more questions - toddler symptoms? - Autism Spectrum Message Board

jean527 · 01-26-2005, 07:32 AM

I was wondering if you could tell me how you knew/thought something might be not quite right when your child was a toddler. 'Symptoms' I guess would be a better word................
including, sleep problems, allergies or whatever - and if your child is severe or high-funct.

TIA - you ladies are a huge help

Jean

Asperger family · 01-26-2005, 07:46 AM

Hi Jean, with mine the symptoms were throughout my pregnancy, I was sick the whole time and preterm labor twice. Then when he was born it was colickyness, sleepless, sometimes stiffened when hugged or held close, fixation on fourwheelers, trucks(as a small baby) cars or anything that moved really.He didnt adjust to formula well and had constipation. He had high temperatures when he got sick and seemed to get sick easy. He had ear infections and allergies, runny nose on and off through out the year. All his motor skills were ahead, he did everythign early, even walked early. He laughed and played alot, could say two words and sounds, but never really tried to initiate talk. HE would pull off his clothes and diaper alot too. He had excessive energy, he went straight from walking to running and never stopped.This is what I saw the first year of his life

Al & Matt's Mom · 01-26-2005, 07:50 AM

One thing was that my son had pica. That is eating non-food objects. Mostly paper. He also would sit and flip thru the pages of books for long periods of time. He would head butt, not out of anger, but because he needed the input. He always had a high tolerance for pain, so would not cry unless very severely hurt. Didn't even flinch when he got his vaccinations. He also had a very advanced ability to do puzzles. He always had problems sleeping and is an extremely picky eater. Other than that, he was always very affectionate, always wanted to please and would clap for himself. He had a very brief period with poor eye contact at the time of his regression. At about 20 months, he went from saying 40 to 50 words (including Mommy, Daddy and a lot of other names) to just 10 words with no names at all. Hope this helps, but remember every child is different.

Ryan's mum · 01-27-2005, 03:22 AM

With my son we didn't really see anything until about 18mths-2yrs he didn't seem to understand what we were saying and would repeat everything he heard. He could resite videos, tv shows, ads etc so amazingly and we thought he was so clever, even stories he knew what each page said as we were reading it. He would talk to himself and make strange noises constantly. Also he would line things up in rows or just one big long line. He had unusual fears of strange things like certain tv ads, shows, books, pictures. Occasionally he would wave his hands in the air and watch them for ages. He loved faces and touching them almost like he was blind he would feel the outline of your face and he loved to get really close to you and feel your eyelashes on his face. He was very quiet and sometimes would almost forget he was in the house (he is still like that). He also preferred to play on his own which my older son hates because he needs someone to play with ALL the time. At first I didn't ever suspect autism, I thought autistic kids sat all day rocking and not saying a word, how wrong was I!!!!!!!!!!

NineLives · 01-28-2005, 10:34 PM

Loss of speech, little or no eye contact, covering his ears and crying when in loud places, reciting movies word for word and wanting us to act out the parts and would become upset if we didn't say the words right, upset if we took a different route to a place that was familiar to him, thought maybe he was deaf at first.