Max and I have been making treks to the library every week this summer. While he isn't a fan of story hour - I swear there are like 25 kids there - he loves to play with the puzzles, color pictures, and pick out books.
He will sit in the rocker in his room and read and read and read. I think his favorite author is Donald Crews - what little boy wouldn't love someone that writes about trucks and trains? Uncle Tim came over for dinner tonight and Max wanted him to read all of his library books. I think Max takes after Momma on this one. We also had a big appointment for Max this past week. On Tuesday we went to a neurologist to discuss Max's speech delay. I have been thinking for a while that it is something a bit more than just a typical speech delay and the doctor confirmed. He believes that Max has something called Apraxia of Speech. Basically he knows what he wants to say, but the message just isn't getting from his brain to his oral muscles the way that it should. It makes if very difficult for him to produce sounds and put sounds together. The doctor we met with was wonderful! He really took his time to get to know Max and help us piece together what is going on with him. He reassured us that we are doing everything right, but that Apraxia is not something that can be fixed over night. We are looking into changing some of Max's speech services - in fact we have an evaluation at the Center for Hearing and Speech on July 15th. We have no doubt that Max will get there - he will speak. It just might take a little extra help.
