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(Advice needed please help )28 month old son

Dylan'smummy30

Hi i am a mother of 4 children ages 9,8,5 and 28 months . My youngest Dylan is 28 months old and recently i have been asked by several mothers at the school as well as my own mum if i had considered having him tested for Autism ? I hadnt thought about it up till now as i had put his slow development down to lazyness as he has 2 brothers and a sister to run about after him . 

The most obvious thing is his total lack of speech ! he has lots of different grunts and noises but no words at all .He has a few traits which i thought nothing off but now im questioning them , he plays with duplo bricks but has to organise them into color groups and place them on the board in orders and if you mess it up or put a brick of different color in wrong place he loses it . He hates eye contact with others even relatives , he hates having things such as stickers put on him and now recently these horrific temper tantrums have began .

The temper tantrums are awful he will scream and throw himslef down kicking and punching he doesnt care if he hurts himself . Today he kicked off because he wasnt allowed in the classroom while picking his brother up from school . I tried to pick him up but he was kicking and punching i had to grab his arm to stop him from smashing his head of the ground and its left marks on his arm Frown i feel awful and it was the scariest thing to go through .

I honestly dont know what to do or where to go for help can anyone point me in the right direction or do you think this is all just the terrible 2's ?

Thanks in advance 

Worried mum x

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  • Hi thank you for your response i will take the time to read all the info via home page and posts i will def try the pictorial timetable that sounds like a great idea and will talk to my GP . He is being referred to a speech therapist as well so hopefully that helps .

    He does like a fairly strict routine and i cant say i have tried to change it in anyway but i will keep an eye out for any upsets if i do . I say this because we are due to go on holiday in July so his routine will be somewhat different during this period which will help me to notice how he reacts .

    Once again thank you and i will let you know how we get on :)

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  • Hi thank you for your response i will take the time to read all the info via home page and posts i will def try the pictorial timetable that sounds like a great idea and will talk to my GP . He is being referred to a speech therapist as well so hopefully that helps .

    He does like a fairly strict routine and i cant say i have tried to change it in anyway but i will keep an eye out for any upsets if i do . I say this because we are due to go on holiday in July so his routine will be somewhat different during this period which will help me to notice how he reacts .

    Once again thank you and i will let you know how we get on :)

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