A few
weeks ago Bug had his 2 year check with his health visitor.
We have
not seen his health visitor for quite a while now as we have had no issues and
the day the drop in clinic is open for weighing etc. is not a day when I have
access to the car to get there as Lee is in work.
Luckily
when we were given the date of his check it landed on a day when Lee would not
be in work till the evening so we had the car to get us there and Lee could
come along too. On the day he had his
assessment we headed over to the play centre where our health visitor was doing
the assessment.
When we
arrived at the play centre the health visitor was there with her assistant and
she explained that they wanted to let Bug play with the toys at the centre and
witness him playing as well as ask us a few questions about Bug and his
development.
Whilst we
were there they also wanted to weigh and measure Bug. In a moment of stillness (which is very rare
for Bug who simply does not stop for one minute normally) Bug dutifully sat on
the scales to get weighed and then laid down to get measured. Both his weight and height are in proportion
with both landing just above the 75th centile for his age on the
chart in his little red book. It does
amaze me how much Bug has grown……my little baby has grown up and is now a little
boy.
After
observing Bug play with the variety of toys at the centre and asking us a
number of questions his health visitor was happy with his development and thinking
that he is a happy, healthy little boy. Her
only concern is about Bug’s talking. He
talks a lot but even though he does say a lot of words his little talks are mostly
repeating the same old words and babbling away in his own little language. He has a few favourite words that he loves to
repeat; “car”, “dog” and “go go” being the words he loves saying most. Her concern is that his library of words is
not as extensive as the amount of words on the milestones checklist they have
for his age. Even though the amount of
words Bug speaks is not as big as they would like he does however string words
together such as “all gone”. He also
understands words, for example when listening to me he understands my
instructions such as “get me the red car” and does as asked.
For now as
he is otherwise developing as expected and has no other issues she has advised
to wait for now before intervening and see if his language skills begin to
flourish. She has decided to consult
with us again in 2-3 months to see how many words he speaks then before deciding
if he needs to be referred to a speech therapist.
I am not
overly concerned about his speech and time will tell if it is something we
should be concern about or if his language blossoms. Since going to his check he has learnt a lot
of new words already and for now his favourite word is still “car”.
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