To my joy recently my wife gave birth to a little baby girl.
Our first child, Ben, Who is currently 21 months old, has had quite a dramatic change in character when she arrived about 3 months ago. And has not really gone back to ‘normal’
B is currently 21 months old. I can’t be totally sure that this character change has started exactly in line with our second child arriving but it is quite a shift, and I can’t help but worry a bit.
He has become quite introverted, playing a lot on his own, not talking very much (he was always very chatty), not listening and being ‘zoned out’ most the time, avoiding eye contact with me and my wife, and wanting to submerge him self in cartoons and space alone whenever possible.
It is very hard being ignored, being avoided and as I have a disabled younger brother myself my head keeps going to the place where I’m worried that he’s autistic. I know this may be crazy but I just wanted to get other people’s point of view on if they’ve experienced anything similar. And any advice on how to cope.
My wife and I run a business from home so we are both here with both the children. Therefore we have quite a lot of flexibility in how we manage this.