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Please help... A sudden change in my 2 year old

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Hi

It's my first time here, please forgive me if this is in the wrong forum.

My beautiful daughter is 27 months. She's always been so energetic and happy and just never sat down. She was on time with all her milestones until now.

I had noticed a few little things along the way which were mainly not pointing a far, moreso in books etc at pictures. And she flapped her hands a stiffened up a little when she got excited. 

Lately, she seems to have been swapped for another child, especially this week. She used to say at least 50 words but now she just doesn't seem interested at all and won't answer me most of the time. It's absolutely heartbreaking. It feels as though I've lost my baby. I've been up for days and nights crying at the loss. I don't understand what has happened or what I've done. I've tried ever so hard to help her but she just seems to distracted and not interested in me. It makes me so sad that she'd rather play alone and not look at me. She doesn't tell me what she wants or anything. She just runs around and babbles constantly.

She also recently started copying the script from her favourite episodes of child's TV. 

I don't know what to do.. I'm trying to get her assessed but the doctors are saying she's ok because she HAS said 50 words before, and she isn't autistic. I feel so sad and scared I don't know where to turn for support. 

Please, if anyone else has any input.. I'd be so grateful.

Xxx

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  • Hi! I'm really sorry to hear that you're going through this at the moment! I imagine that it must be quite bewildering for you? 

    Both myself and my youngest daughter (2yr 8mths) are diagnosed with ASD. My daughter was diagnosed quite young because she also has global developmental delay so it was obvious from a very young age, to both us and the professionals that there was 'something' going on, she's still pre-verbal. However, I would consider it concerning if your daughter was talking and then has suddenly lost most of her vocabulary. If your GP is dismissing the idea of there being any issue then maybe contact your local health visiting team and ask them to come and review your daughter. They would then write a report to your GP with recommendations for any further investigations that they might think necessary.

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  • Hi! I'm really sorry to hear that you're going through this at the moment! I imagine that it must be quite bewildering for you? 

    Both myself and my youngest daughter (2yr 8mths) are diagnosed with ASD. My daughter was diagnosed quite young because she also has global developmental delay so it was obvious from a very young age, to both us and the professionals that there was 'something' going on, she's still pre-verbal. However, I would consider it concerning if your daughter was talking and then has suddenly lost most of her vocabulary. If your GP is dismissing the idea of there being any issue then maybe contact your local health visiting team and ask them to come and review your daughter. They would then write a report to your GP with recommendations for any further investigations that they might think necessary.

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  • in reply to Kitsune

    Thank you for your reply. I've been back to another gp today and I've been fobbed off again saying she's normal. Something isn't right and I'm beside myself with worry. I've contacted the health visitor and they don't see any urgency at all with it. They keep telling me they're fully booked and to wait for an appointment. I can't just sit here anymore. I don't know what to do to help her. I haven't a clue at all.