Hopefully I'm posting this in the right place!
Name changed as when linked with my other posts would be outing as some family/friends know.
Dd 3 had her 2 year check up last year pushed up due to concerns from nursery (and us) about her development. Her speech was a bit late coming on, she's an extremely fussy eater to the point where she will starve rather than eat something new/she has deemed she doesn't like and has a few odd little quirks. Health visitor done her checks and agreed she was a little behind in some areas and her quirks did lean towards the spectrum.
I've been a carer for my younger sister for about 8 years now who has Aspergers and a lot of what I see in my daughter reminds me of her which set alarm bells ringing initially. Just small things like the way she arranges her shoes/toys, doesn't like foods touching, hands over ears and rocks when there is loud noises or something she doesn't like and was a tippy toe walker for a good while.
However in other ways she's nothing like the usual ASD tick lists. She's very loving (sometimes overly, constantly wanting to cuddle/kiss), isn't really shy, can make eye contact and her speech has come on loads.
We've finally had the referral through for a phone consultation with the paediatrics development unit at the local hospital for the end of the month and I'm just wondering what parts I should tell them and what parts are just normal toddler traits.
She turned 3 last month and is slowly learning how to catch a ball but still not there, can't draw anything more than a squiggle, can't/won't sit down and focus for more than 5 minutes when trying to learn her something like the alphabet. Tends to be quite clumsy and falls quite a bit but then tbf, so do I!
Sorry this is so long, I just don't wanna miss anything that could help lead to a diagnosis if there's one to be had or waste time discussing things that are just normal for a kid her age.
Thanks in advance!