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Sep. 25th, 2007 11:26 amSo, we had the kids' doctor's appointments today. It was a stressful experience. Lorrie had 3 shots, and Wesley had 2 shots and a lead test -- blood drawn. He was not a fan of this, and he bled kind of a lot. I am not good with needles in my own right, so seeing this done to my kids is hard, especially when they scream and scream and scream about it, which they both did today. Lorrie wouldn't even nurse to calm down afterwards. She just screamed. It was horrible.
They're growing well; Lorrie is 22 inches and 10 pounds exactly, and Wesley is 3 ft 1/2 inch and 29.6 pounds. Everything was hunky-dory with their physicals.
The doctor asked all the developmental questions, and when we mentioned that Wesley is sometimes a bit sloppy with his pronunciation, she recommended giving Early Intervention a call. I'm a little torn on this. The big thing is that I find it kind of ridiculous. Wesley is 25 months old, and has a speaking vocabulary of, I think, well over 500 words. The fact that he's a bit casual about pronouncing them -- which is something my whole family is working with him on -- is hardly something that should require trained professionals to OMG FIX NOW.
On the other hand, it's not like they're recommending medication or anything -- just having him and us meet with someone to try and get over this. I think I am mostly resisting because I know way too many people who have gone through Early Intervention (it seems entirely too common these days in this area) and because, frankly, it sets a bad precedent. My family have all had minor learning issues, and we've all just learned our own coping mechanisms. It smacks of special needs stuff to me, and feels like the kind of entitlement I've always resisted -- kids who really have absolutely nothing significant wrong with them getting special concessions and special treatment that the world as a whole will never give them. Is this the first step on some kind of slippery slope?
I have the number, but I don't know if I'll call it. Blarg. Conflicted.
They're growing well; Lorrie is 22 inches and 10 pounds exactly, and Wesley is 3 ft 1/2 inch and 29.6 pounds. Everything was hunky-dory with their physicals.
The doctor asked all the developmental questions, and when we mentioned that Wesley is sometimes a bit sloppy with his pronunciation, she recommended giving Early Intervention a call. I'm a little torn on this. The big thing is that I find it kind of ridiculous. Wesley is 25 months old, and has a speaking vocabulary of, I think, well over 500 words. The fact that he's a bit casual about pronouncing them -- which is something my whole family is working with him on -- is hardly something that should require trained professionals to OMG FIX NOW.
On the other hand, it's not like they're recommending medication or anything -- just having him and us meet with someone to try and get over this. I think I am mostly resisting because I know way too many people who have gone through Early Intervention (it seems entirely too common these days in this area) and because, frankly, it sets a bad precedent. My family have all had minor learning issues, and we've all just learned our own coping mechanisms. It smacks of special needs stuff to me, and feels like the kind of entitlement I've always resisted -- kids who really have absolutely nothing significant wrong with them getting special concessions and special treatment that the world as a whole will never give them. Is this the first step on some kind of slippery slope?
I have the number, but I don't know if I'll call it. Blarg. Conflicted.
