Hi, I posted a thread the other day concerning my son. He has just turned 2 a few weeks ago and has just started a morning nursery 5 days a week which is going good so far. He is a happy loving little boy, but I am struggling to understand what could be wrong with him. I’ve suspected autism but the more I think about it & how he is just doesn’t sit right with him having autism. He can’t talk, says maybe 2/3 words, and you can’t really understand them. Doesn’t use them in conversation just will randomly say them. He makes noises all the time, more screeching and grunting he will walk around going ‘ughhh’ in a deep tone most of the time or if he tries to talk he can’t but his way of doing so is almost like a ‘eeeee eee ee’ (hard to describe without hearing it) the sounds are sometimes unbearable to hear when you have it alllll day. And makes him look kinda odd because he is a big boy for his age (bless him!) he doesn’t really know how to follow instructions, he understands like ‘come on, let’s go’ . But in most situations he just really hasn’t got a clue and just does his own thing he really needs prompting and shown to do stuff and even then he doesn’t sometimes and gets bored very quickly . The things that worry me are his lack or understanding but also the things he likes so he likes to bang everything if he finds a post he will just hit it with his hand and this makes him smile if there is a bin in the park and he walks past he likes to go up to it and touch it and look inside, and also likes to hit and splash the water with his hands, if he has a bottle or a cup he has to hit it against his high chair or turn it upside down and spill the juice all over himself. Also, little holes in things in outdoor objects he likes to put his finger in the hole. Likes to empty stuff and chuck it all over the floor and just make a mess. Shakes his head sometimes just randomly. The older he is getting I can see how different he is to children his own age and how behind he is. He is under a pediatrician ect, has anyone else had a child similar to what I’ve described? He doesn’t have any autistic traits that you would initally think of. I know there could be something wrong but he just doesn’t seem to fit the boxes of being autistic. I’m going out of my mind daily trying to help him and i feel like I’m fighting a losing battle, it’s just all so hard and frustrating! Sorry for long post. x