Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 My son Lucas is 2yr 2 mos. His Early Intervention speech therapist and a private speech therapist who recently did an evaluation both believe Lucas may have apraxia, so we're treating it as such until we figure out otherwise. Make sense? LOL Anyway, I'm no stranger to special needs (my 11 y.o. DS has Asperger's and Selective Mutism and my 9 y.o. DS has Tourette's, OCD, and ADD) as there seems to be a bad neurological gene in our family pool! I hope to learn more about what apraxia really looks like in real life, as opposed to what all the books say it looks like. I live in southern NJ with DH and our 3 boys. Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 hi tony, you must be a busy woman!!! hmmmm what it looks like....well def with my child, he has very disordered speech, forget to put first sound on words, will kind of clam up with put under pressure to talk or just say something wrong if commanded to do something. he used to just say daba when asked to say anything under command hope this helped chris mythreesuns_93 <tonigurn@...> wrote: My son Lucas is 2yr 2 mos. His Early Intervention speech therapist and a private speech therapist who recently did an evaluation both believe Lucas may have apraxia, so we're treating it as such until we figure out otherwise. Make sense? LOL Anyway, I'm no stranger to special needs (my 11 y.o. DS has Asperger's and Selective Mutism and my 9 y.o. DS has Tourette's, OCD, and ADD) as there seems to be a bad neurological gene in our family pool! I hope to learn more about what apraxia really looks like in real life, as opposed to what all the books say it looks like. I live in southern NJ with DH and our 3 boys. Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Thanks, that does help a bit. As far as Lucas goes, he's been slow to learn words, and often loses them after learning them. New words usually have to be prompted before he'll say them again, otherwise they just sound like " uh uh ah " . I just noticed recently that though he's said " bah " for a long time to mean " bus " and has said " bus " correctly once, now he says " buff " . Plus, it seems that once he learns the sign for a word (we started teaching him signs a few months ago to reduce frustration) he'll give up the verbal word. After learning about apraxia, and listening more closely to his speech, I realized that Lucas is saying FAR MORE than we ever thought he did, if you consider that he takes the consonants out of almost every word. We have no idea what he's saying, but he's talking up a storm! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 You just described my son. His " word " at two years, 0 months, is " a " . It means " Aquafresh " . He mouths other words, but no sounds come out. We just started the Pro-EFA last night. I told my husband that we needed to prick a hole in the capsule and squeeze it in the food, but he said " Don't be ridiculous " . He gave my son the capsule and a glass of water, and down it went. I was shocked how easy it was, and my son was so proud. More on results, if any, later. > > Thanks, that does help a bit. > > As far as Lucas goes, he's been slow to learn words, and often loses > them after learning them. New words usually have to be prompted > before he'll say them again, otherwise they just sound like " uh uh > ah " . > > I just noticed recently that though he's said " bah " for a long time > to mean " bus " and has said " bus " correctly once, now he > says " buff " . Plus, it seems that once he learns the sign for a > word (we started teaching him signs a few months ago to reduce > frustration) he'll give up the verbal word. > > After learning about apraxia, and listening more closely to his > speech, I realized that Lucas is saying FAR MORE than we ever > thought he did, if you consider that he takes the consonants out of > almost every word. We have no idea what he's saying, but he's > talking up a storm! LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Your son is 2? Be very careful with the capsule if he is that young. It truly is a serious choking risk - even if he seems to easily handle it on many occasions. Its that one time it goes down the wrong way that's the problem. Way too dangerous to risk it. - [ ] Re: Hello, I'm new! You just described my son. His " word " at two years, 0 months, is " a " . It means " Aquafresh " . He mouths other words, but no sounds come out. We just started the Pro-EFA last night. I told my husband that we needed to prick a hole in the capsule and squeeze it in the food, but he said " Don't be ridiculous " . He gave my son the capsule and a glass of water, and down it went. I was shocked how easy it was, and my son was so proud. More on results, if any, later. > > Thanks, that does help a bit. > > As far as Lucas goes, he's been slow to learn words, and often loses > them after learning them. New words usually have to be prompted > before he'll say them again, otherwise they just sound like " uh uh > ah " . > > I just noticed recently that though he's said " bah " for a long time > to mean " bus " and has said " bus " correctly once, now he > says " buff " . Plus, it seems that once he learns the sign for a > word (we started teaching him signs a few months ago to reduce > frustration) he'll give up the verbal word. > > After learning about apraxia, and listening more closely to his > speech, I realized that Lucas is saying FAR MORE than we ever > thought he did, if you consider that he takes the consonants out of > almost every word. We have no idea what he's saying, but he's > talking up a storm! LOL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 We were told to prick the capsule and empty it into applesauce or yogurt. We haven't started it yet. I have to order it still, but it's not as easy as it sounds to order it! There are so many variations, a " Jr. " dose, etc... But she told us to order the ProEFA and didn't mention any Jr. so I guess we'll just go with that to start. > > Your son is 2? Be very careful with the capsule if he is that young. It > truly is a serious choking risk - even if he seems to easily handle it on > many occasions. Its that one time it goes down the wrong way that's the > problem. Way too dangerous to risk it. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 You can order pro-EFA capsules or liquid. The juniors (omega 3/6/9) are chewable - that is what I give my 4 and 7 year olds. I've heard from others that the regular capsules are also chewable. Omega 3/6/9 is exactly the same formula as the pro-EFA, but much cheaper in the liquid form. I agree - its very confusing when you first get on the site because there are so many options. This is why we originally ordered berry keen (cod liver oil) - it was the only one that seemed marketed for kids. That was the wrong choice - but we are now using omega 3/6/9. Hope this helps. - [ ] Re: Hello, I'm new! We were told to prick the capsule and empty it into applesauce or yogurt. We haven't started it yet. I have to order it still, but it's not as easy as it sounds to order it! There are so many variations, a " Jr. " dose, etc... But she told us to order the ProEFA and didn't mention any Jr. so I guess we'll just go with that to start. > > Your son is 2? Be very careful with the capsule if he is that young. It > truly is a serious choking risk - even if he seems to easily handle it on > many occasions. Its that one time it goes down the wrong way that's the > problem. Way too dangerous to risk it. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks! I'll try to figure it out again this evening when I'm home. > > > > Your son is 2? Be very careful with the capsule if he is that > young. It > > truly is a serious choking risk - even if he seems to easily > handle it on > > many occasions. Its that one time it goes down the wrong way > that's the > > problem. Way too dangerous to risk it. - > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 My 32 mo ds is a resistent eater so we prick the capsule and squeeze it into a 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon and put it in his mouth near the back of his cheek. (Have a rag handy!) Most of it seems to go down without him either vomiting or spitting it out since it's a thin lemon flavored thin oil. At first we gave our son orange flavored Coromega but since it is thicker he was able to spit it out easier. I can't get my son to eat reliably so putting the oil from his ProEFA capsule in food or drink does not work for us. (I even tried giving his 6, 8, and 9yo siblings a dosage but he didn't want to imitate them!) Best wishes to you! Sincerely, Debra > > You can order pro-EFA capsules or liquid. The juniors (omega 3/6/9) are chewable - that is what I give my 4 and 7 year olds. I've heard from others that the regular capsules are also chewable. > > Omega 3/6/9 is exactly the same formula as the pro-EFA, but much cheaper in the liquid form. I agree - its very confusing when you first get on the site because there are so many options. This is why we originally ordered berry keen (cod liver oil) - it was the only one that seemed marketed for kids. That was the wrong choice - but we are now using omega 3/6/9. Hope this helps. - > > > [ ] Re: Hello, I'm new! > > > We were told to prick the capsule and empty it into applesauce or > yogurt. We haven't started it yet. I have to order it still, but > it's not as easy as it sounds to order it! There are so many > variations, a " Jr. " dose, etc... > > But she told us to order the ProEFA and didn't mention any Jr. so I > guess we'll just go with that to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Thanks! I guess I'm lucky...we have NO TROUBLE getting Lucas to eat. I'm going to try at first to put it in his morning juice. He finishes that off most every day, and if I only fill the cup half- way he'd be sure to finish it off. Plus, Lucas LOVES lemons! LOL > > My 32 mo ds is a resistent eater so we prick the capsule and squeeze > it into a 1/4 teaspoon measuring spoon and put it in his mouth near > the back of his cheek. (Have a rag handy!) Most of it seems to go > down without him either vomiting or spitting it out since it's a > thin lemon flavored thin oil. At first we gave our son orange > flavored Coromega but since it is thicker he was able to spit it out > easier. I can't get my son to eat reliably so putting the oil from > his ProEFA capsule in food or drink does not work for us. (I even > tried giving his 6, 8, and 9yo siblings a dosage but he didn't want > to imitate them!) > > Best wishes to you! Sincerely, Debra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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