Another breakthrough!  Yesterday afternoon my youngest cousins who are 6 and 8 came over and made quite an impression on my 3 year old son Mikey.  They were all playing with playdough and Mikey started to repeat the words that the boys were saying.  It was fabulous! I don't think he knew what they were talking about but just the mere fact that he was talking makes me so hopeful.  He is a shy child though and it takes some time for him to warm up to faces that he hasn't seen for awhile.  I don't know if that is normal?  Mikey has not had much exposure to kids of his own age since we have been on holidays for 3 months and back home he hasn't had much exposure either.  When we get back we will be enrolling him into a playgroup again.

Today was a shock for me. My nearly 3 year old has speech delay till now  just to let u know and we weregrocery shopping in woolies and I was giving him jelly beans and to my surprise he started saying the colours of each jelly bean he was eating.  I was over joyed!  And tonight he was in the highchair and I have been teaching him for about a week the word 'out' and he never says it himself without me saying it first.  When I went out of the room to get something I could hear him say outloud 'get out'! Wow, another progressive step forward. I'm so excited. All the support from all the parents on here makes me feel so hopeful.

I feel so depressed and stressed out. Mikey got an appointment with a Pedia, bad timing though since he was asleep for most of the evaluation.  The pedia ask me questions about Mikeys development and I wanted to know exactly what could be the cause for his speech delay.   He told me to prepare for the worst for it could be the signs of autisim.  I told him that he progressed and started to open up to talking since I've been with him more now that Im on holidays and not working.  He doesn't have exposure to kids much and he stays with the Nanny most of the time in the Philippines.  He said that his infatuation with numbers is a sign that he might be heading down the road to autisim.  He isn't and affectionate child but will cuddle and kiss us if we ask him to.  He follows instruction but just cant talk. I'm thinking of other factors that may be a cause to his delay besides autisim? The Dr. said a change in lifestyle within the next 6 to 12 months will determine whether or not he fits under the autistic spectrum.  Just hearing that from him made me want to burst out into tears...but I didn't. I held it in. I'm planning on quiting work and concentrate on his development.  Thats all I can do for now.