Early signs I’m noticing
My daughter just turned 16 months and is finally crawling. She isn’t strong enough to pull herself to stand but my heart starts to melt when I see her wobbly crawl. Seeing other parents with younger children post their kids walking and feeding themselves, does feel a little discouraging at times.
She doesn’t talk but she always smiles. She doesn’t know how to advocate for herself. When she’s in daycare the other smaller kids take her toys, pull her hair and walk over her. Teachers do intervene when they see it. She eats everything and she eats it well but she doesn’t drink well. We struggle getting her to drink water and milk and have tried several bottles and cups.
I try to get her to say things like “mama”, “dada” and “no”. I also try to get her to do certain commands but I can tell she doesn’t understand me. She just smiles when I ask her to hand me a toy or to say mama.
My family thinks it’s something simple but I’ve known for a long time now that she really don’t understand.
I can’t tell if she is reacts to her name or just my voice when I call her.
We don’t have any behavioral issues, she’s very quiet and is always smiling and happy. She just isn’t doing what toddlers her age or younger are doing. We are in therapy and they say low muscle tone. She is constantly looking at her hand like it’s a foreign object that she’s never seen before. She doesn’t play with normal toys, or other kids.
she is a big sensory seeker and loves beads and vibrating things (portable vibrating massager) she scratches carpet, sofas, beds, and play mats; anything that makes noise. She had seizures when she was a baby and just recently got off her medications. It’s hard because I would love to think this is just a simple issue that will fix itself but I think it’s more.
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Hang in there mama
Trust your guts, you're doing the right thing by even thinking the possibilities, it can be a very sensitive and hard thing to accept.
I was seeking opinions and was reassured each time until lo was over 2 and well delayed in speech so was referred to SALT, who I then told about my concerns and after meeting lo has agreed to refer him to autism assessment which is an 18 month waiting list where we are.
I have read that they can't really diagnose some children unless up to a certain age where developmental milestones were more obvious.
I'd keep notes of everything including her age of when it started or stopped. I noticed signs that my lo may have a disorder after 2 months, but youre doing the right thing to be worried early so you're prepared for all the questions when things happen. Oh and to add, my lo had multiple seizures when he was 1.5y and on meds till end of this year. Online said that the meds may actually help with autism symptoms so waiting to see what he'll be like after. GL
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