I'm a little worried over my second son who's two years and 3 months old already. He has a limited vocabulary I may say. He only can say these few words (but seldomly repeats it) mama, dada, tata and car to name a few. But he can already say 'hi' and 'bye'. He can recognize and identify things when you ask him to identify them in his picture books. He knows and can identify already the following: car, sun, bird, owl, elephant, and even disney characters like mickey mouse, jojo circus, winnie the pooh, darby, handy manny, little einstein, higglytownheroes.
I have brought this out with their pediatrician and was told that I shouldn't worry too much since he just turned two. But pedia said that for my peace of mind I can let him see a developmental pedia to be assessed. Well, this made me worry more ... what if he has
autism? But pedia said that this may not be be autism but only speech delay since my son has eye contact and stops whenever he needs to. He's active but not too hyperactive.
So I surfed the internet and looked into the available developmental pedias in Metro Manila. Got hold of a few in Medical City, since this hospital is more accessible to us. Guess what? The latest schedule that they can give me is June 3 ... what?@!$@# and take note that the doctor's professional fee is 3 times the general pediatrician ... whew!!! We'll see, I might take him to an assessment center first (fees are more affordable) and see if he really needs to see a developmental pedia. But for sure, he needs to be seen by an expert. I don't want him to lose confidence if I take this at a later time. It's better early than late!!!
