Most kids can say their own name before they are 2.
Maggie is 31/2 and the most beautiful sound came out of her mouth on Sunday.
Turn up the volume and listen...
Maggie is 31/2 and the most beautiful sound came out of her mouth on Sunday.
Turn up the volume and listen...
5 comments:
Her voice is so beautiful, Maggie is just blooming..I want to swoop her up and give her a BIG hug and kiss. LOVE YOU MAGGIE PIE,
grandma
YAY Maggie!! SOOOO FUN TO HEAR HER SAY HER NAME!! you must have been over the moon!! :)
WE are so proud of you Maggie! Such a beautiful name sounds the best it ever has coming from your lips!!! We love you!
Kari and the Kearneys :)
That is SOOOOOOOO cool to hear. She must have felt so proud!!
Dear Heidi,
Thanks for the encouragement. We are just beginning this journey with Josiah so there's so much that remains to be seen.
As for our story....
Josiah has always developed for the most part on the late side of "normal". Because of this a lot of this has not been noticed until recently. He has muscle weaknesses, paticurally on his left hand side. However they are not obvious until you observe him trying to do certain tasks, that other kids his age can do easily.
As we look back now we see signs of this that we assumed were just his little quirks. Until he was about 2 1/2 he could not drink from a sippy cup. He never figured out how to lift it up and tip it to drink. He never held his own bottle. We thought he didn't understand. Now I realize he didn't have the strength to lift it. There's lots of little things like that. (The funny thing is that this may have saved him from having further speech difficulties, and muscle issues in his mouth, since he always used a straw cup.)
We are told that most likely he will be at the same level as his peers with a couple of years of therapy. That may very well be possible as I had muscle weaknesses as a child and "outgrew" them. Though I am by no means an athlete and do have some mild issues with my knees, etc.
The whole issue just leaves me confused and wondering. Where are these weaknesses stemming from? What does this mean for his future health? I've realized I just have to take things as they are today. As of today he has some unexplained muscle weaknesses, there is no need for me to borrow trouble.
Josiah is an absolutely wonderful little boy. (Of course I am a bit prejudiced!) While his muscles are weak, it's clear that his little mind is just fine! Which is one of the hard parts of this issue. People tend to assume he is not as intelligent or mature as his peers, which can be frusturating. And as unchristlike as it may be it often makes me want to tell them off!
So thank you for sharing about your daughter. For always us to celebrate her victories. It's nice to hear from someone who realizes as well that victories that may not seem large in the lives of other children are huge in the lives of ours.
Your daughter is beautiful and seems to have such a sweet, sweet spirit. I often think God gives that to our kids as an additional blessing!
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