Hello,
please excuse the long post. My son is 20 months and I have been worried about his development even after taking him to the pead and being assured he is fine with social and communication delay only. I still can’t help but wonder. Maybe it’s actually me who needs to get an evaluation.
Some background
⁃ Tip toes 50/50, mostly tip toes inside however won’t usually tip toe outside or with shoes on
⁃ History of ear infections and glue ear, only cleared in September/October last year (hearing was like he was under water)
⁃ Limited waving only at mirror(sometimes)
⁃ speech consists of a lot of babbling and minimal words such as yeh, baba, papa, eeeeeh, ooooh and hey
⁃ minimal pointing usually at book or when on FaceTime to dad, not often enough.
⁃ Can copy what I do for example feeling a rock or leaf, blowing raspberries, kissing teddy, clapping or playing peekaboo or basic activity also plays peekaboos to us but won’t copy a wave
⁃ Enjoys playing with us, looking at book, building blocks
⁃ Doesn’t bring us items to show
⁃ Answers to name most of the time
⁃ Happy to play alongside children but will also wonder off on his own
⁃ Extremely good eye contact with most people
⁃ Follows instructions when asked most of the time for example “go to the bath” “follow mummy” “sit down” “come here”.
⁃ Reaches for objects himself and reaches to be picked up
⁃ Will find me when his show has ended to press play with eye contact and looking over (I guess his form of pointing)
⁃ Looks back at us when he runs really fast or waits for us to make sure we are looking before he goes down the slide
⁃ Understands No
⁃ Has tantrums however not meltdowns
⁃ Very affectionate to people, however can be shy at times with new people.
⁃ Can use a tooth brush and spoon fork to feed himself
⁃ Is very aware and attentive of surroundings, where people are etc
⁃ No repetitive rocking however likes to play with objects, throwing twirling and dropping them also like wheels and anything that spins but not to the point it’s a constant thing.(notice child care has a lot of these objects)
⁃ Is not obsessed with one object however moves from object to object can easily draw attention to something different
⁃ Enjoys the same tv show, only recently started branching out
⁃ Eats and sleeps well
⁃ No sensitive to sounds, textures or smells
⁃ Will get hands dirty
⁃ Recently started head banging tantrum however won’t last long
⁃ Taps his head with fingers
⁃ Doesn’t bring objects to show
Some red flags and lots of positives, one very confused mum. Advice please?