Stuttering

Recently, you started to stutter. Originally, it was during moments of pause for thought collection. Then I noticed that it became worse. To the point of stuttering at the beginning of every word of a sentence. Even though, all the research that I did and Drs. that I spoke to tried to reassure me that it wasn't me that did this to you, my heart told me differently. My heart said, "I caused this to happen". I felt that I caused unnecessary stress and anxiety to you which had an effect on your verbalization skills.

After having you tested with the speech pathologist at school and reviewing her diagnosis of "blocking" and suggested therapy, I opted to delay treatment temporarily to see if my hypothesis was correct. Sure enough, after only 3 weeks of creating a calmer environment, less stress and making the decision in my head that nothing else was more important that you (meaning that work, chores, errands, and friends were going to take a backseat) the stuttering cleared up almost immediately.

Goes to show you, that some times you have to listen to your heart. Only you know your child the most. Not to say that I do not follow Dr. Yee's advice (with this exception, I have always followed his advice) but some times it's ok to listen to your instincts and test it.

Now for my own self growth, I have to learn to be a calmer person and learn to roll with the punches and say "it's ok if such and such doesn't get done" because it clearly has an effect on you.

Closet Full of Towels

This afternoon, I was putting some of the beach towels away in the closet. I began to mumble to myself, "We have too many towels, they don't fit." Sure enough, without hesitation, you said "Mom... you need space savers". Naturally, Daddy and I just giggled because of the power of marketing and commercials. Wow... maybe it's time that we back away from the TV. LOL