Anxiously waiting

Skylar and Elaina are now 26 months. Yeah, after they turn two you don't really count months any more...they become 2, then 2 1/2, then 3. But for our purposes 26 months is important to note. On Monday, Skylar was evaluated through First Steps for speech/language delay. In order to qualify, he must be at least 50% delayed which means he is at the level of a 13 month old. We have been concerned for awhile. It is so hard to not compare the two of them...I mean there is no "Do you remember when she did that" because they are of course the same age. Elaina has a large vocabulary and uses it a lot. She strings words together and is constantly absorbing and using new vocabulary. But Skylar says three "words"....mama, hot, and mi which is milk. He has better receptive language but still is not where he should be. He is very expressive and uses inflection in his grunts but he is not able to TELL us what he wants. When he was evaluated, he was in a very bad mood, easily frustrated, clingy. Basically in a 30 minute period showing all the ways he struggles to express himself. We will find out next week if he qualified and where we go from there. One of these days I am sure I will look back at this post and wonder why we ever worried. But for now, we do, and we are hopeful this is the way we will be able to help unlock the words!