Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi all
I have a 22 month old girl who is showing many early symptoms of ASD. She is on the autism pathway and awaiting an appointment with the Community Paediatric Team.
I also have a 7 month old baby boy. My daughter showed no/very little interest in him from when he was born. He is now crawling and trying to interact with her. She does not like this at all - sometimes she just removes herself but sometimes she gets upset and takes our hand and leads us to him so that we can move him.
Does anyone have any experience in this area or have any tips that can help her get used to him/bond with him. He adores her and is just desperate to play!
Thanks
I think that she is now at an age when she begins to be actively jealous of your second child and it is because of this that she ignores him
Jealous??? That hadn't occurred to me. I guess that's possible with some siblings. Sounds more like she's like I was though. Not jealous, not really wanting parental attention either - just a bit of peace and quite from the intruding baby.
Perhaps you are right, after all, children can also get tired of constant attention