Progress

We've had Isaac in early intervention programs for the last year and a half or so, because of developmental delays in several areas (gross motor, fine motor, communication, adaptive behaviors).

As his third birthday approaches, Help Me Grow is evaluating to see if he still qualifies for county/school district intervention programs once he is preschool age. Although the official evaluations haven't been completed, his therapists, teacher and school psychologist all feel that he is pretty much all caught up. The early intervention has done its job.

He has made remarkable progress in the last six months, even, and it's hard to imagine a time when he wasn't talking constantly--and not just echoing or making noises that sound like words, but actually communicating information. This morning he came upstairs by himself and we had this conversation:

Isaac: Bye-bye, Mommy!
Me: Where are you going Isaac?
Isaac: In back car wit Daddy!
Me: Where are you going in the black car?
Isaac: Home Depot, Mommy!

It's exciting to be able to truly communicate with him. And those exclamation points are not frivolous--most of his chatter is made with great enthusiasm.