My little girl is 2YO ( just turned 28 months ) . She can
- answer simple questions like what’s /where’s/ who’s /why’s / how many ? What’s your name , how old are you ? How are you ? , yes and no questions
- Answer open ended questions : what do you want ? What are going to do today ? Where are you going ? What are you doing / mamma doing ? Where’s dad gone ? What do you want
- Ask questions like : what’s that noise ? What happened ? Where’s mommy gone ? Why scared ? Are you okay
- Small back and forth conversations with lots of 5/6 word sentences
- Plays well with her peers mix of parallel play and back and forth play like sharing toys or playing with the ball back and forth .
- Loves playgroups and library activities like colouring , stacking up legos and driving her toy trains etc . She likes reading and pretending to read her favourite books as well .
- Use pronouns in her sentences like I , it , you , me and mine
- Tends to take “ no “ in stride and when she whines and tantrum she self regulates in a few minutes .
- Sleeps and naps well since she was 12 months . When asked to go to bed she picks up her teddy and goes to bed .
- No problems with transitions so far . She holds my hand outside and follows rules and 2 step directions like “ pick up your toys and put them in the box “ if I ask her to tidy up she does it all the time and if I ask her to sit she does it .
She has a few quirks like when excited she toe walks a bit and tenses up .. she wants to go in every shop when we go for a walk and buy something despite us telling her every 5 minute no . She doesn’t get upset if we don’t go in but she repeats it again after 5 minutes. She also repeats straight after what we say at times like when my husband and I try to have a conversation.
When we go on the high street with shops she points at every shop and warns to go in term . I tell her no and then after a few seconds she repeats the same request .
One worrying trait is When upset she repeats a particular phrase from Bing or wants her cuddly toy . I know it is considered verbal stimming .
Does this sound something it needs looking into ? I am aware that for conditions like add / adhd / autism in girls present differently and it is impossible to tell know but any of you parents had a child now grown similar to mine ?
It is incredibly hard for me to discern any worrying behaviour as I always get that if a child doesn’t partake in circle time or any group craft at 2 is likely neurodivergent.