A quick update

  Life is so busy.  I often wish that I had more time to do extra things, such as updating a blog!  Usually, though, I find myself just trying to keep up with what things are absolutely necessary, such as the never-ending laundry pile, potty training adventures, mountains of dishes, and trying to teach my kids right from wrong.  However, I will take a few minutes tonight to give everyone a quick update on Kevin's speech.

  We've been in speech therapy for 3 months now.  The therapist feels that we'll be in speech therapy for probably another 3-4 years.  The homework that she's sending home is getting progressively more difficult.  We've been encouraging Kevin to attempt some 2 syllable words, along with some basic two word combinations.

  He still says "Bah," "Dah," "Wah," and "Lah" a lot.  However, we're gradually seeing some other sounds and words creeping into his vocabulary.  Off and on, he will say basic words that are understandable to me and his dad.

Some examples of some of his two syllable words are:
 "Tato" when he wants to play with Mr. Potato head
 "Wahwah" for water
"Tay-Tay" for Tee-tee (we're potty training, remember?)
"Weh-Wuh" for Sarah
"Mah-meh" for Mommy and "Dah-deh" for Daddy
"Dora!"--his celebrity crush
"PahPah" for iPod
"Dahdoo" for thank you
Etc.

You can see in this video that he's getting more fluent with putting syllables together.  Before starting speech, he would only make one syllable sounds.  His therapist started with one syllable words, then two, and now we're trying 3.  Even though he can't really pronounce the words yet, repeating the words over and over is ear training.  If you listen closely to the video, you can hear differences in his vowel sounds and some variations in the consonants.

Slow and steady, steady and slow.  That's the way we always go!