Hi everyone. My LO is diagnosed with low ferritin, low iron, and low iron saturation. We’ve started iron supplements. He‘s also speech delayed at 22 months (less than 10 words). I’m reading that there could be a possible link between iron deficiency and speech delay among toddlers. if your toddler had a similar case, did iron supplements help with their speech?
PS. We‘re starting speech therapy this week.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. 🙏
Hi everyone. I posted in this group about my son’s speech regression before. After many unsuccessful attempts to get a referral from our family doctor (who brushes off all my concerns), I could finally take my LO to the pediatrician. and she found some fluid in both his ears, but said it’s not significant, he doesn’t need tubes yet, we need to wait a couple of months to see if it resolves on its own. also, he’ll have a hearing test in 2 months as a follow up because the first one was incomplete (my LO was uncomfortable and the technician didn’t care much).
Long story short, I told the ped that we got a private insurance to take him to speech therapy (EI waitlist is 10months in Toronto now), and she approved our decision, didn’t recommend waiting.
But my husband thinks we need to wait until the next hearing test at least. Because his hearing is probably like underwater these days. If you ever were in a similar situation, what did you do?
Thank you for your inputs. 🫶