Mummies can relate?
Moms to be anyone of you their edd is sept/oct and afraid whether if your child is autistic or a special need kid? What are the percentage of having special need kid? Is it normal for mums to go through this stage of negative thoughts?
Unfortunately u won't know till your kid is probably more than a year old. It takes lots of assessments for a proper diagnosis. I was constantly worried esp when my boy has a speech delay, it's one of the signs. I sought my PD's help but he wasn't concerned at all as he's advanced in his motor skills and didnt have problem with eye contact and socialising. I also went to KKH but they also said he doesn't have any signs of autism, the speech delay can be improved and I was lucky to have him gone through intervention early. Now at 2.5 years old he's starting to speak in sentences, still a lil behind some of his peers but he's catching up. Putting him in childcare helped to speed it up as for the first 1.5 years he was taken care of by my mom who usually gives in to his demands to watch TV. Don't think too much abt it and just monitor tt ur kid hits his milestones at every stage. Sometimes we parents are too worried tt it can somehow manifest on the kid so think positive!
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