Re: loose BM (Janelle)

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Janelle,

My son never developed normally. He did not make great eye contact

when he was a tiny baby, he was very late rolling over, sitting up,

smiling, etc. He wanted me all the time (still does most of the

time). He didn't walk until almost 3. He is our third son, so we knew

quite soon, that he was different.

I had a good pregnancy, an unmedicated homebirth, breastfed for 3 and

a half years, have not vaccinated, and yes, I wonder everyday, what

could have caused this to my lovable little boy and all the loveable

little boys and girls out there.

Janice

> ,

> I don't know for a fact. My dh and I always say that, if it comes

up,

> bc we know that from the first days we held her she was a back

> archer,cried if we looked at her too long, and when she was a few

mos

> old she was most content laying in her crib for an hour or more

> during the day. I could go on and on. Oh, also, when I was pg with

> her, she startled(incredibly) when she heard our dog bark or other

> loud noises. If she hadn't been our firstborn, we'd have known

> something was up within mos. Our neurologist and dev. spec. thought

> also from all of this info that she was this way since before

birth.

> Who knows. I think one of the best pieces of advice I read was in

> Facing Autism, I believe. It said to focus your energy on things

> other than trying to find the reason... Someday we will all have

the

> answer, but it really doesn't matter to me at this point. I also

had

> a very medicated, IV'd, hospitalized, difficult preg and long,

> forceps, etc.. delivery. I guess I could go crazy trying to figure

> out what caused the ASD. BTW, for the most part I always hear about

> ASD children developing " normally " and then regressing. Has anyone

> felt their child was ASD since birth?

> Janelle