Hi all, i am a ftm of a beautiful 11 month old. I do have bad anxiety and my brother is autistic with severe learning difficulties and extremely violent so this is and has always been a real concern of mine. I am worried my son is autistic for a few reasons:
- he can only army crawl at 11 months. A physio checked him over and said they are happy with him and that him being sick after nursery for 6 weeks could have kept him back.
- he cannot pull to stand at 11 months
- he doesnt seem to "talk back" to us or imitate us making faces
- he at times can have fleeting eye contact, especially after naps
- he sometimes won't respond to his name at all
- he doesnt understand commands (I think he does understand no and come here)
He can:
- make good eye contact and is normally very smiley
- met all other milestones on time lime sitting
- waves and claps
- bear weight on his legs
- is fine being passed to strangers / is generally pretty chill but cries at the right time.
Does he sound like a neurotypical 11 month old? I feel like this is ruining my time with him and it doesn't help seeing friends younger children reach milestones he hasnt yet 😔