DD is 3.5 - always had poor speech; late to start talking and now has good vocab but very poor pronounciation. Was diagnosed with glue ear in January, it seems it's quite severe and she has had it since before she started to talk. We did see a speech therapist once after xmas but as soon as glue ear was diagnosed she wasn't interested and said there was no point doing anymore until the glue was treated. . Doctor said they don't normally like to treat glue ear but as hers is affecting her learning she has been referred to ENT and our appointment is next week.
I've heard anecdotally that glue ear affects behaviour and I really hope this is the case as dd has been getting more and more difficult for months. She's really loud - always shouting as of course she can't hear how loud she is. Has become very very clumsy so is covered in bruises as walks into doors, falls off things all of the time. She has also become really screechy and cries over everything - for example if her toast was not buttered properly or she has the wrong spoon or her covers aren't straight at bedtime or some such other ridiculous thing. She has also started lying - drew on the radiator and blamed her little sister. To be honest I am just feeling worn down as it feels like I have a little one year old baby not a big 3 year old. She has also become clingy and cries if I leave the room and don't tell her I'm going - she says 'I love you mummy' about 100 times a day which is really nice but I don't get why she seems so insecure.
Does anyone else have experience of glue ear and funny behaviour, I don't want to say naughty behaviour as to me it is more unstable behaviour. In theory next week they are meant to be giving me a date for the gromits and I'm hoping it will make all of the difference as I'm really at the end of my tether with her.