Walking update

[TeeCee]

She's doing so well bless her

I took her to the corner shop on Sunday.
It took well over an hour, not sure exactly but well over an hour.

She walked all teh way there on her walker.
She kept stopping and talking and I'd say 'come on, there's a packet of crisps waiting for you, come on' and she'd say 'crisps, wait crisps, wait' and do a bit of a run (her style!).

Then we came to a big main road so I picked her up to carry her across and she said 'ohhh better thank you mummy"!!!

Then she walked all the way back but this time alternating between the walker and holding my hand. Alternating every 5 steps or so towards the end!!!

She talked to anyone she could inc a couple sat in the car on their wedding day waiting to go into a pub reception. She was shouting into the car window "hello man, hello man" at the Groom and they were loving it! It was very funny!

When we got back it was dark and time for her tea so I made her wait till I cooked it and she'd eaten it before she got those crips and she didn't moan once
She even shared one with her sister, only one mind but even so.

Very, very proud
Was so nice to be out for a walk with my girl.

I let DD2 walk Lottie into school with me on Monday morning and her favourite thing in the world is to be chased. So of course she thought Lottie was chasing her on her walker and was literally running. She's only just turned 1 fgs!

Great having these 2 extremes going on

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Bless her! She's a star. Does your girl have downs TeeCee? My daughter does, walking not a problem for her, but no speech at age 6

I;m sure she made the wedding couples day! Sounds lovely.

Oh that is so lovely to read

You have got me fillling up lol

I remember walking to the garage with my girls either side holding my hands and Ellie walking!!

Such lovely moments to treasure

Hi HeadGirl, yes she has Down's.
Is there no speech at all with your DD?

Nope,no speech. She was diagnosed with probable autism also at age 4, but she is very atypical and hard to pin down whats going on with her. I've since learned about 1 in 10 people with downs show autistic tendencies. She is great fun though, very affectionate and funny. Is your girl managing mainstream school? It sounds like her language is quite good, along with of course her walking now!

Aaaww bless her TC!

theheadgirl, well yes she's managing OK, but only thanks to a fab 1-2-1. She finds change hard, needs routine, has irrational fears, shouts at her teacher, never have an easy day with her but she does talk and we are getting there with walking. We manage!

I didn't know that about the autistic tendancies.

How does she communicate with you then, through sign?

Well, I started signing to her as a baby, and she began to copy loads, but never actually USED them to ask for things. Then at 3 and a half, just stopped, nothing. It was very like the experience my friends who have more typical autistic LO's have, when they regress with their speech. BUT since diagnosis, she has started at a wonderful special school, and uses PECS for food and some favourite toys. More excitingly though, over the past few months she has started to sign again a little, in that she makes MY hands into the signs for "eat" and "more". I also have 2 wonderful older DDs (11 and 9) who are great at playing with her

Your DD is doing very well, you must be proud of her managing at mainstream school. If you've got a good 1 to 1 it must make a huge difference.

Aw that is such a lovely story - thanks for sharing TeeCee

Aw thats lovely TeeCee, i know what you mean about walking with your little one, i hope to be able to walk around the corner to my mums one day with dd, she can walk a few steps but then either falls or sits down as she,s too tired, but im sure that in time with physio she will.

My friend has a son with downs, he,s 17 now and she was telling me that at one point the doctors thought he was ASD as well as downs as a lot of children with downs are ASD as well.

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WTG Lottie - so pleased to read this TC. You'll soon be on cloud nine when you can walk with both your girls either side of you, holding one hand only.

So pleased she's started signing again headgirl. And lovley that you have siblings that are there for her too.

Edisvold oh my goodness, what a monkey!

Fantastic news Teecee, grinning from ear to ear. Well done Lottie xxx

What lovely news TC
TheHeaDGirl, do you think your DD regressed into Autism rather than had it from birth? There is a boy at DS's school who has Down's and ASD and he did not have ASD as well for the first few years. I've seen photos of him before his regression and there is such a difference as well as what his parents say

That is sooo nice to read TC

LOL at 'wait, crisps, wait'! She's just so clever!

And look at you, meanie mummy, taking her on an epic journey and then making her wait for the crisps!

Very happy for you, TeeCee.

Sorry TeeCee, hijacking your thread! Let me say again your DD is a star with the "great crisp expedition" which I'm sure will go down in family history
Davros, I'm not sure about my girl. I think there were always signs that autism was there - she never pointed, or tried to show me things, or tried to get me to do things. But she definately regressed with her communication and stopped signing completely. Thankfully, since starting school things are slowly improving, with her ocming to me to get me to do the food signs - also she now brings me her cup and PECS photos to get what she wants. She is not typically autistic also in that she is friendly, and has good eye contact, and likes to make us all laugh. But I guess there is no such thing as a "typical" child with ASD,Downs, whatever. They are all individuals aren't they?

theheadgirl - don't even go there with apologising, blimey, it's nice to meet you and I'm just as interested in your DD in fact I've found the whole Down's / ASD trait thing very interesting.