chrissie

hi, thanks for your replies. So, before your children were reffered and you had suspcions that something wasnt right but wernt sure what, did any of you have days when you thoght that actually they are perfectly 'normal' and its you just being a worryer? Or was it more like you deffintly knew something was up? x

Thankyou guys,thats all very helpful <'> Sorry,i cant stay away from this site now,im hooked! I supose im trying to look for answers (stupid,i know!!) Just cant get it all out of my head! xx

Hi, just wondering if anybody knows the early signs or symptoms of as? Or if you know a good website that lists these? I know that its different for everyone but there must be certain smptoms to look for. Just trying to list down what i can see is 'different' with my two and a half year old,i do know this is very young but she has been reffered to a peadiatrician so the h.v can obviously see'it' too.

yes this is really helpful and sounds very like annie to me. im sure that they will say she is too young and its too mild to diagnose but there is deffintly something there and i think it will become more obvious as she gets older,hopefully im wrong!! thankyou for your help. xx

Thankyou guys,i will letyou all know how we get on. x

Great,thankyou for the replies. so when you say your chidren were assesed over two weeks, did they stay in hospital for that time or was it day visits? Sorry i just dont know anything about the process! x

Thanks guys,such a worry isnt it,i would just rather know than is it or isnt it all the bloomin time!! She is gorgeous whatever and my best friend but i just wann know if there is anything i can do to help things or if shes absoluetly fine and i should stop worrying! What sorts of things do they ask you at the assesment? My h.v said to keep a diary of stuff but im not really sure what to write down!! I dont wanna say 'er,i dunno' to everything they ask! x

Hello,my two and a half yo daughter has been referred by our h.v to the peadiatrician for an assesment because she has concerns about her social development. Im just wondering if anybody has experienced this at this sort of age and if so what is it they are looking for and how do they look for it ect. I just want some sort of idea of what to expect from the appointment. Thankyou. x

hi, im just wondering if anybody has ever had their two and a half year old assesed for possible aspergers by a peadiatrician? and if yes, what is it they will look for and how? My daughter has been refered by our h.v as she has concerns with her social development. Thankyou.

Hi, i am just wondering if anybody knows what the peadiatrician will be looking for and how will she look for it in a two and a half year old with suspected mild aspergers? My health visitor has reffered my daughter as she has some concerns with her social development. But she said it will proberbly be about 12 weeks before she is seen!!! Now we have to wait with this on our minds the whole time and i dont know what shell be looking for or what they might ask us etc!! My daughter is really socialble with all our close family, she laughs and jokes with us, she knows what im saying to her the whole time, she uses good eye contact, she plays with her toys in an imaginitive way etc. But i started having concerns about her when she was 8 mths old. She just stoped sitting up one day,even though she had done it since she was 6 mths,it was like she had forgotten. She nver cried when she woke,as most babies would do,she used to just stare and suck her fingers,once i went in to her room in the morning to find her awake,just staring and she was covered in sick and was freezing and she hadnt made a noise!! She does love books and tv and if you let her this is all she would do all day! She has had big tantrums since she was about 1 and these have gotten worse lately. When she is having these she seems to not be able to stand anything touching her feet and she pulls and scratches at them. Nothing can distract her from these tantrums and she gets so so cross and upset, they are horrible! But apart from the tantrums she is generally very calm. She is very loving and gives cuddles and kisses and adores her teddys. When people ask me what on earth do i think could be wrong with her i cant answer them. But i dint mention this to the h.v, she came out with it to me. What do you think about all of this? Any advice or thoughts? Thankyou for reading. x

Thankyou everybody for your thoughts on this. I know that obviously nobody can say yes or no for sure but i was interested as to what poeple with experience thought. My dad is a nurse lecturer and is very high up in the huntingdons association so he knows a lot about brain development etc. But when i talk to him he says there is absolutly no way she is in any way autistic. Obviously i respect his opinion but to hear some of you share your experiences when your lo's where this little is very helpful. I consider myself to be a very 'relaxed ' mother and i dont normally over worry,but i just cannot get this out my head!!! When people ask me to explain exactly 'what it is' i actually cant! I guess time will tell. Thankyou. x

Hello,i'm new to this site. I am just wondering what anybody with personal experience thinks to this: I am a nursery nurse so i know a bit about child development and the'norms'. I worked as a nanny for a little boy with aspergers for a couple of years so i also know a little bit about this to. When my daughter was about 8 mths old i began having concerns that something wasnt right,but i could never put my finger on it and whenever i mentioned it to family they all tought i was mad and that she was perfectly 'normal'. These concerns stayed with me but i just put it down to me being a worryer! Something just nagged at me that she might be very mildly autistic. Once she turned two she seemed to become much more sociable and playful so i put it to the back of my mind. She is now two and a half and the other day our health visitor said she wants to reveiw her development,when i asked why she said she has noticed she is very 'concrete' in the way she plays. She suggested aspergers. The thing is, i can totally see where shes coming from, usually when strangers are around, but when she is around family she is very interactive, spontanious, playful, expressive and emotional. She understands evrything people say to her and has conversations with feeling and good eye contact. When i see her like this i wonder what on earth could make anybody think shes 'concrete' in anyway. But there are those times when i notice shes a bit dreamy i supose. Does anybody think this COULD still be aspergers or not? And if it is and its so mild its this questionable what is the point of diagnosing? Any advice or experience would be very helpful, thankyou. x