Re: 11 month old self- stimming?

[Guest guest]

She has probably seen your son doing it and is imitating him.

On Dec 1, 2004, at 8:34 PM, Patti wrote:

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> I have a 2 year old son with PDD-NOS. One of his teachers who comes

> to the house noticed that my 11 month old daughter was flapping her

> arms. She said she may be self-stimming. Aren't children supposed to

> flap their arms at that age when they get excited? Sometimes I feel

> as though these teachers and therapists want to label everything,

> without realizing that some of these behaviors are just normal. Any

> ideas?

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> Patti

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[Guest guest]

Go with your gut instinct. YOu know your 11 month old best and if

you feel it is just excitement, or copying the sibling, then don't

worry about it. Yes, therapists can sometimes make issues out of

every little thing. I know, because I am one. LOL! That's

ultimately how my son's OT came to dismiss him--she realized that

he'd made a lot of progress already and that to keep him in was just

essentially nit-picking things that fall into that wide range of what

is " normal " .

W

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> I have a 2 year old son with PDD-NOS. One of his teachers who comes

> to the house noticed that my 11 month old daughter was flapping her

> arms. She said she may be self-stimming. Aren't children supposed

to

> flap their arms at that age when they get excited? Sometimes I feel

> as though these teachers and therapists want to label everything,

> without realizing that some of these behaviors are just normal. Any

> ideas?

>

> Patti

[Guest guest]

This age is the worse, you have to wait a little bit...

I got really scared when my NT daughter turned one because she could

spend a lot of time repetitively filling/emptying containers, putting

on/off shoes. She was obsessed by shoes.

She had yeast and allergies too and addressing those helped.

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> I have a 2 year old son with PDD-NOS. One of his teachers who comes

> to the house noticed that my 11 month old daughter was flapping her

> arms. She said she may be self-stimming. Aren't children supposed

to

> flap their arms at that age when they get excited? Sometimes I feel

> as though these teachers and therapists want to label everything,

> without realizing that some of these behaviors are just normal. Any

> ideas?

>

> Patti

[Guest guest]

Dear Patti,

In my opinion, when you already have one ASD child I think you will

always worry about the next one starting as well, but I agree with

the last person who told you to go with your instincts. We were

really nervous about our second son because of his brother's autism.

It certainly didn't help that a psychologist (the same one who gave

the oldest one his diagnosis 2 1/2 years too late)repeatedly

insisted that he qualified as AS, despite the fact that every single

one of the staff in his nursery insists that he is just like

everyone else, very imaginative, language skills above average, play

skills advanced, etc. We had the first 2 1/2 of his life almost

ruined, going around being scared, looking for signs that something

was wrong, rather than just enjoying him. Now he is 3 and we have

learned to let go of our fears, and we realize that we would have

been the first ones to know if he was like his brother. Trust

yourself, seek help if you think it is called for, but don't let

anyone else tell you there is something wrong based on a single

observation.

Anne

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> I have a 2 year old son with PDD-NOS. One of his teachers who

comes

> to the house noticed that my 11 month old daughter was flapping

her

> arms. She said she may be self-stimming. Aren't children supposed

to

> flap their arms at that age when they get excited? Sometimes I

feel

> as though these teachers and therapists want to label everything,

> without realizing that some of these behaviors are just normal.

Any

> ideas?

>

> Patti

[Guest guest]

All behaviors need to be put in context. Arm flapping by a young

child can be COMPLETELY normal; especially as you describe. My

older kids did it all of the time as infants. They are NT. My ASD

child never really did flap.

Go figure.

Pam

p.s. your son's teachers need to keep their opinions to themselves.

They should know better!

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> I have a 2 year old son with PDD-NOS. One of his teachers who

comes

> to the house noticed that my 11 month old daughter was flapping

her

> arms. She said she may be self-stimming. Aren't children supposed

to

> flap their arms at that age when they get excited? Sometimes I

feel

> as though these teachers and therapists want to label everything,

> without realizing that some of these behaviors are just normal.

Any

> ideas?

>

> Patti