Worried about autism - repetitive movements and loud noise
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My girl hates some loud noises too and especially the hand drier as well, cries, is shaking and trying to get away from it. To be honest she’s not keen on anything that’s abrupt, clapping is fine if she can see you, random clapping results in tears. I’m autistic so I worry about her too sometimes, I don’t like the drier myself so don’t use it and I guess she’s then not got used to it, along with some other loud noises. I think to a degree their hearing is more sensitive too and there’s a lot they haven’t yet heard in the world that can be scary for them, especially if loud. The only thing you can do at this minute is observe and support, then if he shows further signs as he gets older then go for a diagnosis but it won’t be for quite some years yet before they’d consider it and all you can do until then is try to support his needs as I say.
My baby also cries when the hand dryer is on! I think it’s the shock
My son doesn’t like hand dryer too and he does the same with arm/ wrist
Your baby is displaying very normal developmental behaviour for a baby. They’re far too young to show signs of autism. Lots of autistic mannerisms are perfectly normal developmental traits x
My little boy doesn’t like the hairdryer but that’s it. He does a lot of those movements too. His dad has autism and I have ADHD so I’d be surprised if our son didn’t have something. It’s hard to know because it’s pretty normal for babies
My little one hates the hand dryer too! I've seen so so many posts recently about the hand/feet twirling, seems like it's super common at this age x
My little girl does weird strange things for a few weeks then is on to the next thing. ATM it's pulling a weird shocked face, screeching super high pitch, shaking head side to side a few times
And babies hate anything that's loud and out of the blue, so unless They're given a warning it'll scare them and make them cry, nothing to be concerned about I wouldn't of thought. Also my partner keeps worrying loads about autism, but most of the things he brings up are normal baby behaviour. Also my brother's autistic and untill 15-18 month was completely "normal" hit milestones on time, was walking by 10-11 months, lived all food. Then he suddenly regressed, hated food, only sorted shapes into colours and did puzzles. Try not to worry, they're you baby and will always be your perfect baby. They are who they are, there's no point stressing about it now when it's too young to really know xx
Please stop making autism sound like the most awful thing in the world.... People who have types of autism like myself and many others also read these posts because we are mums to. My baby hates hand driers so do 3 more of my friends children, its to do with the pitch to there ears and loud unfamiliar noises.... NONE ARE AUTISTIC FYI some simple research or speaking to your HV would have put your mind at ease as they would have told you its simply developmental and they are learning how to move there bodies. At this age they could not possible know for certain as babies really dont do all that much to give clear signs.
@Tiffanie it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world, I’d just like to know and be prepared to support my son if that is the situation. I’d hate to think it went unnoticed and I didn’t support him how he needed me to
Sorry ive seen so many negative posts about it recently it just really gets my goat up! Mum rage has returned to a normal functional level again 😑 I wish my mum was as understanding and wanted to help support me! Turns out it actually helped me with my work as routine just made me silly organised 😅 (im a chef and its so important)
My LO does a lot of wrist and ankle rolling and flicking this is developmentally appropriate for their age I believe 😁 as for hand driers, babies and even some children are scared of them. Obviously you know your little one but right now they are so young I would try not to worry to much ❤️ they are still getting used to the world and all it's big noises.