holidaysan
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So basically i have a sister with Aspergers and ever since LO was born ive been worried about Autism. I'm not sure if im looking into things to much or they are valid worries.... He will be 16 months in 1 week.
LO does not point at things he is interested in or when asked where something is. Sometimes he will sort of reach out with his whole hand. He will point to things on flash cards and in books when asked. He knows bird. sun. baby, cup, fish. Not sure if thats classed as the same?
If i point to something he will look at what im pointing at most of the time. Sometimes hes just not interested at all.
He smiles alot, claps hand when i sing clap hands. Sometimes he will hold my hands and clap them though but he will clap his. If you tell him to say bye bye he waves most of the time. Sometimes not very enthusiastically lol. Depends what mood he's in.
He shakes his head for no.
Loves cuddles
He plays with other children and properly with toys. Such as drives the cars along the floor and sometimes makes car noises. He does throw his toys about quite alot though. He likes me to chase him around.
He dances arond to mickey mouse and a few other things.
He holds his arms up for you to pick him up.
He understands simple things like 'go and put it in the bin'.
He say only a few words:
Ouch
Orrrrrrr when he does something naughty
Tar when he gives you something
Kick when he kicks the ball (only sometimes)
Mmmmm when he sees food he wants
He has just started to say mummy towards me. Sounds like mu mu
Dirty when he sees anything messy
Yayyy when hes done something good
If i do a funny face he will copy it. He also puts the phone up to his ear. Pretends to feed us with a spoon and sweeps up.
If i call his name he will look but if he's doing something or watching TV hes just not interested.
He does open and close the drawers and cupboards quite alot aswell. I'm not to worried about this though as i think he does it because he knows he shouldn't. He likes to empty the plate cupboard
I guess im mostly worried about not pointing with his index finger and talking much. Would you be worried?
Sorry for rambling on xx
LO does not point at things he is interested in or when asked where something is. Sometimes he will sort of reach out with his whole hand. He will point to things on flash cards and in books when asked. He knows bird. sun. baby, cup, fish. Not sure if thats classed as the same?
If i point to something he will look at what im pointing at most of the time. Sometimes hes just not interested at all.
He smiles alot, claps hand when i sing clap hands. Sometimes he will hold my hands and clap them though but he will clap his. If you tell him to say bye bye he waves most of the time. Sometimes not very enthusiastically lol. Depends what mood he's in.
He shakes his head for no.
Loves cuddles
He plays with other children and properly with toys. Such as drives the cars along the floor and sometimes makes car noises. He does throw his toys about quite alot though. He likes me to chase him around.
He dances arond to mickey mouse and a few other things.
He holds his arms up for you to pick him up.
He understands simple things like 'go and put it in the bin'.
He say only a few words:
Ouch
Orrrrrrr when he does something naughty
Tar when he gives you something
Kick when he kicks the ball (only sometimes)
Mmmmm when he sees food he wants
He has just started to say mummy towards me. Sounds like mu mu
Dirty when he sees anything messy
Yayyy when hes done something good
If i do a funny face he will copy it. He also puts the phone up to his ear. Pretends to feed us with a spoon and sweeps up.
If i call his name he will look but if he's doing something or watching TV hes just not interested.
He does open and close the drawers and cupboards quite alot aswell. I'm not to worried about this though as i think he does it because he knows he shouldn't. He likes to empty the plate cupboard
I guess im mostly worried about not pointing with his index finger and talking much. Would you be worried?
Sorry for rambling on xx
My ds still doesn't point, we were getting him assessed for Autism as he wasn't clapping, waving, pointing, showing things of interest, nodding/shaking head, the list goes on. We were absolutely convinced but it turned out to be glue ear with mild hearing loss, he has had grommets fitted and the last 2 weeks have been a complete turn around, he's a totally different boy and has started using words now. I wouldn't worry at all if I was you but obviously if you really felt strongly that there was an issue then I would contact your GP. xxx
I don't know if i should just wait and see. My mum says he does respond to his name but i don't really, i mean im sure its not just me he chooses to ignore! He's not even 16 months yet but looking online he should be doing alot more....
