Apologies as I’m posting for traffic - concerned I won’t get replies elsewhere.
DD is 24 months old. She’s a very sweet and happy little girl. Met all her milestones on time although she was a little late to walk (15 months ish). Pointed on time, babbled, maintains excellent eye contact etc. She loves singing and dancing. Her communication is great, she can hold back and forth conversations using decent length sentences and answers appropriately when asked questions etc. She is social, interested in other children although she’s not great at sharing. She enjoys play groups, parties, soft play and other loud and busy environments without any issue. She interacts really well with us/her sister and other people within a short time of meeting them (can sometimes take a few mins to warm up to them). Doesn’t seem to have any issues with transition/routine change etc.
However my concerns are the following:
She sometimes tip toe walks. Even more so if I ask her why she’s doing it usually with a cheeky grin on her face. I think she possibly also hand postures although she doesn’t flap/wriggle fingers in front of her eyes etc. Its more like she’s playing with her fingers and sometimes crosses them. She sometimes covers her eyes with her hands, usually if she’s being told not to do something or that she can’t have something. Since she was tiny, she engages in what I think is a self soothing behaviour where she lies on her back, crosses her legs at the top and moves them up and down. She does this much more when she’s tired/before sleep and she’s definitely doing it less than she used to. She is still a bit wobbly on her feet although this too is getting a better. Can be echolalic at times but it’s usually repeating for attention etc, like if I say it’s raining outside, she might reply ‘it’s raining outside mummy, it’s raining. She might say this a couple of times. That said, she does usually answer with her own words/sentences in conversation. She can be prone to have a bit of a. meltdown if she doesn’t get what she wants although she does usually come out of it fairly quickly (within 10-15 mins or so unless she’s super tired). I don’t remember DD1 having as many tantrums so no idea if this is normal and I just got lucky first time round? 🤷♀️
I don’t know how many of these things are just normal child behaviours at her age or whether I need to be worried about autism or something similar? Please help with any advice/your own experience/observations of my situation