Words from Carter

As most of our family and friends know, Carter has been behind in his speech and language. They think it is contributed to how many ear infections he had when he was a baby and that he did not hear during that time. We had him evaluated several times by a speech therapist and because of his age he was denied however this last time when he was 18months old they rated him at a 7month old level. This was heartbreaking for us. We couldn't figure out what caused it, what we did wrong, how we could help, etc. So he started speech therapy twice a week. This is challenging sometimes when you are extremely prego and have a 4 year old to take with you, but she does great and even helps him. When he started speech therapy I started doing a lot of research, reaching out to friends for advice, and taking him to other Drs to make sure he wasn't behind in other ways. So after a lot of worry--more on my part--we had his ears checked again, started vitamins/supplements, changed his diet, took him to the chiropractor, and really started working with him with advice from the therapists. And I am happy and proud to say he is saying words now!! His favorite word is "NO" or "no no no no" but he is now saying "ma ma" "da da" and even "Taylor". I almost want to cry every time he comes to me and says "ma ma" I have waited so long to hear those words. He can also say bye, hi, book, teeth, juice, eat, different animal sounds, and he will repeat most words you ask him to. We are just so excited for him, his life is so much easier now that he can communicate without being so frustrated. And even though he tells me "No" ALL the time, its ok because I love hearing his sweet voice. I have a video of him saying "no" but I couldn't get it to upload.