E-stim and Speech Therapy

The fact that your a single mom, working to support you and your daughter has probably given her some issues with attention. Being that she's at school most of the day and when you get home you may be tire. I dunno, but you sound like me and my son. I am a single mom of a 3 1/2 year old boy who is pulling the exact same thing all of a sudden. It may be a phase. Just try to pay attention and see if there isn't an issue with her that she may be acting out aggression because she's feeling lonely. I have been thinking about that with my son. It's hard when your a single parent. But your not a failure. Keep up the good Work.
S. in Palm Harbor

I don't think a 22 month old who isn't speaking yet is really that far fetched. I'm also a mother of three and all three of them have surprised me with many things. My oldest was speaking, in full, clear sentences before she was a year old. My middle child never spoke much at all, though he COULD, until he was around 2 1/2 -3 years old. My youngest will be 2 in February and he still isn't speaking. He's very vocal, and he babbles tons...mama dada and but but....but no actual WORDS. I'm not sure why you're so worried about his speech development? The evaluation concluded that he needed therapy? Maybe I'm a little confused.

If I were in your position I would get more than one opinion...if that's possible. I don't know about this e-stim...at all, so I can't really say anything about it...but, I know my son is about your sons age and it sounds like they're on the same speaking level.

J., I don't know anything about e-stim, but assume the st (or ot?) recommended it because your son has low oral tone? My son didn't have a language explosion till he was 20 mos +, but I know that is not all that's involved w/speech therapy. Maybe you can ask the pt and/or ot for contact info from other parents whose kids have had e-stim done? Is your son getting services thru ei? I know when we started w/ei, I was told they have parents available to talk & share info, support groups, etc. Good luck, sounds like you have a little fighter!

I don't really have any advice since I don't have any knowledge of the tests and symptoms that you are talking about. However, just wanted to let you know that my daughter did not start speaking until after she was 2 years old. She would say mama and dada and one or two other little barely decipherable words but that was it. My pediatrician told me that I may have to look into speech therapy because he felt that she was speech delayed. About three months later she started talking and has not quit since. Her enuciation has always been very clear and her vocabulary is extremely large and complex.

Like I said I don't know anything about the other issues that you are working with but I would maybe get another opinion on the speaking part just because it seems to me that they may be pushing that a little and not allowing your son to develope that on his own. Just my thoughts.

Good luck

M. n.

J., your poor little guy has had his rounds hasn't he? You know, I'm not sure how much you have looked into other methods of treating his conditions. I have not had speech problems with my children, but my oldest son had Torticollis a few years ago. I used to work for a chiropractor and we had treated children that had Torticollis on a few different occassions with great results. So when my little guy got it I knew just what to do. After a few treatments (an adjustment and e-stim) I saw huge improvements. It wasn't long and he had improved 100%. Here's the thing, most people don't understand how the body and its functions can be linked to your spine. (Ex: Your son's speech problems.) Every nerve of your body stems from the spine. Those nerves are how the brain tells your organs and the rest of your body how to function. If there is even the slightest pressure on one of those nerves from the vertebrae (such as with Torticollis), it could cause minimal to severe malfunction of the organ(s) that those nerves control depending on the amount of pressure and the nerve that is affected. One last story to help you understand- We had a 9 year old little boy that came to our office for wetting the bed. He would not stay at friend's houses because he knew he would wet the bed and become embarrassed. His mother had heard about chiropractic possibly helping this, so she brought him into our office. We took xrays and found that he had some slight displacement of a couple of his lumbar vertebrae (which is where the nerves for the bladder would stem) and started treatment that day. After a month, his mother brought us in a letter with tears that said her son had not had an accident in 3 weeks (which used to be daily) and went and stayed at a friends house for the first time in years.
Look, all I'm saying is look into it. Here is the number to the chiropractor I take my children to. If she is not near you, she can refer you to someone equally as good with children. She is absolutley wonderful! ###-###-#### Dr. Elizabeth MacLeod. It is at least worth looking into if it could possibly be an answer to at least one of your childs problems. Hope this helps!