Eden had her last evaluation for the early intervention program today. A child can qualify by moderate delays in two areas, or a significant delay in one. Eden qualifies for services based on a significant delay in communication. The evaluators also suspect potential hearing loss/ impairment in her right ear. But interestingly, they said all of her other areas were within normal range, including gross motor (which is what we had originally sought evaluation about). Someone will contact us in the next two weeks to discuss a plan for her.
This is honestly not what either of us expected, and we've always thought of Eden as very "communicative," so we're not sure what to think. I'm starting to get how this process works, which is that the evaluators are looking for reasons to find that you qualify because then you get the benefit of the services. We're above the income level where there is really much of a benefit, however (we will have to pay for the services, in other words). But in any case, Eden qualified primarily based on conservative interpretations of my vague and clueless responses, but there was also some observation that supported the conclusion. So I'm not totally convinced she has a delay, but we will definitely get her hearing checked and go forward with the services to explore it further.
The thing that had concerned us most speechwise was that she stopped babbling around 6.5 months old, just two weeks after she started. About a week ago, she started doing single consonants again. But when they asked me about it I told them she doesn't really do it that much, just a "da" here and there.
Of course, the first place we hang out after the evaluation, Eden was "da"-ing up a storm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xUDXa9L2s0&feature=youtu.be
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