Signs of autism in 20 month old..

Hello everyone, I would just like some input, advice, comments on what I can do to help my son. He’s 20 months old. And his teacher has some concerns because he doesn’t talk much, not pointing, “In his own world” when playing outside at the park, and only listens to his name being called sometimes. At home is sorta the same for all. But he’s super social, eats everything, cry’s for things he wants, plays, interacts with familiar people, sometimes can lose eye contact though. He’s an only child. And we also thing he may need tubes in his ears.

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This sounds typical for 20 months to me? At least in terms of “being in his own world” - toddlers really don’t show interest in playing with other children until closer to 2, i thought? And even then, they don’t actually play together, just parallel play. If he’s social at home with familiar people, i would worry too much! He could simply just be a very busy toddler. Maybe a speech eval would be a good first start! But even then, if he has at least 10 words and understands a lot/follows instructions, he may not even qualify for EI services just yet.

Seems normal

Hi! I’d say it wouldn’t hurt to go see a speech-language pathologist. They could do a hearing screening to see if hearing is normal and then also help you with strategies to promote language.

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Help please

First time mom! My daughter is 6 weeks an 3 days old she is none stop crying all day from the moment she wakes up to the minute she goes to sleep after a bottle she’s being sick then after being sick she is bringing up water she’s currently on cow&gate comfort but I honestly think it’s the milk that is making her like this I feel so stressed as I see other baby’s this age an there happy an my daughter is just constantly crying please does anyone have any recommendations for a formula that will her I have contacted the doctors an they can’t help
Please help thank you!!

Normal?

Hey guys I need help with knowing if this is normal.

My first born son was the easiest baby ever. Rarely cried at all!
My second born cries about everything. His diaper changes are traumatic because he won’t let you do it and the only way to get a diaper done is to pin him down (we’ve given him our phone, toys, chewies, sang to him, silly faces, played with him- he will not let a diaper change happen at all and just screams)
He won’t let us wipe his hands after mealtime he screams and flales.

You can’t distract him once he works himself up.

At the beginning I was like “this is normal” but now he’s 10.5 months and still screams every diaper change and hand wipe

Is this normal?

Bed time/ wake time

I have a five month old and really trying to figure out what time I should be putting her to bed. She wakes up at like 6:30am which is too early for me 😅

Any advice or mums who’ve figured it out?

Bedtime Advice Please

Hi,
Im a first time mum to a 6 week old. I’ve seen a lot of people say their baby sleeps longer stretches than mine. Since she was born, in the evening we’ve put her down in her Moses basket in the living room until me and my partner go upstairs to bed. She’s waking up 3 times in the night. Would she be better at sleeping if I put her down in the next to me upstairs earlier in evening with baby monitor and get her in more of a routine every night?
I don’t know if I’m being stupid but I think maybe if she’s in more of a set routine sooner rather than later it would be best?

Formula fed question

How much does your 11 week old baby get fed and how often?

Quick PSA

Don’t be a fool like me! Before you run upstairs to have a quickie with your husband make sure your baby monitor receiver is turned off so the whole rest of your house doesn’t hear ur shenanigans. 🫠🫠🫠