Echolalia in toddler

Maybe you could do an online course in child development and then you might be less stressed about your child. She sounds like she’s doing just fine and you’re doing a great job looking after her.
2 year olds do not have the capacity for open ended questions. If you asked ‘yellow wellies or pink crocs?’ She would be able to choose. If she doesn’t answer it’s because it’s the wrong question. Try phrasing differently.

You wouldn't have any access to early therapy even if your dd was diagnosed as autistic. Which multiple health professionals have told you she isn't.

This level of anxiety really cannot be good for your relationship with your daughter. It must be terribly hard for you.

I can see you are trying to be the best mum you can be to your dd, but you've got sidetracked down the route of worrying about autism. Just enjoy your lovely, bright, wonderful little toddler for the child she is.

This is literally how children learn to talk - by copying you. My daughter does it all the time. To start with they don’t understand all of the words they use. I think 200 words at 2.5 sounds pretty normal.

I posted on the other thread of yours earlier not realising it's you again.....
the obsessive parent.
Please STOP this.
Your daughter sounds perfectly "normal".
STOP analysing every breath she does.
She is TWO YEARS OLD.
STOP THIS and get some therapy.

How many times are you going to post about your perfectly normal toddler with the same insane list of what she can and can’t do, only to be told she is fine and then post again the following week?

OP you have already posted today and have posted several times this month with similar concerns.

People keep responding telling you it sounds like your child is neurotypical and you say professionals have no concerns.

You are convinced your daughter is autistic with no real evidence, I think you need to focus on getting help with anxiety rather than trying to diagnose your daughter.

I understand what it’s like to worry and fixate on something, I have severe anxiety myself, you need help to see that you are wasting precious time you could have been enjoying your daughters childhood.

I try to think about what’s the worst that can happen when my anxiety takes over, the worst thing in your situation is you are proved right and your daughter is diagnosed with ASD, is it the end of the world?

I am neurodivergent and my partner is autistic we had normal happy childhoods and life can be challenging but we get by and just need extra support occasionally, the way you are acting it’s like you seem to think your daughters life would be over forever.

Please see your GP about getting some help, your daughter will pick up on your anxiety and it’s not fair on her at all.

It doesn't sound like she needs any additional support at the moment. Even if she is autistic she may not need huge amounts of support having met all those early milestones. I would see how she is at 3 and ask your GP to refer to the community paediatrician if you think there are enough signs at that point.

What are you getting out of posting these threads constantly?

Your daughter sounds normal. Which you've been told hundreds of times.

You need to go and get yourself some help with your mental health before you really do some damage.

From what you’ve written there doesn’t seem to be any immediate alarm bells but if you are concerned about echolia then have a look into gestalt language acquisition.

Be pleased with what you have op. I have a 15yr old that has no communication.

DD did this and i was reassured it's a very normal toddler thing even if they don't all do it. Having said that we now think she may have ADHD! But she can talk without any problems

you see your daughter? That's atypical toddler

she's 26 months old.
Most won't understand open ended questions like that

Oh come on, you’re still doing this? How many times do people have to tell you you’re daughter is currently reaching typical development?

Were you asking similar questions last week, and the week before by any chance? I think people are at risk of wasting their time repeating what others have already said to you, or to similar threads in the last few months. Apologies if I've got that wrong but it all feels remarkably familiar.

I’m not sure what the problem is. Sounds normal to me.

She’s only two, and it will be fine for her to not have instant answers to those questions for many years yet.

Think about how it might feel to be asked those questions regularly with a clear expectation on you to answer with something satisfactory.

Hi OP I have 2 diagnosed autistic girls age 10 and 8. Well done for being aware of the signs of autism and being 'on it' there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and it's a good thing. If your DD is autistic this is something which will be impossible to diagnose yet due to her having lots of typical signs. Eg. She would not yet be a concern to a paediatrician. Stay vigilant but remember than a few autistic traits are also in typically developing toddlers and she would need lots of traits in each of 3 catagories (social/communication/rigid thinking) to be considered autistic. Keep an eye out but feel reassured by this.

My 10yo was diagnosed at 3 and was obvious from 2.
My 8yo had lots of signs but could speak well and wasn't diagnosed until she was 5.

26months and 200 words - she is doing fantastically.

mine had severe speech delay and didn’t have 2 sounds let alone 2 words or 200 like yours at 26 months!!!

honestly - the list of things she can do is fabulous. She sounds amazing .

Stop worrying unnecessarily and enjoy her - believe me - you’ll know if there is a major speech issue or communication issue and from all the things you’ve listed that she is doing she sounds like she is developing beautifully.