This one's for all of my speech pathology friends out there.... and there are a lot of you!!! (no kidding either)
As you know (if you're one of my 40 friends in this field... not quite 40, but still...) it's pretty difficult to make sounds when you've got a hole in the roof of your mouth. Add to that nearly constant ear infections because your food and drink can go up and out your nose, and your ears get clogged. So, hearing speech and sounds is also difficult.
It's hard to determine Joshua's speech development at this time because if he does know words they're all in Chinese! He does say "Mama," when he's referring to me, and of course I love it!!!
When we were at his orphanage I asked his nanny about his speech. She confirmed that he is delayed, but assured me that he's not delayed in his motor skills, and was the most active one in his room!
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