Re: Fw: Am I just paranoid, or is my 12 month old showing signs of autism?

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Trina-

How is your 12 month old with his siblings? Is he interested in playing with

them? How about eye contact with non-family members? How about his sleep

pattern? I wish I had more advice for you.... I would do the heavy metal test

on him. Have you read Let Me Hear Your Voice by Maurice? Their 2

youngest children were autistic and they caught it early and with intense

intervention the children " recovered " (her words....not mine) I sincerely hope

that your little guy is o.k.

mom to Dean (AS)

Montgomery wrote:

> Am I just paranoid, or is my 12 month old showing signs of autism?

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> Hey everyone,

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> My oldest son is the one that " has autism " . He is 8, and he is the oldest of

my four boys. I have been blessed so far with " normal " typical children, other

than him. Or so I thought. My 6 yr old and my 3 yr old sons are just fine.

They developed normally all along. I don't ever remember feeling uneasy about

their developemental progress or about things they used to do.

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> My baby just turned one on the 11th. He, for the most part, seems OK. He

does, however, have some unusual behaviors that are causing me to get that all

too familiar panic stricken nauseated feeling in the pit of my stomach and in my

heart. Remember those??? I had hoped that I would never have those again.

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> My husband and I are trying not to over react, but also not to ignore the

obvious. He is NOT like our other son with autism. His weird behaviors are

different. My first son acted as though he was deaf. He totally ignored

everyone but Barney. He flapped his arms. My baby, who just turned one, does

not act deaf. He acknowledges when his name is called. He smiles at daddy when

he comes home from work everyday. He greets me every morning and after every

nap from his crib with a huge smile and gets all excited.

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> BUT, he is just as content to play alone as with others. He does not seek me

out during the day and bring me toys or etc. He is walking, and has for a month

or so. He also has started doing some toe walking. Now, I know a lot of normal

kids do some toe walking, but it makes me physically ill to see him doing it.

Another thing he does it play with a shoe. He does play with his toys

appropriately, but he is just as content to play with a shoe. He is not

pretending it is a car or anything like that. He just simply picks it up, walks

over to the coffee table or a chair and sets it down. He looks at it. Then, he

picks it back up and puts it in a different position or on a different table.

He seems facinated by it. He is not flapping, posturing, or stimming outwardly,

as far as I can tell. And, I am watching him like a hawk. He does this for

about 5 minutes or so. If I call his name, he will look up and smile.

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> He is not pointing yet. At what age do they start pointing?? He is 12

months. My older son never pointed until the age of 5. He also does not use

Mama or DaDa discriminately. He does jabber dadadadada and mamamamama, but is

not calling our names.

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> Am I just over reacting and being paranoid?? Should I have his blood or hair

tested for mercury?? At his young age, it would probably still show up? What

type of developmental testing is out there for 12 month olds??? Oh my God,

please someone tell me he is OK???!!!

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> I vascilate between " he is obviously a genius " to " He definitely is on the

autistic spectrum " . I need someone to validate my concerns or tell me to take a

chill pill. OK, guys, don't hold back. At age 12 months, displaying the

symptoms I described, am I off base??

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> Trina

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