Since your going to the grocery store anyway...

Why don't you pick up a few speech classes with that ice melt.
A couple of weeks ago, as we were walking into the grocery store, we saw some of the teachers and early interventionists that worked with Emma in the Up to 3 program. They were out in the community to let people know about the services they provide. They were all excited to see us and we visited in the doorway, kind of blocking the exit, for a couple of minutes. Then Kathryn (Emma's service coordinator) asked how Laura has been doing. I told her that we still have concerns about her hearing, that we have appointments set up (again) with the ear doctor, and that she still doesn't talk (no mama, dada or other basic sounds). Kathryn filled out the appropriate form right there at the grocery store and qualified Laura for services. The next week they scheduled Laura for testing and a language sample. Kathryn said they were almost fighting over who was assigned to Laura, they all wanted to work with her. (We started Emma in the program when Laura was two weeks old, so they have watched her grow up.) I can hear my life getting busier, it is so worth it!

As a side note: We contacted Kathryn when Laura turned one, but she didn't qualify then. Since Up to 3 covers many disabilities including gross motor and Laura doesn't have any gross motor problems, and at 12 months children could have a vocabulary of eight words, she wasn't far enough behind. They put her on a watch list and were planning on checking up on her at 18 months. We just got a jump start on it, at the grocery store.