regarding baby question

[Rick & LeAnn Kelley]

Our older daughter spoke her first true word at eight months, our second
daughter at ten months, and our son at thirteen months.  However, he didn't
speak plainly.  We didn't worry about it, having been told that boys develop
more slowly than girls. When he was 18 months old the pediatrician
discovered our son had fluid in his ears - not from an infection, but from
allergies.  He could hear sounds, but not clearly.  They described it to us
as the same as hanging a wet towel over one's ears.  He lost those first
months of language development, and after he had tubes inserted to keep the
fluid drained, they explained to us that he would continue to learn language
in the normal process from then on, but only after his brain had developed
the rest of his language ability would it go back and pick up those pathways
which were missed the first time around.  He took a year of speech in first
grade and caught up what he still lacked.  He just graduated from law
school, so it didn't leave any lasting ill effects, but we still felt guilty
for not catching it sooner.  Any time you are in doubt about your child's
health or development, phone the pediatrician's office.

 

 



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