Okay so having a son with a language disorder isn't always easy, but most of the time since he is my only child and I don't have anything to compare too, parenting and being his mother comes mostly pretty easy except for a few things.
This morning it is my weekend day to get up. (Sundays are mine, yeah we don't go to church you found me out.) My husband nuged me to get up as the dog was whining to go out. What I didn't hear was Will who every morning wakes me up to whatever TV show dialog he is running through his head. So I let the dog out come back upstairs to find him awake and wrapped up in his blankets. He just looked at me and said "sleepy". Now this is a good indicator he is not feeling well as he is always up and perky in the morning. After he asks me to snuggle, which I do for about 15 minutes I get him to go downstairs where he again wants to snuggle and he falls asleep for another hour with me on the couch.
So you are probably wondering how this is harder than any other 4 years old child. Here is where it gets more difficult. Will can not tell me what is wrong when he is sick. If his nose is running he says its "stuffy" and gets me a kleenex to wipe it, but other than that I am on my own to figure out if he has an upset stomach (a symptom I usually do not discover until he vomits - like this morning), a sore throat (he stops eating, but this could be for the tummy too) or whatever else a 4 year old germ magnet could have.
Luckily for me I have been able to at least comfort him which I think more than anything other than Advil or Tylenol is what all mothers do with a sick kid. Lets hope he is better tomorrow.
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Hey Will's Mom! I think I know you. :) From the NLT group. I have google alerts pop up when any blogs have "late talker" in them, so I found your blog that way.
Anyway, just wanted to say...it will get better - I promise! My LT is 5.5 now and I still can't believe how much he's changed in just the last 6 months, let alone the last 1.5 years! 3.5 to 4.5 was the absolute hardest for us. My advice to you is to hunker down, thumb your nose at "norms," and just enjoy your little boy. Some of these things just go away with time. Just enjoy the ride. The high points are WELL worth the low points. I thank God every day that He made Ethan the way he is. I know to the depth of my soul that it's the way that He wanted Ethan's life to go. I can't wait to see what He has planned. :)
xxBig hugsxx
Missy you totally found me! I never thought of Google alerts. I just started this blog this week so I could vent all my issues without complaining to the same group of friends all the time, plus it is nice to get it all out.
Hopefully I can chronicle our journey and bring hope to others behind me. (Like Ethan does for me know :-)
Hi, I found you from the NT board also. My son wakes up talking about TV show dialog too! I'll be asleep and he will come in bed with a toy and say "Knit Knots gets stuck...Nina come help" (Imagination Movers) It's not the same thing always...but he does talk about his shows in the morning...and not that much at other times.
oops! I meant LT.
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