Added: Jul 26, 2008
From: polkadotpants
Duration: 3:33
I have 3 lovely kids, Kira 5, Dominic 3 and Codey 8 months. My son is moderately autistic and recently we have seen similar signs in our baby girl. Seeing signs of autism in such a young child is something very new to me, not to mention worrying. Dominic developed wonderfully up until the age of 2 before his developement levelled off then regressed to the age of around 18 months to 2 years where it currently remains; this was also when he began to show his autistic behaviours. I find myself wondering if Codey showing similar signs so early, will have an impact on her developement too - she has recently lost the ability to sit up and instead rocks, throwing herself back and forth when we hold her up. She has also become much less responsive to her name, has stopped babbling and is markedly harder to amuse.I'd also like to take the opportunity to apologise to PhilCommander2, I should have given more thought to this matter before trying to explain your accounts of seeing signs of autism in your son when he was a baby. It was foolish of me and I truly am sorry. Now that I see the signs in my own baby, I can clearly see that showing signs of autism at such a young age is completely plausible.(Please note that I have my arm around Codey with my hand on her tummy which I am providing a good amount of resistance with. Also, she looks at me just once or twice, most of the video she is looking at the camera which is at least a foot away from my face)
Channel: People
Tags: autism autistic baby girl month old rocking
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