As you can see from the video I posted, Nate has really taken off with his speech. He's been getting speech therapy for a few months now and has shown lots of improvement. We worked so hard at getting those three little words together so he could tell us "I need more."
We really started noticing results after we started giving him fish oil. I had heard great things from other parents about the benefits so I figured we'd give it a shot. I found the Nordic Naturals line at GNC and started giving it to him about a month ago, mixing it in with juice or applesauce. He doesn't seem to mind the lemony taste at all. Call me crazy, but I swear that within a week he was saying new sounds. It was amazing how every other day he seemed to be making a new letter sound! I am convinced that the fish oil has triggered something and his speech has improved tremendously since he started taking it. Just the other night while reading books before bed he was pointing and saying (in his own way-not perfect words yet) things he saw in the books. He's never done that before! I am looking forward to the school year being over so I can sit in on his speech therapies and work with him over the summer. I'm sure he'll be talking up a storm in no time!
*The above picture is of Nate flying his toy plane before we actually took off for our trip to Florida. I hadn't posted it yet and thought it would be appropriate in this post, considering the title. Enjoy!
