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Worried about my youngest child after eldest just being diagnosed

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  1. I have 2 children, my eldest daughter Hallie is 3 and a half and had just been diagnosed, my little boy is 18 months old. They are very different in so many ways and I feel like sometimes I am over worrying and always watching his every move and I feel sometimes I just can’t sit back and let him be him without all the worry.

Unlike Hallie he gives you eye contact, he finds things funny he loves stories being read to him, he loves over children and will chase and try play with them, but he is not trying to even copy sounds or wave and has started flapping his arms a little. Hallie is very speech delayed, says a handful of words.  

I just wondered if anyone had the same experience, I know I can’t change him and if he does have autism then great I know what I’m doing. I just want to know other peoples experience with their second child. Thanks 

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  • Most second children learn the majority of their social interaction skills from their older siblings, this is especially true if there is a small age gap between the children. At 18-months your son will be picking up a lot of cues from Hallie and learning from her, copying a lot of what he observes. If you have no other concerns about your son, I wouldn't let this be one. Nearly everything small children learn is from copying the people around them. 

    He might benefit from being around other children his own age, especially as it sounds as if he wants to interact with other children, and so perhaps a playgroup would be good for him? There, he would be around children his own age, babbling and learning to talk, and he is just as likely to copy them too which might be a good thing for him to learn some of the skills that Hallie hasn't learned yet?  

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  • Most second children learn the majority of their social interaction skills from their older siblings, this is especially true if there is a small age gap between the children. At 18-months your son will be picking up a lot of cues from Hallie and learning from her, copying a lot of what he observes. If you have no other concerns about your son, I wouldn't let this be one. Nearly everything small children learn is from copying the people around them. 

    He might benefit from being around other children his own age, especially as it sounds as if he wants to interact with other children, and so perhaps a playgroup would be good for him? There, he would be around children his own age, babbling and learning to talk, and he is just as likely to copy them too which might be a good thing for him to learn some of the skills that Hallie hasn't learned yet?  

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