Hi everyone, I have a lovely DS who is 2y10m and speech and language delayed and possibly ASD. I know none of you can tell me if it would be mild or severe, but I'm going to ask for your opinions anyway and maybe some of you could share your own experiences with me. So, DS ..
- Points to request things, starting at 2y7m
- Understands and follows instructions from his daily routine, shoes on/let's go/meal time/bedtime/etc etc
- Does babble and has recently started saying a few simple words in context, for ex, "shoes", "uh oh", "here" (when handing me something). He doesn't use his words too often yet, but I'm over the moon that he has started :-)
- Great fine and gross motor skills
- Great sleeper
- Great attachment to me
- Pretend feeds me with his toys, dances with me when I play the guitar, walks like a crab and hysterically laughs when I say "I'm a pinchy crab" (don't ask) 😂. Plays peekaboo etc with his sis and loves bouncing about on the trampoline with her
- imitates scenes/actions off Peppa pig all the time, he's got a great eye for detail actually!
- Loves toys and playing with them
- Feeds himself for the most part and can drink out of an open cup no problem etc
- Will now walk holding my hand instead of running off all the time
I've saved the not so positive stuff til last as I hate talking negatively about my gorgeous boy. But here goes ..
- Obviously the speech and language delay
- Sensory issues with having his nappy changed and wearing certain clothes, hates wearing a coat etc
- Ignores all other children apart from his sister and prefers to play alone
- Mostly ignores strangers when they talk to him
- Appears in his own world although does interact with us at home
- Sometimes looks at things from the corners of his eyes and sometimes spins
That's all I can think of right now, thanks for reading everyone and hope you've all had a great weekend ..