Rowan's Thursdays

Every Thursday, Rowan goes to a speech class. She has a language issue that I can’t think of the name of right now, but basically instead of making two constant sounds in certain words, she makes one. Most kids take the first syllable of a word and move it to the back of the word. For example, the majority of children will say, “Doddy,” instead of “Doggy.” My kid, who doesn’t like following the crowd, does the reverse. She says “Goggy,” instead of “Doggy.” Her speech assessor found this interesting.

Every Thursday, my mom graciously takes her. My mom describes Rowan’s behavior as this. She sits there, sucks her thumb, twirls her hair, doesn’t speak; then when it’s time for snacks, she jumps up and tries to get to the front of the line. Ahh, that is the perfection description of my oldest daughter. Doesn’t know you or playing shy, she says nothing, but you mention or show food and she’s your BFF. I love that kid. She cracks me up.