Hi all,
I just wanted to share a few things with you.With all the mums that a concerned for their babies.
My child is now nearly 3,but just after he turned 2 I had major concerns about his development and speech. He was not understanding at 2, no sit down,come here or not even turning to his name. I was terrified that he would never speak or understand speech.When we saw a HV she said he was behind and everything apart from his gross motor skills and he got referred to a speech and language and community pediatrician. I have cried myself to sleep, couldn't sleep thinking that I would never be able to talk with my boy and understand and know how he feels,or what he wants or what is he interested in, he just didn't seem interested in communicating all he was doing was pushing the buttons of his toys or spinning things.He was just ignoring people and repeating a couple of phrases that he had memorized.And on top of that the waiting lists for speech therapy and community pediatricians are massive...I felt helpless...
I have always been a believer,so the only thing that kept me sain was my hope that God will help him and me and guide me what to do.So I praied with all my heart, whenever I could I cried and praied that I will be able to talk to my boy and that he'll be able communicate. In the matter of months things changed drastically. My boy was eager to communicate, he was repeating words, he was looking at the books naming animals,he was showing me and everyone else his toys, suddenly he wanted everyone's attention. He started asking for things with words,he would look you in the eyes,he became a completely different boy. One that is eager to communicate and show you his needs and thoughts. He started to understand a lot of what we were saying to him, started following directions even without us needing to sign and point to objects. Before that everyone thought that he was just naughty and didn't want to listen,but it was not the case, once he understood what we were saying to him he was more that happy to follow directions(my good boy😊).I started crying again,but this time from happiness. first I felt that someone was there for us I felt it every single day I felt with everything around us God was telling me that things are going to be ok,I don't know how to explain it it's just some things that you see in your everyday life that tell you that you are not alone and you feel inner strength.Like I have an icon which I was putting next to my son's head and it slowly faded away a tiny cross is left now. An my boy now is an absolute chatter box, Thank God! In my heart I know,I know that God helped him,I know the He was the one who showed our boy the way to talk and communicate. Glory to you Lord!!!🙏🕊️🤍
The reason I am posting this is that I know how it hurts,how lonely and dark it is for a mum or a parent to go through this and to think that their child might not speak...And please don't bellitle or mock my experience because this is something very personal and sacred to me. I could have easily got on with my life without sharing with anyone,but I am doing it because I want everyone who feels like I felt then, to find hope and strength and to know that they are not alone. Talking to God helped me, it brought me great comfort,so THANK YOU LORD! YOURS IS THE GLORY THE HONOUR AND ADORATION! 🙏🕊️🤍🌎🤍🕊️
Hope this post helps at least one person that is in the situation that I was in ...May God bless you all!!🤍🕊️✝️