We really shouldn't compare

Veronica is very verbal. I can’t even count the number of words she knows, and she has been talking in sentences (she averages three to five words now) for more than a month. She also speaks fairly clearly, so we generally can figure out what she is saying without too much trouble. 

A typical morning with Veronica will start with her coming downstairs and saying, “Good morning Mommy. How are you?” (I’m not sure whether she understands what she’s asking with the how are you, or if she just knows that’s what people ask each other … but she does ask.) She still doesn’t use verbs consistently (Roni shoes on. Go outside.) But she is capable of explaining fairly complicated ideas already. 

Colin, on the other hand, has a good vocabulary but is very hard to understand when he speaks. Part of that is because he almost always has his hand in his mouth, but he also tends to drop either the first or last part of the words. He also typically still only uses single words and really isn’t putting words together into sentences (two word or otherwise) yet. 

So during Colin’s six-month EI evaluation, I asked about getting him evaluated for speech again. The speech therapist came out this afternoon and spent some time playing with Colin (during which she is doing her evaluation).

The speech therapist told John she would imagine it’s hard not to compare Colin and Veronica, but that he is on target (for his actual age) for speech. Veronica is just a verbal overachiever. 

So yeah! We won’t be adding another therapy session to our weeks. We will, however, do a follow-up in three months to make sure Colin is still progressing on schedule. Because, hey, that’s what you do when you have a crew following your child’s development.