Autism 7 month old

[Leigh93]

i Feel like I am going to answer my own question when I’ve finished writing a list of concerns I have about my baby’s development but I feel like I am going crazy with family telling me I’m being stupid it’s too early to tell. I think my baby is showing a LOT of early signs of autism just wondering if anyone else been in the same position. I know autism isn’t the end of the world but would just like to prepare myself. So the signs I am seeing at the moment are

recently started opening and closing his hand mainly when feeding but sometimes when playing

used to babble quite well but now he seems to just make a grunting noise

sticks his tongue out all the time

doesn’t like to be cuddled even when upset through the night

plays with the labels on toys longer than the actual toy and always looks up at the ceiling lights when we walk in a room

doesn’t smile at himself in the mirror just looks away

not sitting unaided yet and only rolling from belly to back

is always very irritable won’t play with toys for very long or do any activities for very long I am starting to think it’s sensory overload

used to be quite a smiley baby but last few days has been a battle to get a smile from him I have to be dancining it singing

My honest advice is that he's only 7 months. They go through different phases and I'd say it's far too young to be diving into autism suspicions. Most of those things sound fairly standard behaviour. I'd speak to your health visitor about your concerns.

I think some of the things you mention aren't signs of ASD at 7 months. I'm pretty sure that all babies open and close the rut hands at this age and sitting unaided isn't a milestone yet.

How would you feel about filling in the 8 month Ages & Stages? The scoring should be at the bottom.

i could have wrote this my little girl is grunting constantly now aswell and the rest of the list the grunting am most concerned about how is your boy now ?

@LD1994 you might need to try an @ to get the baby's attention

How old is your LO?

what’s a @ ? she’s 7 month old

You do an @ and the username and then they get a notification, just like I did with you

If LO is 7 months, try this simple SLT progress checker.

My LO will turn 8 months on Saturday. I am reading my post back already feeling a little silly. I think it was just because he was doing so many things all at the same time that was little red flags for me that I panicked! But he already isn’t open and closing his hands that much anymore he hardly does the grunting thing he has now learned to scream 😂 his babbling comes and goes but I think he is learning that many new things at the moment it sometimes just takes a back seat. He has let me cuddle him again this last week or so. He has also come on so much in regards milestones in the last week alone! I think it’s so true when they same baby’s will do things in there own time he still isn’t sitting comletely unaided but he’s getting better everyday. He has also been a lot more smiley the last few days but I am accepting that he might just be a serious baby and very very nosey! He just stares at people 😂@LD1994

@Leigh93 how’s your LO now? I feel so anxious about my 10 month olds development as I feel like she’s showing some signs of autism. I know it’s silly because what will be will be but the not knowing is killing me!

@99SR so I still have my worries but I think I am an over thinker anyway. But I can honestly say looking back at the things I listed I am sat laughing because he no longer does most of those things. He has come on so so much since I made that post he just decided when he was 11 months old he would crawl and walk on the same week. I always find something to worry about so once he was walking I was then worried about his speech but he is just now at 16 months starting to try and say words. The only thing I still have concerns with is the cuddling he does not find me a comfort in the night when he wakes up he won’t ever let me rock him to sleep or cuddle him to sleep apart from maybe 2 times in the last few mo the which I struggle to find normal as I’ve never know a baby not to find comfort with there mum. He will arch his back and push away from me unless it’s on his terms. In the day time he will come over and rest his head on me and kiss me but again always on his terms.

@Leigh93 thanks so much for getting back to me. yeah I’m a notorious over thinker too. I’ve actually got an app with my GP tomorrow as I need help lol.
my baby girl is 10m and she flaps her arms but usually through excitement like if she sees me or her dad. She does smile & has eye contact with us but will often twirl her feet, hates getting changed and is becoming a fussy eater. In isolation these things are fine but together Im freaking out. I don’t mean any offence to people with asn, what will be will be but I can’t help with the intrusive thoughts!
my baby can be like yours too and often doesn’t accept comfort! She does let me rock her to sleep but doesn’t like a cuddle.

@99SR so my son used to do this twirling thing with his hands and he would open and close them repeatedly and then one day he just stopped and hasn’t done it since. He also used to move his feet constantly like when in his pram he used to tap them the entire time which he has also stopped doing I think he just wanted to be on the move so much he was constantly moving his feet. He does also flap in excitement when im doing certain things like blowing bubbles but i do think that is quite normal. I fell down a bad rabbit hole when I posted my first message of searching the internet and numsnet and although there are so many different traits of autism I think the eye contact and smiling are really good signs. The majority of things I have read is that it’s the social side that’s more concerning. At my sons 12 month check she said that his understanding was amazing so that she was happy with him at that stage. I would try not to worry too much until your little one is at least fully on the move as I do believe this made a huge difference in my son he just wanted to go go go from early on

@Leigh93 thanks so much. Seems like where you were at when you posted is exactly where I’m at! I deleted tik tok, trying not to google (impossible!). My daughter deserves more than me examining every move she makes lol. I also work with children (some of whom have asn) so I feel like I’m comparing her to them which is awful. My partner is like “aww look what she’s doing with her hand” in a cute way. Then I’m like “omg why is she doing that”. It’s crazy!

@99SR I do the same with my partner I was constantly saying that’s a bit odd what he’s doing and I feel awful afterwards. But I have gotten a lot better the older he gets and I no longer sit googling I am just honestly enjoying everyday with him now. I think once you see how much they learn and change over a short space of time it makes you realise its so true when people say baby’s get there in their own time. My little boy seems to be doing something new everyday now it’s amazing it seems he hit 13/14 months and just changed so much

@Leigh93 hi. I wonder how is your son doing now? Thansk

@Yas1362 sorry I have only just seen your message. My son is now 2.5 years and I have absolutely zero concerns now. He is so happy and cheeky. He was a little delayed I would say with his speech but he is just getting more and more words everyday he is talking in sentences now. He is also very very cuddly towards me now. He is an allergy/eczema baby and also had reflux when he was younger so I think looking back he just hated being a baby and got a lot easier when he was walking and talking