Unreasonably irritated...

[CrunchyFrog]

Have you come across this phenomenon?

DS1 at 18m. I say to HV, his speech isn't developing. She says, ooh, he's fine.

He hits 2. HV says his speech isn't deveoping. SALT referral.

At 4, I say he is missing (list of speech sounds.) SALT says, oh we'll get there.

At 5, suddenly he has disordered rather than delayed speech. Nothing's changed other than his age. Significant concerns from professionals.

At 6.2 I said I was concerned about his language development - massive vocab but poor use of past tense/ wh words.

Oh no, he's fine.

Until this week, at 6.9, his language is now delayed.

FFS JUST LISTEN TO ME!

/endrant

Yes. I think you described my life!!

Hth

Sorry though.

Oh, it's OK, I know I have to do the leg work anyway. It's just IRRITATING.

He's had 6 SALT sessions in the last year, now suddenly, although his speech hasn't changed, we're back to bi-weekly? Maybe they got some funding or something.

Yep. Been there. My son was different, from 4 or 5 months old, I knew it.

My hv told me that babies pick up on anxiety "from mum". Nice. So, it wasn't only my dh blaming me! It really was my fault that he had limited eye contact, was massively repetitive (even then) and hated to be sang to/picked up/ engaged with/ cuddled.

He's 11 now. He has HF asd. Co-morbid OCD. A statement. Full time one to one. DLA. Is going from mainstream primary to high school with asd attachment unit.

I was always told, "he's not THAT bad"

Well, actually, is "mild" condition is having a huge effect on his development. I have the boy at 11, that I knew I'd have when he was 12 months old.

Yep, DS1 has HFA. He's coping without a statement ATM. According to his teacher he is "quirky" and "odd" but she sees no sign of ASD.

I know that the same will happen in other areas as with the speech - as he gets older, things will be more obvious.

DS1's issues are mainly sensory - the speech appears to be a result of auditory processing problems. He's very passive, never displays anxiety anywhere but with me and occasionally my SIL (she's very close to him) so literally nobody believes us! ("What, DS1, hit, kick and headbutt? What did you DO to him?")

I cant believe I just read this. I am surprised you are only irritated.

There are no words I can think of that would be polite x