Autism Toddler Signs 

While other toddlers were sliding down plastic slides and playing

in sand boxes, I couldn't get my child to walk up the little steps.

All he would do with the slide was try to crawl up it the wrong way,

slip, bust his lip open a hundred times and want us to pick him up

and place him at the top so he could slide down.

That's A Lot of work as my sons nickname

was "Baby Titan" back then! We had no idea how to show

him what he was supposed to dowith the slide after he didn't

understand it the first few times of us showing him. I had not

realized his lack of appropriate play with toys were part

of Autism Toddler Signs.

My son was not even interested in his Big Rough & Tough

Ford F-150 power wheel. Imaginative Play was not in his

comprehension. The little play lawn mowers and play

pretend vacuums were a no go, he was unable to blow bubbles

on his own, and crayons were afternoon snacks.

The sandbox was, the one thing in the backyard he made

sure to stay as far away from as possible.

I saw a woman and what looked to be her eight or nine month

old baby at the grocery store one day. Her baby was showing

signs of autism, the ones I didn't notice when it was my son at

that age. But here I was standing in the supermarket pretty

sure that this baby that I had never seen before was showing

Autism Signs. The little boy appeared to be rocking himself in

the seat, not sitting in a up right seated position

like typical babies.

More leaning to the side and barely staying in the basket

without holding on. He also kicked his legs and flapped his hands

at the same time when he  got excited. He never looked at me

or his mother one time. I wish someone had come up

to me and told me what was wrong while my son was that age.

I will never get that precious time back!

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