The Easter bunny brought Avah a trick icecream cone. You push the button and the icecream goes flying! She loves it! She always needed help from me to put the icecream back on the cone so she could pop it again...I would always ask her to say "help" and she would always say "Helt". It would take several attempts and of her watching my mouth and she fumbling with her own mouth to finally say "help" with the "p" at the end. She says help all the time and sometimes she says it the right way on her own (rarely) but when you ask her to say it the correct way specifically, she is at a loss. The "p" sound at the end should be automatic by now and is just another reminder that she seems to have appraxia. It is hard and frustrating to see her stumble and struggle over simple words like this.
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Her hair is beautiful (and so is she)!
I just read another blog post by an adoptive mama (someone I went to college with) who recently found out her son has apraxia. Thought I'd give you the link...in case her experience is helpful to you in some way. http://staggsadoptionjourney.blogspot.com/2012/04/lets-talk-apraxia-part-1.html
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