My baby is getting tested

So my little one is 21 months old and doesn't say a whole lot, so tomorrow we begin the process of getting his speech and language development tested. The lady is coming tomorrow morning to start the enrollment process and set up an evaluation date. Then on the evaluation day, 2 ladies will come to the house and observe him for a couple of hours, and see if they would recommend a "service plan" for him. If they feel like he needs help, then they'll write the service plan of action up, and the journey of speech/language therapy (?) will begin....the whole evaluation process can take up to 45 days, but I'm hoping it won't take that long at all....that's just how much time they give you just in case they're backed up with cases and need it. Let's hope they're not backed up, shall we?

I'm kind of excited to see what the evaluation is. I mean, on one hand yes-I think my boy is a little lazy forming complete words at his age. He can get the first vowel sound and the first consonant is hit or miss....other than that, he kind of sing-songs his "sentences" with one vowel sound, but his eyes and expressions are telling me that he thinks he's saying a whole lot, and I'm just not getting it. I know he is an intelligent boy- he follows directions, he can hear, he can focus...I just think he's being lazy with his words. My husband and his family think he needs help, but the pediatrician said he's not going to be concerned about it unless he's made no progress by the time he's two. Well, that's three months from now, and we just want to get an evaluation done to see if there's anything more we could be doing right now to help him along.

So, tomorrow may be the start of an interesting journey. I'll post again when we have an idea of where things are going.

Ta-Ta, Friends.