Development 18 months old
My daughter became recently 18 month old. But i feel I failed as a mother. My daughter is not pointing to the things she wants, she is not waving, the problem is me and my partner we are from different countries but based in the UK. We are talking only English at home , and our relatives our languages. My daughter barely understands what we talk about, is not understanding simple instructions, when I do try to communicate with her, trying to teach her she gets pissed off, she gets bored easy from toys, throws them all the house, she is open and closing wardrobe doors most of the day, she cannot sit still for a minute for example now she sits, in a minute she wants to go on the floor, walking around 2 minutes , back sitting a minute and the behavior repeats itself also I can say about eating, now we got a problem that she gets constipated due this behavior and withholding it 🥲🥲I’m so exhausted… She is making eye contact
but I do see she stims as a lot. Now recently she started to take my hand and she is running spinning around me, this behavior started recently but i guess is just a toddler thing. She was clapping but now it stops, she is not clapping or responding to it. Should be this a sign of autism or ADHD? Honestly i do not know what to think where i did wrong 🥲. Forgot to mention that even when she sleeps is moving all the bed along , like she sleeps but her moving is like she is awake, she got awfull sleep.. What should i do in this situation?
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Forgot to mention that she doesn’t allow us to kiss her, hugs her or even to brush the teeth. She doesn’t want to eat alone, she doesn’t want to give up on the milk and ma
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This is very much normal toddler behaviour and as she gets older she will outgrow these sort of things. Far to early to be suggesting adhd and possibly not autism. She is only 18 months after all, she wont entirely understand you at this age. Moving in the bed is very very common or not allowing to brush teeth! She may still be reliant on milk at this age too. If nothing changes around 3 and gets worse then you could speak to nursery for their opinion
Just what normal babies do. It’s so easy to label and think what’s wrong with my child but they’re just children at the end of the day and these things are very much normal trust me, I’ve worked with kids for so many years and this is all normal. If you want her to engage in activities, and do things like brushing her teeth, make it fun, sing songs, demonstrate and keep doing it until she shows an interest. It requires alot of time and patience. Get lots of toys she can focus on such as easy puzzles, exciting things such as problem solving toys where she can sit down and think, but off course you’re going to have to do more of the work by showing her and making it fun then she will copy. When you get new toys, don’t take it all out at once, let her explore with one new toy until she gets bored of it then maybe a week later bring out the next. This way she isn’t getting bored easily. And outdoor activities are key, being outside is crutial for an active baby, let her explore outside
Look into messy play, pretend cooking with your pots and pans. A lot of children prefer everything else other than toys, you can go on Pinterest for fun activity ideas to do at home.
With teeth brushing, my son doesn't like me doing it unless he gets a little taste of the toothpaste and I then have to brush his tongue first 🤣 then he let's me brush his teeth and wants to have a go at brushing himself after so I let him. While doing that I sing the song he is familiar with about brushing teeth. You could try that first and see how it goes too with your daughter
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