Well, of course she's not but she called me last night, having last seen DD on Thursday and said she was worried about a few things. They were:
a) she refused to drink juice out of her milk cup (she aways does; it's weird I suppose but I've always gone along with it)
b) she had a nap and on coming downstairs afterwards was terrified by the TV (we very rarerly have Tv on at home and it was a babie cartoon, which frankly would scare me. But terrified is a strong word. I've never seen anything beyond what I assume is typical toddle clinging to mummy in front of strangers, whimpering if a dog thrusts its face in hers etc, all usually forgotten about within a few minutes)
c) she wouldn't eat plain yoghurt till CM put it in a petit filous pot (this would seem to me as if DD frankly prefers sugary gunk to nat yog but isn't QUITE discerning enough to notice when it's disguised, especially since she quite likes nat yog too. I mean this seems to me like typical toddler awkwardness, boundary testing, self assertion).
That's it. I can only assume she thinks these are autistic behaviours. I have honestly never noticed anything about DD that gave me a second's concern, beyond her being fairly late to walk and talk - but she was two months prem. She walked at 16mo and now has at least a hundred words, albeit dubiously pronounced and not linking more than two ('Mummy wine' - ooops!). She runs, dances, climbs like a monkey and laughs so much, current favourite thing shouting 'tickle giggle' whilst being tickled. She's very affectionate (to CM, grandparents etc as well as me). She has never been very bothered about food, and is inclined to fussiness and stroppiness about it, but will stuff her face with the best of them when inclined. She sleeps well, no issues - still naps most days and has 12h at night. She has a vile elephant headed rag thing that must be there for sleepytime, cue much panicking by Mummy if we go away anywhere lest 'The El' be left behind. But she's not obsessed with it unless tired, in which case she'll head upstairs and fetch it. She doesn't line stuff up. She responds to instructions, knows her name and other peoples'; if told we are going to see x she repeats their name and heads for the front door excitedly, which to me implies imagination / social affections. Sorry, I think I'm being a bit defensive here, having read some autism early signs websites.
That's about all I can think of. CM has got me spooked as I have no other kids and tbh we don't see that many other toddlers - playgroup every couple of weeks, she sees them at CM, we see friends with kids every couple of weeks. But surely I'd have had even a moment of concern before now if anything was wrong. Can anyone reassure me that this is madness (or over-solicitude) from Cm, or equally tell me whether I really should be concerned.
Apologies for super-long post. Would be so grateful for any replies even if not totally reassuring.