Autism signs 13 months old

[CakesandCoffee]

Hello!

My daughter is showing signs of autism such as not responding to her name when called or will turn occasionally. She also doesn't tend to smile when smiled at. I also worry about her hearing as she isn't bothered by loud noises such as ambulance going by, she won't notice it. She also doesn't look when I point at something. We've been referred for a hearing test and speech therapy as she only babbles from time to time but not any proper words yet. She will respond when I sing nursery rhymes and enjoys it, will give good eye contact then but that's about it.

I just want to get some advice on what else to look out for and what the typical signs are.

Sorry for the long explanation!

Thank you in advance!

Thank you for asking :). She is doing slightly better. We had speech therapy sessions which helped a lot. We've also got an appointment book for grommets as she has had persistent glue ears and both hearing tests have shown some hearing problems. They will also do abr testing to know for sure

Shes become better at letting me know what she wants by either taking me by the hand to show me or will bring something to me. She still isn't talking but babbles a lot and will occasionally say mama and dada. She is definitely playing more and sharing her game but will occasionally go and play alone.

Things she isn't doing yet:
-pointing
-speaking clear words
-Will respond occasionally but not all the time to her name

Hope this helps! I will provide an update after grommets have been fitted.

@CakesandCoffee how is ur daughter niw?

@doadeer is ur son raise hand to be picked up ? or he follow u?

Did you get any answers

@jonah83 are you having similar issues?

She is 14 months and only says yea and dada. Her childminder thinks she should be doing more and says she doesn't mix with the other kids smiles at them and carries on with playing with toys which she says she bangs them and doesn't play properly. I asked her should I get her checked and she said yes.
She claps her hands and waves but that's it.

How are her other milestones ? Have you considered other developmental issues rather than autism . It really isn't the only one and glue ear is an indicator of a genetic issue..
( many children with genetic Mispellings have glue ear) along with other issues ( vision etc)

I wouldn't even have thought of any things but it was her childminder that put the fear into me. She's a very happy child, smiles laughs, claps hands, waves, kisses her teddies, loves been chased when she's crawling. I had her at a pediatrian last week due to egg allergy, he didn't ask about her speech or anything only asked was she walking, or pulling herself up and walking along furniture, and when I said she does that he said he wasn't worried about her then that she would start soon. She is back again in January for bloods so I will ask more what he thinks with her development. What is glue ear?

She's so young! One of my children has autism, but for the life of me I cannot see the benefit in labelling a young baby.

I thought the same that she is very young and I was pretty upset with what her childminder said,but then I worried that as a mother should I have noticed more that she wasn't where she should be, where ever that is meant to be. Is there things I should be looking out for?

@CakesandCoffee @LifeIsBusy how are your babies doing now?

Hello, sorry for not getting back sooner to everyone. So my 3 year old daughter was recently diagnosed to be in n the autism spectrum but they didn’t specify where on the spectrum, apparently they don’t specify anymore. I found it odd that they were able to provide the diagnosis based on one appointment. They will now discharge us and just told to continue with speech therapy. Really not helpful. For my daughter, they told us that she needs to work on communication and building this skill.

she still suffers with glue ear and hearing isn’t great as she has a mild hearing loss as a result. They didn’t take this into consideration at the appointment.

I hope you’re little ones are doing ok.

@newmama232 he's just over 4 now and we have a second DS who is 2. It's incredible to see the difference and I'm constantly amazed as the developmental differences I missed with my eldest.

He's under speech and language and has a referral for autism. I don't know if he will be diagnosed but there are definitely traits and quirks that I raise several eyebrows over.

At the end of the delay celebrate what ever those differences are