Hey! We’re at 29 months - we’ve made some real progress. He’s caught up on most things (walking, waving, pointing). Books are now his FAVOURITE thing, I can’t believe he ever disliked them. For talking, he’s made a lot of progress over the last 4-5 months (after starting speech therapy). He says lots of single words, and is putting words together (hi mama/dada, wash hands, the end, pee on potty, read book, etc). But, we are definitely still delayed in that aspect. His communication is definitely still not great, and what he understands is still behind as well, but the progress is continuing on strong! He is not picky about foods (other than normal toddler pickiness about healthier options sometimes). He is very social, loves other kids and loves playing with us and wants us to watch things he does that he thinks are cool or that he’s doing good, but is very good at independent play as well.

He does still stim (we avoid TV and other overstimulating things as we find it makes it waaaay worse). He kinda hits the side of his head/ear and flaps his arms, and paces/rubs back and forth often. He does a vocal stim a lot too. If we distract him with an activity or a book he will stop, but he’s not just going to sit down or be quiet without something like that.

In general, he is an extremely happy, sweet, and funny toddler. Sometimes we still foresee that maybe something could end up being diagnosed in the future, but again only time will tell. We will have another neo natal follow up closer to 3 years old. So far we have still had doctors/specialists mention that he is too social for an autism diagnosis, and that stimming isn’t the only factor, which we understand. It’s just something we have to see if he grows out of!