Please help

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Guys, please help me. I am crying as I write this

because it just dawned on me that Kaylee may be

autistic.

My husband and I have been trying to figure out why

there has been such a change in Kaylee, it was

something that we would comment on from time to time

but we didnt worry too much about it because babies

change and grow so quickly, it was kind of easy to

pass it off as a phase. I met with her OT and a

speech therapist today and they both seemed concerned

after they met with her but they did not offer any

explanations to me. Kaylee has her two year physical

tomorrow and they told me to talk to her pediatrician

about it.

Over the summer Kaylee really seemed to thrive. She

began walking and we were really excited with her

verbal skills. She would chase the cat around the

house yelling, " cat, cat " . She would say " up " when

she wanted to be held. She had a few very clear

words, she used her few words very well, she knew what

they meant. She would also mimic sounds well

(consonants and vowels) not forming words but

practicing the sounds in language that she heard

around her. Soon after she really took off with

walking she began to loose her verbal skills. She

still says " da, da " but not so much in reference to

her dad as it is just to babble. She does not even

say " ma, ma " anymore. She comunicates now by

grunting, completely unlike she was this summer.

I am scared, I layed awake in bed and at about 11 pm

the thought of autism crossed my mind. Does anyone

have any experience with loss of speech for an

extended period of time (about 5 months now)? Do

children with MDS have an increased chance of

developing autism?? Please help me. I cant stop

crying.

Sandy

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