Our Sat at Forum the Shopping Mall
We were at Forum the Shopping Mall last Saturday. Well, we had an appointment with Dynamics OTC, Therapy Centre For Kids that day. As Qianyi's verbal development's very slow compared to her peers, Hubby and I were pretty anxious and decided to bring her there for a speech assessment.
Throughout the one-hour therapy session, Qianyi refused to speak a word no matter how the therapist persuaded her. She started speaking only when it's time for us to leave. The therapist told us Qianyi's receptive skill is much better than her expressive skill. She also noticed that Qianyi is a very strong-willed girl. She understood most of the instructions but she preferred to do things her own way. The therapist told us to encourage her to ask before giving her anything that she wants. This therapist also suggested us to let Qianyi go for oral-motor exercises. It's once a week, one hour per session. They will give her some special devices to chew for jaw exercises. We told her we needed to think about it first. We paid $150 for the speech assessment. When we asked for a report, she told us we needed to pay another $100 for them to prepare that. So, we didn't ask for the report as it's too expensive. As for the weekly oral-motor exercise, it's $120 per session. Back home, Hubby search online for oral-motor exercise and found that it's not really useful in the treatment of phonological disorders. We decided not to send Qianyi for that.
We went to Toys 'R' Us later. We met MediaCorp artiste, Xiang Yun there. She said hello to us first when she noticed I recognized her. She looked radiant and was very friendly. She guessed it right that Qianyi's a two-year-old. When I told her Qianyi loved her Shop n Save's advertisement, she said the "jie jie" (her daughter) who also appeared in the advertisement was there too and started calling for her daughter. When her daughter ran to us, Qianyi was too shy and lowered her head. We then said goodbye to each other. It's great to see Xiang Yun, her two kids and her mum. But too bad, her hubby with ever-youthful look wasn't with them.:)
posted by kelly @ 9:32 AM
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10 Comments:
Errr...dunno who the actress is but so nice, very approachable & friendly. The assessment for Qianyi cost so much, yet no report. To be honest, I think you guys need not be too worriedlah. She's going just fine...of course, that's my point of view only as I am comparing her to my son who was like that previously :)
Oops, I meant DOING not GOING
woahahah....so X ah....$100 bucks just to prepare the report.....
I would rather see her hubby than Xiang Yun leh...kekeke....
kelly, don't worry too much about qianyi's slow in speech. Different child grows differently so long that qianyi understands your instruction, she is alright. A friend's brother speak only at age 4 thereafter there is no way you can stop a child in asking, singing, speaking....
But I do think that it's good to tell qianyi to ask for things she wants, this helps to make her more expressive. During my gal's early months, I do that & now, she will tell me what she wants before I give though sometimes I couldn't figure out what she is asking but it's a good start. It's never too late to start now :)
Don't stress yourself, k. Take care.
别太担心，有好多孩子讲话比较慢，其实他们有在吸收，一旦开始讲话，会象机关枪讲个不停！
其实说真的我个人觉得，你也许太紧张了，别太担心，也别让倩仪感到压力。。。
Wow... It's expensive for the report. Don't worry too much ya.. Each child progress at a different pace.
I was once worried abt my boy but now he talks alot to us. He's very shy in front of others, so to others he is very quiet.
I agreed with Jan, rather see her hubby :)
immomsdaughter,
Is Ryan a late starter too? Ya, we shouldn't worry too much..feel so stressed. Now I'm trying to talk more to her. I'm happy whenever she follows my instruction.. I'm waiting for her to ask question or tell me what she needs now.
jan,
Yup, a report costs so much...
I prefer to see Edmund Chan too!
jean,
My friend told me her colleague's daughter started talking at age 4 too.. Thanks very much..I'll try not to stress myself out worrying about her speech delay.
荦怡，
很难想像，有一天倩仪会像机关枪一样说个不停，呵呵！
Mybabies,
I remember your boy is slightly older than Qianyi ya? Qianyi blabbers a lot at home but she would keep her mouth shut when there are strangers around.
Most people prefer to see Edmund Chan as he looks young and is good looking...his wife looks a bit "aunty" lah...haha..
Kelly, i think there's no need to worry about Qianyi's speech. My nephew was like Qianyi, now he's 4 and there's no way we can stop him from talking..haha..;p
Don't give yourself too much pressure ya..;)
But i like Xiang Yun! She's my fav actress when i was a small girl :-)
yah don't worry too much, you did mention Qianyi blabbers a lot at home right? Same for Chiaki too, she'll look at the wall or stare real close to our face whenever there're strangers around...
blurblur,
Thanks...so there are some kids who only start talking at age 4! I'm not that worried now..
lichin,
Qianyi blabbers a lot now..her vocab has increased a lot. But she still prefers to use gestures to express her needs.
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