ashley_gee89
Mummy of 3.
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So my son will be 3 in November. I'll be totally honest, I've always thought my son was different, but he was my first born & I figured he was just like his Daddy. However, 3 months ago, my husband was diagnosed with high functioning Autism, so this got me thinking.
When Kyle was younger he used to bang his head off his cot a lot, I'd go in, make sure he was ok & within 10mins he'd be doing it again.. He'd do it most of the night. When he got moved into a big bed, he sat in the corner of the room and bashed his head off the wall instead. Luckily, he has stopped this.
Kyle won't play with other kids, he seems to be in his own wee world most of the time. He still wears a bib now, he slavers something terrible! He never looks at people in the face unless specifically (literally) asked to, for example if I want him to look at me I HAVE to say "Kyle, look at mummy". He goes mental at hand dryers, hoovers, anything that makes a lot of noise. He was slow to walk, 17 months, slow to talk, we got about 4 words out of him until he was about 23 months, even now, I think his speech is behind, no full sentences, it's "juice" for a drink not like my friends kid who says "drink please mummy" or "can i have a drink". He sits for ages engrossed in lining things up, usually blocks or cars and if I touch one he will say "oh no", put it back and if I do it again he will throw all the cars/blocks away and throw himself on the floor. He doesn't seem to like playing with anyone, sure my husband can throw him about etc and he loves it, but you can't play with him with his toys because you don't play the way HE wants you to play. He refuses to eat "messy" food (I say refuse, he doesn't communicate that with me, he just doesn't eat it) and gets very upset if he has dirty hands yet hates me cleaning his face with a baby wipe or whatever.
For a while I thought he was extremely ignorant and scolded him for not listening to me/family, I think now that that's just another sign of him having Autism, you can repeat his name up to 10 times and he will still not look at you, or even acknowledge that you're talking to him, I have to literally go up to him and as said earlier say Kyle look at mummy, he will then look at me & I can then tell him what I want to say.
I want to know what others think.. Sure I'm his mum, I know him best but I don't know much about Autism so I would like your opinion. I have my Health Visitor coming out on Monday afternoon to assess him but that's 6 days away and I can think of nothing else. Please reply, any thoughts are much appreciated. Also, sorry this is a book!
When Kyle was younger he used to bang his head off his cot a lot, I'd go in, make sure he was ok & within 10mins he'd be doing it again.. He'd do it most of the night. When he got moved into a big bed, he sat in the corner of the room and bashed his head off the wall instead. Luckily, he has stopped this.
Kyle won't play with other kids, he seems to be in his own wee world most of the time. He still wears a bib now, he slavers something terrible! He never looks at people in the face unless specifically (literally) asked to, for example if I want him to look at me I HAVE to say "Kyle, look at mummy". He goes mental at hand dryers, hoovers, anything that makes a lot of noise. He was slow to walk, 17 months, slow to talk, we got about 4 words out of him until he was about 23 months, even now, I think his speech is behind, no full sentences, it's "juice" for a drink not like my friends kid who says "drink please mummy" or "can i have a drink". He sits for ages engrossed in lining things up, usually blocks or cars and if I touch one he will say "oh no", put it back and if I do it again he will throw all the cars/blocks away and throw himself on the floor. He doesn't seem to like playing with anyone, sure my husband can throw him about etc and he loves it, but you can't play with him with his toys because you don't play the way HE wants you to play. He refuses to eat "messy" food (I say refuse, he doesn't communicate that with me, he just doesn't eat it) and gets very upset if he has dirty hands yet hates me cleaning his face with a baby wipe or whatever.
For a while I thought he was extremely ignorant and scolded him for not listening to me/family, I think now that that's just another sign of him having Autism, you can repeat his name up to 10 times and he will still not look at you, or even acknowledge that you're talking to him, I have to literally go up to him and as said earlier say Kyle look at mummy, he will then look at me & I can then tell him what I want to say.
I want to know what others think.. Sure I'm his mum, I know him best but I don't know much about Autism so I would like your opinion. I have my Health Visitor coming out on Monday afternoon to assess him but that's 6 days away and I can think of nothing else. Please reply, any thoughts are much appreciated. Also, sorry this is a book!
we soon get ourselves together and carry on. If we didnt who would? Although i do feel guilty at times when i feel like i resent her as i cant do anything with her without her ruining it, unintentionally most probably but i know she is sneaky and sometimes knows how to play me lol. 
