Deflated in California

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Hello----My name is Tricia--I have 21 month old fraternal boy twins

who havent said a word yet--Lots of " talking " --but no words. We have

been to EI, and to see a ST for an hour for a eval---When I got her

report , at the end, I saw the " A " word---not Autism the other " A "

word Apraxia. I read The LAte Talker a few months ago after starting

to be concerned--and I remember thinking " God, Please let it NOT be

that " ! And then I saw that report--that they would need to rule out

Apraxia and Oral motor. We are currently close to starting ST---but I

am so torn-------I belong to a support group for moms with multiples

where I live and I got so many emails that all these twins in the

group didnt start talking until 2.5 or 3 years old and not to

worry---but I cant think of anything else--It keeps me up at night.

My day is aleady so hard, I shiver with the thought of them BOTH

having this problem---how will I manage when I can barely take them to

the park by myself. No kids in our families had any speech delays

ever----what did I do wrong? I am just DYING to hear " mommy " ---I

cried so hard on Mothers Day, because they couldnt say it. I think

there were 2 things that red flagged them during the eval---the

drooling while concentrating on a task and the huge gap between their

recepting and expressive---but all the other mommies from my group

said their twins also understood, but just didnt talk. Are there kids

that just " talk late " and are fine? Im so, so confused-----Thanks for

listening