the wall diagnoses.

When there possibly could be nothing wrong. The research on fish oil

for speech delays is not significant enough for me. My child may

never talk like everyone else. I am still taking him to speech

therapy and working a lot at home. We are in a time when society

feels like if people are not like everyone else then they are

abnormal, which is is very sad. Listen to your heart, I am not

saying do nothing, but just take it slow. Take a step back and think

is this really something that I should do to my child. Should I be

the one to disable him with a label?