Hi, I'm just hoping someone with a bit more knowledge can help me understand if I should be seeking any advice about my daughter who will be 3 towards the end of this year.
I was reading a thread on the AIBU board a little while ago which talked about stimming, and explained what it is. My daughter has always had a few quirky things about her, but one is to make a very repetitive sort of whirring noise, whilst gritting her teeth and rocking a little (or if I'm holding her rubbing my hair between her fingers incessantly which drives me slightly mad). After reading descriptions of stimming I realised it actually seems to describe what she does pretty well. She tends to do it when a bit overexcited or tired. I'd occasionally worried about it, as it seems a bit unusual, but always put it down to just being one of those things that kids do when they're tired. Otherwise there's nothing really concerning. She's a shy girl but does engage with other kids, her speech was a bit slow to start but is fine for her age now, she's a tiny little dot but has the energy of a duracell bunny and needs tiring out to sleep (she's a crap sleeper and always has been) and she's clumsy and falls over a lot. The only other thing that seems unusual is that she holds food in her mouth endlessly after eating like a hamster (I mean several hours). I did mention this to the health visitor for her 2 year check and she just said she'd never come across it before.
I guess I'm wondering if, in the absence of other concerns I should be calling the health visitor, or maybe dr (her 2 year check was delayed and then done over the phone and focussed on speech / motor development. I didn't mention everything because I just thought it was the behaviour of a tired toddler). I feel a bit daft making an appointment as I'm not sure what they would do at this point anyway. However, on the other hand I have always just had this little worry about it and as I'm a SAHM she's not in nursery so there's no one apart from me and my DH to notice things like this, and I think sometimes you can just miss things in your own kids as they seem so normal to you as a family if that makes sense.
Sorry that was all so long!