StranjeGirl
First time mommy!
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Hi Ladies! THanks for all the nice thoughts about my knee. I too believe that there will be something less invasive in the future. They are already having some progress with injecting your own stem cells into the cartilage, so hopefully with supplements I can keep the pain away and then in 10 years they will have perfected the injections! It's so hard recovering with a baby. My knee is still all swollen so I hobble around slowly and have to be very careful with it. It's hard to pick her up. Meanwhile I can't drive so that stinks too. Oh well, I have a feeling that in another week the swelling will subside and I will be moving around a little better!
Great pics hispirits!!! I have a feeling it truly is a boy!!
So glad the controlled crying is going well for everyone! I tried to put giada in the crib for a nap the other day and she would have none of it. She just doesn't understand it is for sleeping. She was all excited and thought we put her there to play with her. Then got upset when we didnt come back in for a while. Finally we put her back in the swing and she went right to sleep. I just wish she would fit in her swing forever, she loves it.
Claire I am so jealous you have your christmas stuff up already!!! Dh put the lights up outside the house an we pulled some boxes out, but that is it so far. Good for you for getting your stuff early and now you can enjoy it!
I can't believe conor is walking trixie!!! That is pretty young!!! Giada will stand for a second but then always squats down to crawl.
So I am a bit concerned about autism again. I found a checklist that can be used for 6-24 month olds and they found it to be about 75% accurate. I took it last night and giada didn't score well on it. There are three areas and two areas she was in the "no concern" range, but she was on the low end of normal, so not like she was above and beyond on those parts. On one area, the communications area, she was in the concern range. She is very engaged with us- only with people she knows though which I think is ok. She smiles and giggles with dh and me, follows us around the house, and has good eye contact. She loves loves loves my mom and is very engaged with her too. She isn't a cuddly baby as she doesn't want to just sit there and be cuddled by you, even if she hurts herself, she would rather be on the floor moving around(well she cries to be picked up and then wants to go back to crawling), but she will sit for feedings, before bed, if you are reading a book or doing patty cake etc. She also looks over a lot while playing with her toys to see if I am watching. She does not smile at all at strangers, but I think that is ok? The things that gave her a low score are:
she doesn't wave
she doesn't point to things
she doesn't follow a point
she doesn't show me her toys
she doesn't hand me any toys etc
she doesn't nod her head yes
As for the pointing and nodding. I don't do this either. Does this come instinctively? Trixie I know you said conor is pointing. Did he learn it from you or do they just do it? I have never really pointed with her til last night and i don't really nod my head with her either.
I also watched some videos on the autism website and she she is definitely more engaged than some of the at risk children in the videos, but acted more like the atypical child rather than the typical child on certain things- like following a point, handing/showing a toy to mommy, or if they said "where's mommy" the baby would look at mom and giada does not. However, these infants were 12 months old and she is not even quite 11 months yet, so maybe things will change in a month. Physically she is doing ok as the dr told me she may be delayed due to her weight, and she seems pretty average. She has been crawling around since 8.5 months and is cruising the furniture well now. THey did show a video of an at risk 10 month old who would not respond to her mom calling her and she was squirming away from her sister trying to hold her- she just wanted to be on the ground. I'm sure giada acts like this sometimes as sometimes she is on a mission and does not respond to us. Most of the time she does respond. Do your babies respond to their name every single time? Or just most of the time? I guess I will bring it up with my pediatrician at the 12 month appt, but do you guys have any thoughts? I know they say to trust your gut and truthfully I would have thought she was fine if it wasn't for reading things online and doing that checklist. She doesn't act like an autistic child as she is very engaged/social with us. I do think she still acts like a baby though more than a toddler. She constantly makes noises and still blows raspberries sometimes. She still loves her froggy jumperoo thing, especially the eyes that spin, but she also plays with all of her toys. She also just started rocking back and forth which worries me, but she doesn't do it for long. And she babbles but no proper words yet. She says mama and dada but not to us. Just babbling. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm hoping it is either nothing at all or just a slight delay and she will catch up. Thanks for any insights!
here is the website for the checklist if anyone is interested
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...GJ2Vjn&sig=AHIEtbSb51JN5nw-2S2QvRBN80W4abzdcQ
and the scoring:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&..._AgJzv&sig=AHIEtbSHZ5c6Z7NJHpf8Kx-NiA4GgXlGhw
Great pics hispirits!!! I have a feeling it truly is a boy!!
So glad the controlled crying is going well for everyone! I tried to put giada in the crib for a nap the other day and she would have none of it. She just doesn't understand it is for sleeping. She was all excited and thought we put her there to play with her. Then got upset when we didnt come back in for a while. Finally we put her back in the swing and she went right to sleep. I just wish she would fit in her swing forever, she loves it.
Claire I am so jealous you have your christmas stuff up already!!! Dh put the lights up outside the house an we pulled some boxes out, but that is it so far. Good for you for getting your stuff early and now you can enjoy it!
I can't believe conor is walking trixie!!! That is pretty young!!! Giada will stand for a second but then always squats down to crawl.
So I am a bit concerned about autism again. I found a checklist that can be used for 6-24 month olds and they found it to be about 75% accurate. I took it last night and giada didn't score well on it. There are three areas and two areas she was in the "no concern" range, but she was on the low end of normal, so not like she was above and beyond on those parts. On one area, the communications area, she was in the concern range. She is very engaged with us- only with people she knows though which I think is ok. She smiles and giggles with dh and me, follows us around the house, and has good eye contact. She loves loves loves my mom and is very engaged with her too. She isn't a cuddly baby as she doesn't want to just sit there and be cuddled by you, even if she hurts herself, she would rather be on the floor moving around(well she cries to be picked up and then wants to go back to crawling), but she will sit for feedings, before bed, if you are reading a book or doing patty cake etc. She also looks over a lot while playing with her toys to see if I am watching. She does not smile at all at strangers, but I think that is ok? The things that gave her a low score are:
she doesn't wave
she doesn't point to things
she doesn't follow a point
she doesn't show me her toys
she doesn't hand me any toys etc
she doesn't nod her head yes
As for the pointing and nodding. I don't do this either. Does this come instinctively? Trixie I know you said conor is pointing. Did he learn it from you or do they just do it? I have never really pointed with her til last night and i don't really nod my head with her either.
I also watched some videos on the autism website and she she is definitely more engaged than some of the at risk children in the videos, but acted more like the atypical child rather than the typical child on certain things- like following a point, handing/showing a toy to mommy, or if they said "where's mommy" the baby would look at mom and giada does not. However, these infants were 12 months old and she is not even quite 11 months yet, so maybe things will change in a month. Physically she is doing ok as the dr told me she may be delayed due to her weight, and she seems pretty average. She has been crawling around since 8.5 months and is cruising the furniture well now. THey did show a video of an at risk 10 month old who would not respond to her mom calling her and she was squirming away from her sister trying to hold her- she just wanted to be on the ground. I'm sure giada acts like this sometimes as sometimes she is on a mission and does not respond to us. Most of the time she does respond. Do your babies respond to their name every single time? Or just most of the time? I guess I will bring it up with my pediatrician at the 12 month appt, but do you guys have any thoughts? I know they say to trust your gut and truthfully I would have thought she was fine if it wasn't for reading things online and doing that checklist. She doesn't act like an autistic child as she is very engaged/social with us. I do think she still acts like a baby though more than a toddler. She constantly makes noises and still blows raspberries sometimes. She still loves her froggy jumperoo thing, especially the eyes that spin, but she also plays with all of her toys. She also just started rocking back and forth which worries me, but she doesn't do it for long. And she babbles but no proper words yet. She says mama and dada but not to us. Just babbling. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm hoping it is either nothing at all or just a slight delay and she will catch up. Thanks for any insights!
here is the website for the checklist if anyone is interested
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...GJ2Vjn&sig=AHIEtbSb51JN5nw-2S2QvRBN80W4abzdcQ
and the scoring:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&..._AgJzv&sig=AHIEtbSHZ5c6Z7NJHpf8Kx-NiA4GgXlGhw
Ha ha giada also responds to pumpkin and sweetie pie. For a while I think she thought her name was sweetie pie. Now we try and use her real name too!
