Re: What as your daughter like at age 2?

November 13, 2010

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Do you have access to speech therapy? No language at age 2, for whatever

reason or none, should be enough to get free Early Intervention services.

She does sound like my daughter at that age, and since my past experience

had been with classic autism, no smiles and no hugs, I wasn't sure about my

smiling, laughing, cuddly daughter until we got her formally evaluated.

She's talking now and making good progress, but it took years of Early

Intervention followed by a special school with heaps of ABA.

A child like your daughter has incredible potential, whether she's

neurotypical or not. I admire your dedication to the diet, which I couldn't

manage with my daughter (she lives on macaroni and cheese), but I recommend

getting her speech therapy and ABA right away.

Best of luck!

Dawn

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Subject: What as your daughter like at age 2?

I know all our daughter's are different but I was just wondering what other

girl's are like at this age. My daughter isn't talking yet which was my

first red flag, doesn't point, wave goodbye, clap her hands(althought she

used to clap)most of the day she likes to watch cartoons, mainly yo gabba

gabba, she is always chewing on stuff,and likes to flip through books

although most of the time she seems to be page turning. She does play with

toys the right way sometimes but she does like to get a few toys put them in

a spot and then she will move to another spot one by one, but she really

doesn't do this as much as she used to. She smiles, laughes, likes to be

hugged and kissed, eye contact is here or there. Sometimes I look at her and

think she is just delayed and then other times like when she gets into the

tub before I can take off her clothes, I think this isn't just a

delay.I have been working with a biomedical doctor, and my daughter is being

treated for yeast, is on supplements and of course the GFCGSF diet, so I am

doing everything I can to help her but I just pray that she will start

talking soon. She doesn't have any behavior issues but is a climber and a

thrower. Just would love to hear what others girls are like.

Thanks,

November 14, 2010

WOW at 2 she could be sweet and fun or horrid

terrible temper tantrums for NO apparent reason

sun would bug her, wind would bug her, water she screamed at, very picky on

textures of food and clothing

it was her way or the highway

hated to be held, hated to have her hair brushed, didn't like socks or

shoes, would rarely play with toys but had everything to try

bought her a playhouse at 2 1/2 she refused to go in it and never did

she had slides and swings rarely used them and if you tried she screamed

prefered the stroller to walking

finally learned a sippy cup right around 2 1/2

fully verbal by 9 months so that wasn't an issue, loved to draw esp. with

markers, Elmo was her best friend and we watched his videos a lot

tried swim lessons they went over like a lead brick

toddler preschool/daycare was horrible but I had to work somedays she'd

look at the other kids mostly she wouldn't. She would not feed herself

she never pointed would just get what she wanted, she would not sleep often

and would scream for what she wanted if you werent fast enough we started

potty training around 2 1/2 didn't have true success til after 3

November 14, 2010

Hi ,

My daughter also laughed, smiled, and liked to be hugged and kissed. But she has

Asperger's and was very talkative. If you are concerned, get your daughter

evaluated through the schools or by a private psychologist who specializes in

children with developmental disorders. We were advised by a school psychologist

to get a private evaluation if we could (insurance covers this) because, as she

said, it would be much more thorough.

I regret that we did not have her evaluated earlier so that she could have

gotten earlier access to speech and OT.

Good luck,

>

> I know all our daughter's are different but I was just wondering what other

girl's are like at this age. My daughter isn't talking yet which was my first

red flag, doesn't point, wave goodbye, clap her hands(althought she used to

clap)most of the day she likes to watch cartoons, mainly yo gabba gabba, she is

always chewing on stuff,and likes to flip through books although most of the

time she seems to be page turning. She does play with toys the right way

sometimes but she does like to get a few toys put them in a spot and then she

will move to another spot one by one, but she really doesn't do this as much as

she used to. She smiles, laughes, likes to be hugged and kissed, eye contact is

here or there. Sometimes I look at her and think she is just delayed and then

other times like when she gets into the tub before I can take off her clothes, I

think this isn't just a delay.I have been working with a biomedical

doctor, and my daughter is being treated for yeast, is on supplements and of

course the GFCGSF diet, so I am doing everything I can to help her but I just

pray that she will start talking soon. She doesn't have any behavior issues but

is a climber and a thrower. Just would love to hear what others girls are like.

>

> Thanks,

>

November 14, 2010

Hi ,

When my daughter was age 2, her main warning flag, like in the case of your

daughter is that she didn't talk. She had had quite a few words (maybe 10)

starting at age 1, but then she gradually lost some, but not all of them, really

it was more like a stall. After age 3, they began to come back again. She used

to point (we have this on video), but did stop that too. She was always very

affectionate. She was diagnosed with ASD just before her third birthday. Aside

from the chewing and climbing, our kids sound similar. Mine loved watching

cartoons too.

Presently she has just turned 14. She's in private school, doing age-level work.

She has friends (not many). Mostly she's in private school because she was

bullied in public school, and the huge classes (30 kids, in split grades) were

too much for her. She's a lovely child who never makes trouble, so all the

teachers' efforts tended to go to the other kids. She speaks very well, but

presents as a younger child - maybe 11? She's interested in video games,

fashion, jewelery, animals, and her plan is to move to Hawaii and become a

veterinarian, or maybe a jewelery maker.

We only did a brief trial of the GFCF diet (didn't do anything) and some vitamin

supplements, all of which I dropped except for EFAs and Vit D, which I think

everyone needs. I didn't see any negative changes when stopping the other supps,

so I think that the positives we saw when she was younger were due to the

natural maturation process and all the other work we were doing with her.

If I were you, I would run immediately to a good speech therapist. I'd read the

books " More than Words " and " It Takes Two to Talk " and I'd implement the hints

they give there. I wouldn't spend my time on making her special foods - even

though I think it's very important for all kids to eat healthy, I'd spend that

time interacting with her one-on-one, building on her interests and encouraging

that social nature.

My two cents.