should I be worried or am I just being silly re. 2yr old

mummy2one_2

Hi everyone,
Gosh so sorry for leaving it so long to update but I've been busy making postboxes etc

Anyhow, the lady came to do the 2 year assessment, I have to say I didn't think of it much as an assessment as she just came in with a small bag of toys and watched DS and asked questions about my concerns etc. The longshot of it was that she's put referrals through for Speech & Language therapy, Dietician & Audiology, as they may take a while to come through she's said she'll catch up with me again in Feb & then consider ref to paediatrician.

So... I've now already had the Speech & Language appointment and went there on Monday, nice lady who sat and explained what she was looking for and DS played with some toys and she assessed his understanding etc, she gave me lots of ideas with things for DS like getting him a more basic shape sorter (the one he has from ELC has 11 holes, her's had just 3) and also she played a postbox type game with him to get him to put cards into a postbox (I've made one from an old box & am working with him with this one) she also asked about my concerns and I told her about the autism and flapping, running up and down the garden etc so she said that it would probably be better to have him assessed by the paediatrician earlier rather than later and get them to do an autism spectrum type test, she's sent me some basic makaton signs to use too, more to help DS understand things rather than him to sign to me.

I've got the dietician's appointment on 27th, DS has now started to eat Toast!!! and he'll also if I put a bit of yogurt on his spoon, he will pick it up and eat it off the spoon..:j :j I know probably sounds basic, but it's a big leap for him.

All in all then I'm still feeling anxious about things but so glad that I started asking questions and got the ball rolling so thank you all again:T

Js_Other_Half

Glad to hear things are moving on

And yay for the toast!

blue_monkey_2

Hiya,

Great news that everything is moving so fast.

I also just wanted to point out that I wasn't boasting earlier - if you read my other threads you'd know I am also having problems with my son so it was not that at all, I was trying to explain that children all grow at different rates so don't compare yours to others else you'll get nowhere fast. I hope you was not offended as that was not my intention, it is just my eldest is obviously older and that is what thay do at that age. Sorry, I just wanted to clear that up.

However, I think it wonderful and you have already come along way and the healp you are being given is great - come back and keep us posted, it is bedtime for me but I wanted to say good luck.

primowino

I would not be worried about the lack of speech, as lots of others have said we all take different times to develop. However the actions I would be concerned with are the lack of pointing and the flapping. As a mother I believe you should stick to you belief that something is wrong and raise it with your health visitor or doctor and demand that they listen to you. If there are any development issues the sooner you get action the better. In the US they start very early when problems are discovered. I have a friend who ignored her own son's problems, not out of unkindness but in the hope that it would all get better as he grew older, but in his pre-school he has been diagnosed with quite severe autism so he has not had early intervention speech therapy so he cannot start school.

However I have another friend, who like you suspected problems and sought out help, and after a couple of years of assistance at school his son is now in mainstream school with no further help required.

Stick to you belief that you need help, he may be fine and I hope he is, but if he does need some extra help you will be so proud of yourself that you got what he needed.

See the extract below


Common signs of autism in the communication realm include:
• Does not point to objects
• Does not use gestures
• Uses few words or no words at all
• Does not respond to other people's words and gestures
• Unable to process nonverbal cues like facial expressions and body language

Common signs of autism in the behavioral realm include:
• Repetitive stereotyped movements (hand-flapping, spinning, rocking…)
• Preoccupation with certain activities