26 month old…some toe walking

[Wingo22]

Hi all,

We have a 26 month old little
girl. Very friendly kind and outgoing. But we have been noticing that over the past couple of months she will occasionally pop up on her toes when walking. She will take 4-5 steps on her toes then drop back down to normal walking. Some days she never does it and others she does it more often. She ain’t walking across entire rooms on her toes just the odd time.

Not really worried about her development as she is very outgoing, in daycare full time with friends, great eye contact, good verbal
and non verbal communication, can put 3 word sentences together, gets along well
with people, etc.

Anyone experience this with their kids? Just a quirk or something to have looked at?

thank you

Yes, and found out years later my social, intelligent, well communicating with good eye contact, toe walking child was indeed autistic.

My DH used to walk on his toes too. It was only after our child's diagnosis we realised this was more than some cute quirk.

How did you find out? We’re there other noticible signs?

Only in hindsight. My child and DH are what would have once been called Asperger's, but now comes under the general Autism diagnosis. Autism is very diverse in how it presents. It can often manifest more in the preteen years, especially for girls, when the way socialisation happens starts to change.

How I found out, to answer that part of your question. My child had been through a close bereavement and said something about how they were feeling. I thought maybe they needed grief support and took them for therapy. After describing the issue the therapist asked straight away if she was autistic. Turns out she was and we'd just hit the right person to recognise it.

I see thank you. If you don’t kind me asking your child a boy or girl? Do they have any intense interests?

I have an autistic son and daughter. DD was diagnosed first. After that we found a lot more autism through the family branches.

Speaking specifically of my daughter (though my son too, just not quite as obvious), she did have very specific interests. She would have a specific interest in something and gain an encyclopedic knowledge of that topic before the next special interest would emerge, and so on.

If it helps, I know plenty of successful and happy autistic people. 🙂

Children with autism do smile, communicate , Laugh, are sociable , outgoing, have friends and give eye contact

Frankly, i find your definition of Autism offensive