My 20 month old was just diagnosed with Receptive Expressive language delay. His scores are 15 months receptive and 13 months expressive. He understands alot but doesnt call me Mama or say more than car or oh oh or yeah. He started speech therapy one week ago, he goes 2 times a week. I am going to check out th resource page and was just wondering if anyone here has a child with the same diagnosis and relatively same scores.

I am freaking out as the early steps evaluator and the speech therapist dont act like it is a big deal but I dont know and everything online is a bit scary.

hi Cynthia, welcome to the group. We didn't find out my son had a problem until much later, so the only thing I can say is that you're very fortunate to have found out so early. I think, for a therapist, it's not a big deal. As a parent, however, it is HUGE to us. You are so right that everything is very scary and overwhelming. It's important that you are comfortable with the therapist and that you carry over whatever they are working on at home. My 4 year old has dyspraxia, and after a year and a half of therapy (and no end in site, but much progress made) I can say the carry through is crutial. But, now that I know what to do, what helps a little, and what will help over time, I have a hard time not doing the carry over. Make sure your therapist communicates with you and you'll be fine. And look, you found all of us here too

Thanks so much for your support. It helps to know I am not overreacting. My husband is so lax, it drives me crazy. He is just like...well we are doing everything he needs so just let it go.

It's funny, my husband and I are both the worrying type, but funny was how we both handled things so differently when we got our son's diagnosis. I was constantly on the computer researching and trying to make sense of everything. He was more the silent worry type, and although willing to listen to me tell him what I learned and discuss things every possible way, he would talk with me about it, but that was about it. I'm a believer in "knowledge is power" so I couldn't learn things fast enough for me, and I'm also one who needs to talk about things. It actually helps me sort through information and come up with a plan (which I need). Not to mention the obvious of learning stuff from others as well. It was definately an interesting first few months around here, but now we are just kind of settled in for the long haul.