Everybody's an Expert

So it has been something that I have noticed since Eli was about 15 months and well yeah it's kinda cute, but something that yes (all my family) I have wondered about. I am not an idiot however so I did ask a speech therapist that I currently work with at GSS and she assured me that it is normal and will either be corrected by 7-8 yrs of age or he will need therapy. She told me NOT to worry at all. What am I talking about? My son's speech problems....they are extremely minor. He does not pronounce his th sound right it is an f sound...totally normal. Also the talks like he came from Boston...he says ca for car and so on and so forth. Recently and last year, my Mother said something to me about it and asked if it should be a concern. I said I will ask but I believe from my training in college that this is a completely normal and age appropriate thing for his age. I did just that asked and also researched on the internet and found out no it is not considered a problem until age 8. Now, my Mother in law tried to tell me that Eli needs speech and well I told her that there is nothing wrong with his speech. She insists she cannot understand him. I say well turn up your hearing aid granny. I understand my baby boy just fine and well so does my husband and most of my family and his friends and teachers of the past. I went one step further shortly after he had turned 4, I took him to a screening with the dial test at Parents as Teachers and he scored in the 95% and was almost functioning at a 5 year old level at 4 yrs 2 months...hmm nothing wrong there. So it is my current aggravation on the families and current stress headache. It's like Eli always has to prove himself and has to feel as though he is dumb when he is soooo not. My sugar bear if anything is overly intelligent. James and I were talking last night and he agrees that Eli could be bored. E's attitude is this and well much like his momma's "I know this crap why the hell are u drilling me like I am some kind of trained monkey? I am not gonna do this and I don't have to prove anything to you so leave me alone." He is one to constantly tease and taunt when people or family is begging him to do something so automatically they think he can't do it, when the proper response would be he doesn't want to do it. I know my child and well I am a certified teacher, he is fine and I am tired of defending that. Especially to someone who barely finished H.S. and someone who didn't listen in H.S. It is crazy. I don't tell my mom how to be an administrative assistant or my mother in law how to clean houses...so why tell me how to teach and worry about my own child. Well that is my rant about my baby boy. For once it is about him :)