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SiobhanK11
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high anxiety over 11month (9 months 3 weeks adj) hitting milestones
SiobhanK11
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High anxiety over developmentMy LO, 11 months on August 10th (although he was born 5 weeks early), is hitting most milestones. I should preface that my younger brother has Asperger's syndrome a form of autism and I am so worried my LO has it too. He crawls like a mad man, pulls himself up to stand with the couch and to play his table thing, sleeps like a champ, loves to try walking with assistance. But.....he doesn't always respond to his name, he babbles like crazy but no discernable words, he doesn't point to things he wants, when he pulls himself up he hits the couch repeatedly, he also will sometimes stand on his toes (but I think that is because he is reaching for things), he only occasionally touches my nose when I ask him, and he can grab finger foods and feed hiself, but he prefers if I do. And the other thing that is causing my anxiety, and many of you will find this super silly, but he is really happy go lucky, like I mean he is happy to chase me around, or just sit/stand play by himself. His first birthday is coming up of course there are all the milestones babies should be hitting and there are some he hasn't. Am I just hyper aware of autism signs and as a result making myself crazy? Or do set up an appointment now. |
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Re: high anxiety over 11month (9 months 3 weeks adj) hitting milestones
I'm sorry you are so anxious about all of this. Since you are hyper aware of autism signs you could be putting more into it.
Everything you described sounds like my nephew who is now 3 1/2 years old. He was born full term and is just now starting to make sense to me. Although it is still hard for me to know exactly what he wants sometimes, and he does not have autism.
I've seen an 18 month old walking with her mom in a store talking to the cashier in full sentences. As you know babies are all different.
I would set up an appointment to either set your mind at ease or confirm your suspicions.
Your son sounds completely normal to me (and my non medical opinion). My daughter is 15 months and she will walk around (she started walking right before her adjusted one year) and she will babble to herself as she's walking. Or when she's playing she will just babble. She says a few words. Sometimes she won't respond to her name either...if she's concentrating on getting somewhere or something she will ignore me. She does know her name and she responds about 99% of the time. She's also content sometimes with playing with herself. That's a good thing! You want a child that doesn't need constant attention. Now, if he NEVER wanted to play with you or anyone else, then I would worry.
Kids do tend to "smack" things repeatedly sometimes. I've noticed that a lot with boy babies/toddlers. (just from my experience)
My DD doesn't touch my nose when I ask her to. She will sometimes touch her's when I ask and she knows where her hair is, etc. My DD can pick her up food just fine as well and feed herself but sometimes she gets lazy and wants me to do it for her. She is also very "happy go lucky" as well. Now granted, if she gets mad or doesn't get her way that's a different story but for the most part she is smiley and laughs a lot and she loves to "chase" me or for me to chase her. She gets too excited though and falls down a lot.
So, it sounds like your son is pretty normal. I know you are hyper aware of the signs of autism though but you have to remember that a lot of those "signs" can be misinterpreted and often times go under diagnosed because they are so vague. I would definitely talk to your pedi if you're concerned and keep a close eye on him but he sounds like a typical baby to me!