Speech Therapy and Mommy Guilt

Liliana had her evaluation today and they did determine that she qualifies for speech therapy. They actually had a couple different people in the room, one was a speech language pathologist who focused on Lil's communication and receptive skills. Then there was a lady that I have forgotten her title, but was an Early Childhood Evaluation something or other. Basically she looked a motor skills and social/emotional, and cognitive stuff. Also our Service Coordinator was there. It is kind of weird to be on the client side of services after being a Social Worker myself! Halfway through they also pulled in an Occupational Therapist. They noticed that Lil does this funny thing where if she crawls or pushes herself up with her hands, one hand is in a fist and the other is flat.



This is an old picture (1 year old) but can you see how her hands are like that?

Anyway - she only does it when crawling or getting up but the OT looked at her and checked for something - muscle tightness and stuff, and determined that Lil was fine in that regard, it is just a weird quirk that she has.

Anyway, it came down to that she is fine in all aspects except for the communication part of speech. So, starting in a few weeks we will have a therapist come to our house once a week to help with that.

This is the mommy guilt part:

On one hand I am happy to know that my gut instincts were right.

On the other hand, the things that they suggested I start doing with Liliana are things that I used to do with Emmaline but really haven't done with Lil. This of course makes me feel like the world's biggest jerk. It is my fault that I have short changed her somehow.

My sister says I can wallow in this guilt for two days and then I have to knock it off.

Rating: 5 Fireballs