developmental delay

kb3ll · May 2013

I posted this in toddlers 18-24 but at the suggestion of someone who replied thought I'd post here for some extra advice. Thanks!

Hi everyone, my son is 18 months old almost 19 months and we are worried he is developmentally behind--I am wondering if anyone else has experienced the same or similar problems with their child and if it improved or if you have any suggestions for me to better help my son. The pediatrician has recommend we have him evaluated for speech problems (which we are) but looking further into the delays online I'm getting worried this is an autism problem....and maybe I'm getting myself worked up for nothing and maybe I'm not...when he's evaluated next Tuesday I'll have a better idea...but in the meantime any other mommy's have this or a similar problem?

Here is the information: As I stated he is 18 months almost 19 months and only says 4 words (mama, dada, doggie, yeah) he does know what they mean but only says the, when he has to. He does not point to anything or know any body parts...when trying to teach him simple things like "where is your nose?" He has no interest and doesn't acknowledge us. He plays all day, and is always very busy--making it extremely hard and frustrating to get him to focus on anything or teach him. He does communicate some needs nonverbally if he wants his sippy cup refilled he will whine and hand it to you. If he's hungry he will stand at his high chair. He does high five when asked to, sometimes hugs, if asked to "close the door" most of the time he will, he shakes his head "no" but I'm not quite sure he knows what it means and does respond to cuddling. He does not clap, wave, or respond to his name...I don't believe he has an auditory problem as when he hears his favorite show (sometimes I play it on my iPhone but don't show him the picture) he smiles and gets excited. He does look us in the eyes sometimes and always smiles back when you smile at him. Sorry that's a lot of information...but you have to be through!

kcisthebombdotcom · May 2013

Sounds a lot like my dd at that age-no clapping or waving, minimal response to name and directions, limited expressive language, communicated with gestures, limited attention span. She's gotten a lot better with speech therapy and age. She's 28 months now and responds to her name more consistently (still not 100% though), waves, claps, answers yes/no questions, points to a handful of body parts, plays with adults. She's still way behind curve in language-she only has about 50 words right now mostly to label, few for communicating needs and still only follows one step instructions, but she's improving. She's starting to count, can say ready set go at the top of the slide before going down, identifies colors, etc.

youre doing all the right things at this point-hang in there.

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