cattia
26-02-13, 21:40
My biggest worry basically since my children were born is that they would turn out to have autism. My ongoing worry about my son is that he has Aspergers. He is 21 months old now and these are my main concerns:
He has advanced language skills. He speaks in complete sentences and has done for ages. His speech is very clear and deliberate.
He has some hyperactive behaviour, he likes running up and down our hallway when he is getting tired, he does this most days. He also climbs on furniture and jumps off things. Sometimes he hurts himself as he is such a risk taker. He shouts and gets really over excited at times, especially when he is tired.
He has never pointed at things (other than in books) which I read is a sign. He does tell us verbally if he wants us to get him something or look at something.
He likes to carry two things around with him that are the same, like two cars for example, altough he does this less now than when he was younger.
He seems to like other children. He plays well with toys and joins in games. He's affectionate and funny. He immitates us all the time. He plays well with his older sister.
I know Aspergers really isn't the end of the world. I just don't want him to suffer. I am a teacher so I have worked with aspergers kids. I know they find friendships hard and often struggle at school. I don't want that for him, I want him to have friends, get on with people and be happy at school. The more I read about it online the more I freak out. I can go through a few weeks of not thinking too much about it,then BAM something triggers the worries and I am off again, stressing, not sleeping, not thinking about anything else, not enjoying my son the way I should be doing.
I know I won't love him any less whatever. I just feel sad and scared about this. I took him to the Dr and he was chatting to the Dr and very social so the Dr wasn't concerned at all. I can't reassure myself over this, I am just freaking out over it.
He has advanced language skills. He speaks in complete sentences and has done for ages. His speech is very clear and deliberate.
He has some hyperactive behaviour, he likes running up and down our hallway when he is getting tired, he does this most days. He also climbs on furniture and jumps off things. Sometimes he hurts himself as he is such a risk taker. He shouts and gets really over excited at times, especially when he is tired.
He has never pointed at things (other than in books) which I read is a sign. He does tell us verbally if he wants us to get him something or look at something.
He likes to carry two things around with him that are the same, like two cars for example, altough he does this less now than when he was younger.
He seems to like other children. He plays well with toys and joins in games. He's affectionate and funny. He immitates us all the time. He plays well with his older sister.
I know Aspergers really isn't the end of the world. I just don't want him to suffer. I am a teacher so I have worked with aspergers kids. I know they find friendships hard and often struggle at school. I don't want that for him, I want him to have friends, get on with people and be happy at school. The more I read about it online the more I freak out. I can go through a few weeks of not thinking too much about it,then BAM something triggers the worries and I am off again, stressing, not sleeping, not thinking about anything else, not enjoying my son the way I should be doing.
I know I won't love him any less whatever. I just feel sad and scared about this. I took him to the Dr and he was chatting to the Dr and very social so the Dr wasn't concerned at all. I can't reassure myself over this, I am just freaking out over it.