Guest guest Posted April 9, 2001 Report Share Posted April 9, 2001 > I hope it is okay for me to be on this list. Are there any obvious signs > of autism in infants? is showing some delays in that he is not > babbling the way most infants do. He doesn't yet make the baba, gaga, > dada, mama sounds yet which according to most books he should be. We had > him evaluated by a developmental specialist and their conclusion was that > his cognitive development is a couple of months behind where he should > be. It is hard to know what that means though. With my son, there just wasn't that " normal " curiosity. He didn't find " patty cake " or any game enticing. Also, my son never went through the babbling stage, and the biggy for knowing something was off, he didn't point. He simply wasn't curious about his surroundings at all. When he turned 12 months I began noticing that he preferred to play alone, and thats about the time his eye contact started going - south! Be sure to put him on the diet, and yourself, and stick to it. At 12 months, if you're still concerned, have him re-evaluated by a Ped. Dev. Specialist. a - Madison WI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2001 Report Share Posted April 9, 2001 One of my son's (not dx'd, but has some slight signs of AS) didn't make any of those sounds either. Nor did he sing-song. He could understand what was being said to him, had no hearing problems. He didn't learn to talk- was three before I began getting panicky, and started working with him. We'd began learning sign language after an evaluation, because I felt he would never talk " normally " . After a lot of work he is talking (talking, talking) at age eight. I would recommend keeping a close eye on his progress in this area, and working with songs and such trying to get some mimicking going on. If he is not showing any other signs of autism, I wouldn't guess it to be that. Lolita >I hope it is okay for me to be on this list. Are there any obvious signs > > of autism in infants? is showing some delays in that he is not > > babbling the way most infants do. He doesn't yet make the baba, gaga, > > dada, mama sounds yet which according to most books he should be. We had > > him evaluated by a developmental specialist and their conclusion was that > > his cognitive development is a couple of months behind where he should > > be. It is hard to know what that means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2001 Report Share Posted April 10, 2001 Thank you all for your answers to my questions regarding gluten being absorbed into the skin and DAN Doctor's. I appreciate your help and look forward to learning lots through you all. Judith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Hi everyone, I've been reading this list for a few weeks now trying to get my bearings. My two youngest daughters are identical twins, Jackie and Amber. While still in utero, there was a remarkable size difference in the girls from very early in the pregnancy. This caused me to be tracked very closely by a specialist. He diagnosed the girls as having a unique identical twin condition known as twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Basically the blood flow from the placenta was connecting the girls. One girl 'donated' blood while the other 'received' it. In these cases, the donor is very small and the recipient usually is larger, and has heart problems. But what happened to my girls was different. Amber remained very tiny, hardly growing at all and Jackie grew normally with no problem with her heart or anything else. At 32 weeks, they were taken by C-section due to Amber having heart fluctuations. To relate this to my interest in this list, let me try to sum up the last four years. Amber was 1 lb. 7 oz., 13 " at birth, her twin Jackie was 3 lbs. 13 oz., 17 " . Both were very healthy, but Amber needed to grow. She gained weight in the hospital for 10 weeks and once home, grew quite well. Once she reached mobility (walking) around 16 mo. she stopped eating well. She continued to grow but did not catch up as predicted by all the doctors. At 2 yrs. 9 mo. she was 22 lbs. and is now only 23 lbs. She has grown but not a lot in height. Now, they are trying to determine if she has -Silver Syndrome. Because she is growing in height, GHD is not really being discussed at this point, although I think we might get there soon. Right now, Amber is taking Periactin and Zantac (possible reflux). We are scheduled to do an endoscopy in the near future. However, Amber is also experiencing chronic ear infections which have really only started since March 2003. So after a visit to the ENT, we are doing ear tubes and possible adnoidectomy first. I must admit my husband and I have not worried overly about Amber because she has always been pretty healthy, is very happy, and the most energetic kid I've ever seen (her nickname is Monkey). Because we were told this was a twin-to-twin transfusion issue, we never even realized she had some other condition her identical twin didn't have. I've been going through some guilty feelings about not aggressively pursuing her weight gain issues until recently. She's just always been so happy, it didn't seem like she was sick. Anyway, thank you for letting me share our story. I hope to find out one way or the other if she has RSS soon. It would definitely help me know how to proceed. Not knowing what the problem is has been the hardest part. Thanks, ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffries @... Mom to le (18), (14), and twins Jacquelyn, non-RSS, and Amber, IUGR/SGA/possible RSS (4yo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2003 Report Share Posted October 25, 2003 Hi , Nice to meet you and welcome to the group. I also have twins although we were able to rule out TTTS right away and my twins are opposite sex fraternal. Our stories are quite similar. was always smaller, we delivered at 33 weeks, spent 8 weeks in the hospital growing. grew ok until he was 10 months old and then stopped. That is when we started running tests and seeing many doctors. was diagnosed w/RSS at 13 months. Currently is 24 pounds and 32 inches. His twin sister is 35 pounds and 36 inches. had ear tubes, a partial tonsillectomy and partial adenoidectomy in May 2003. If you are considering tonsils/adenoids, be sure you get more information first. RSS kids have palate issues which means that removing the adenoids is usually not a good idea. Where do you live? If you are near NY, the best doctor for RSS is located in NYC. Good luck. Feel free to contact me directly if you would like. Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non RSS) 3 yr 8 mo twins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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