Autism signs in 10 month old??

[Snowey1223]

Just wondering for those whose children have autism when did you notice?

i don’t know about my son who is 10 months. Guess I’m wondering because his older sister (dads daughter from past relationship) has been diagnosed with autism recently at 16 so don’t know whether maybe a higher chance/link to my son?

10 month old, shuffling about so very close to crawling but not there yet. Doesn’t respond to his name but does respond to sounds like a dog barking or tv etc. good eye contact and can track toys etc, does put his arms up to be picked up and will kind of throw himself on you to be picked up. Loves being held and bouncing on your legs but not especially cuddly. Doesn’t really smile at you if you smile at him and you have to work hard to get him to laugh eg tickle him quite a bit.

also doesn’t seem to like holding food, we spoon feed him but try a bit of baby led weaning but he is horrified if you place something like cucumber in his hand. Also flicks/rotates his wrists/hands. He holds his wrist with his other hand and watches it closely twisting and flicking it. Just wondering whether this is normal behaviour or do I need to pay more attention and look for help/guidance from gp/health visitor. Doesn’t bother me either way if he does have it or not I just don’t know what’s normal baby behaviour and don’t want to be told I’m worrying as a FTM by the doctor!

It all sounds perfectly normal. 10 months is way too little to know. You should of course raise any developmental concerns you have with the HV at his approx 1 year check.

All those people on social media claiming they knew their child was autistic as a baby are just looking back in hindsight on what might also have been perfectly normal behaviour.

My son always seemed a bit different. He was just a ball of energy from the day he was born. I had suspicions from a few months old but it got very obvious from around 14 months. The main signs were he was an extremely fussy baby, cried constantly, hated being held, hugged or receiving and kind of affection, never stopped wiggling and moving just never seemed settled or at ease, had a fascination with anything spinning, hated the TV on or music being played, extremely sensitive to noise, very limited diet, got very upset if clothes were wet or dirty, had terrible tantrums and meltdowns from a very young age, found changes in routine difficult if we didn't drive the car the same route every day he got very upset. He was and is a very determined boy met most of his milestones early, crawling at six months and walking by ten months. He had a severe speech regression at the 14 month mark which is when professionals starting taking my concerns seriously. The waiting lists are so long for any help and support so it's no harm checking with your health visitor once your son is one. My son is five now and completely different to what I just described he's much happier more settled child still has a huge temper but we are working on it.

Hey I hope you don’t mind me asking, how is your baby now? I am also a ftm and have similar worries

thank you x

@Chzm sometimes its easier to start your own thread because people will often answer OP or OP could be gone from site etc.

What I will say is that there can be signs in a baby BUT it’s very hard to know for sure until they are toddlers or older. Babies do lots of weird things that they grow out of. My ASD child never grew out of stimming but my toddler stopped doing the hand and feet twirling thing he did when he was about 9mon the old after a couple weeks.

Hi, I’m still here!

so my son is nearly 16 months. Reading back over this… so he started crawling just before Xmas, crawled for maybe 2 months then started walking about 6 weeks ago.

I didn’t realise until I read it back over but he doesn’t twirl his hands/wrists anymore. Also for better with holding food etc although reluctant to try new things for a while. Still loves music/light up/spin toys and can play the same thing over and over again. He does respond to his name now although selective eg if he is watching or playing he will ignore us. Just started babbling again saying dada which he stopped babbling around 11 months. I still have slight concerns but i think a lot is normal too. The biggest thing is accepting babies so things in their own times xx