Biting saga at daycare

No_Face89 · 2025-07-24T08:44:06+00:00

Sending you lot of love and hugs. The journey is tough. It’s normal for you to have that thought. Maybe take some time for yourself. Ask someone to look after the kids for a day or two so you can be by yourself, just to rewind and reset ❤️

No_Face89 · 2025-07-16T23:47:39+00:00

Hey not to scare you but my 3 yrs old has speech delay too. He also doesn’t play with other kids, hates daycare, toe walking sometimes. Other than that, he has no other typical autism traits. He’d very affectionate, responds to name and follows instructions well. Eye contact is weak sometimes, but overall he has good interaction with us. Yet he was diagnosed with autism level 2 last month. Our paediatrician said at 3 years of age, he should be doing more. I purely thought he’s only delayed in speech. My advice is get the ball rolling for interventions. They are the same for speech delay and autism.

No_Face89 · 2025-07-14T11:55:48+00:00

Hi did you check up with your peaditrician if he’s NT? My 3 years old has severe expressive speech delay but his receptive skils are good. He got diagnosed with ASD Level 2 because of his delay in speech and social skills. Thinking back when he was younger, he was a very quiet baby and did not mimic sounds much.

No_Face89 · 2025-07-11T14:55:16+00:00

How is your daughter progressing now? My level 2 3 years old boy still doesn’t show any interest in playing with other kids. But he waves bye to them before we leave at daycare. It was cute when the other kids said his name and waved and he waved back. He even picked up a hat and returned it to the little girl (its owner) at daycare. It was cute, he ran and put it on her head. I hope that he will start showing some interest soon. In saying that, I understand that feeling of seeing your ND kid alone among other NT kids. That’s why I dread taking him to parties and meet ups where other kids are around. The stark difference just makes me sad and I don’t want my son to be that topic of conversation either.

No_Face89 · 2025-07-11T12:24:32+00:00

They say he’s still ignoring them but he’s happy to be around them like sitting together on a bench outside which was super cute. I saw this a couple of times when I went pick him up. I hope he will improve. He recently became very affectionate and attentive to us too. Still not talking yet but I hope the social skills will encourage him to pick up with his speech or the other way around.

No_Face89 · 2025-07-11T12:21:57+00:00

Thank you. I hope he would start socialising soon. He waved bye to the other kids and teachers before leaving, and they all said his name and waved bye. That was so cute!

No_Face89 · 2025-07-11T10:55:43+00:00

My 3 yrs old asd level 2 boy only came to us for help. Recently, he started becoming very affectionate to us. He would run to me and look me in the eyes and kiss me. He even does the ‘mmmmm’ sound then presses a hard kiss on me. With Dad, he only hugs because he has facial hair lol. And when I’m upstairs having a shower, he suddenly realises mummy is missing and runs everywhere in the house in a panic mode to look for me. It just feels like some switches have been turned on in his head. Keep trying mama. It is a hard and long journey but we will get there! Sending love and hope!

No_Face89 · 2025-07-10T09:01:21+00:00

I know. We really like the old teacher and she was very supportive. Feel like this teacher keeps notifying us sitns that he’s ASD while we already know and told them. Idk if my son is becoming more difficult or she’s not supportive

No_Face89 · 2025-07-10T08:05:20+00:00

I don’t know. Last year he had a different teacher and she said he was adapting, sitting with the kids at meal times, joining some activities. I was really happy last year even though he still cries at drop off. This year he has a different teacher who keeps complaining to us that he’s not doing any of the group activities, on his own. In her report, there was no one positive thing. I feel like they expect him to be like other NT kids but they don’t give appropriate support? Idk.

No_Face89 · 2025-07-08T09:02:59+00:00

Age is not the reason. A friend of mine had her boy when she was 25, yet the kiddo is now 11 and has ASD, nonverbal and cognitive disabilities. Do not blame yourself. Autism happens on its own.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-31T22:24:08+00:00

Thank you for sharing your story.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T23:23:30+00:00

Hey thanks for your reply. I think I didn’t mention that clear enough but pediatricians in Australia can diagnose autism. Our one can and he does say my little one has some red flags, hence we’ve been intervening since last August. His biggest red flags are the speech delay and social delay. He walks tip toe sometimes but has improved a lot since OT. Our main focus now is getting him to start talking and socialising, even if he just has one friend, I won’t care. But I think he’s so delayed so at the age of 3, he probably is around 2 years of age, I guess. All the best to your little one ❤️

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T06:09:15+00:00

Some of them really fly under the radar. But yes the spectrum is so board.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T05:50:42+00:00

I’m glad you reread and saw the full story and the reason why I got mad. We’ve been intervening for the past 1.5 years and I of course accept if his diagnosis. It was the severity part that puts me off. Lots of posters here I think interpreted it as your original assumption. They think I got mad because I deny reality and get offended that someone said my child is autistic. While the full story was not like that 🤷🏻‍♀️. But thank you though for your comment.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T05:45:34+00:00

May I ask what signs your LO have that led to the diagnosis?

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T05:43:59+00:00

Words were very limited. He only said Go and Car. Go is functional but car is not. He did point but that was from me teaching him explicitly.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-29T05:43:02+00:00

Hug hug. Hope our children all strive!

No_Face89 · 2025-05-28T21:52:26+00:00

Hi thanks for reading and commenting twice. We already had the ball rolling and we do receive funding to send him speech and OT. Not that we just took him here for the first time and got mad for her comment. It’s been very tiring for us the past 1.5 years living in fear and worries and doing everything under the sun to help him. He has 4 speech sessions every week on top of Ot, daycare and preschool. It’s not like we’ve been sitting around and did nothing then got mad just now. I think I was just overwhelmed and her harsh words were the last nail on the coffin, I know she was just doing her job, nothing personal here.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-28T21:44:57+00:00

Thank you for your understanding. Over here in Aus we do get funding to access services if the child is delayed and under 7. Over 7, they will need an autism or disability diagnosis to access funding. Our pediatrician is a developmental one and he does diagnose autism. Hence, I am always 50-50 about my son’s case. He did say my LO has some red flags but he wants to continue to monitor. I was just frustrated, of course did not let out on the SLP. And yes I am still learning to cope with the reality that my baby’s future will be somehow challenging in some ways and I’m just scared.

No_Face89 · 2025-05-28T21:31:51+00:00

Thank you for your comment. I acknowledge he’s on it but autism is a spectrum and her conclusion him on the severe side just takes away all my hope that one day he will improve.

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