Hi everyone, my LB has just turned 9 months (7 months corrected). For months now I’ve noticed that he constantly twirls his wrists/hands and ankles. It kind of looks like he’s revving a motorbike lol. As the weeks go on I feel like he’s doing it more and more. It’s mostly when he’s laying on his back or in his swing, but within the past couple of weeks he’s started doing it ALL the time. I didn’t mention my concerns to anyone but a few people have commented on it recently, even my husband (who never notices anything lol) mentioned it and now I’m worried sick. I made the mistake of googling it and the first thing that comes up is autism.
He is also a bit behind on his milestones, isn’t sitting up or even rolling. He was 8 weeks premature so has appointments with a paediatrician every few months. We had an appointment yesterday and the paediatrician said she wasn’t too worried yet about him not sitting etc. as he is only 7 months corrected, but she referred him to physio. I showed her videos of the hand twirling but she just didn’t want to know as he’s still so young. She said to put things like that out of my head but to keep an eye on it. Honestly I thought she would tell me that’s it’s completely normal at this stage and not to worry but she didn’t put my mind at ease at all 😩 I just can’t shake the feeling that there’s something wrong.
I also have a 2.5 year old and I know I shouldn’t compare them but I’ve been looking back at videos of her when she was around the same age and she seems so much more advanced. My LB just seems very ‘babyish’ still and it’s really getting me down that he can’t really do much other that lay on his back.
I work with autistic adults and I know it’s far too early to be worrying about it at this stage but I’m wondering if anyone has noticed any autistic traits in their LO’s at this age and they ended up having autism? Or did anyone’s else’s babies constantly twirl their hands and just grow out of it?