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Subject: Autism

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Jessica

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Date Posted: 07:59:51 10/09/07 Tue

I'm a mom of two boys, ages 10 and 7. When my 7 yo was little (infancy up to preschool) I had the same fear. He was incredibly high strung and had several things he would do repetitively. At a few months of age he would scream and hit when his brother (3 yo at the time) picked up something he was scooting towards. He would go from being a typical happy baby to screaming and crying in anger in a second. The only way he could to go sleep at night was to rub one specific corner of his favorite blanket back and forth across his fingertips. He refused to walk unassisted (he could do it, he just refused to) until he was about 14 months old. At this time I was also learning that my older son had ADHD and that a lot of the signs of ADHD mimic autism.

Now to look at my 7 yo you wouldn't think that had been the case when he was younger. He's happy, has lots of friends and is doing great at school. He was very disappointed last week when he brought home an assignment he'd only made 80% on. He usually gets 90% or better.

Moms have enough to worry about from day to day with their children without adding to it by worrying about what *may* happen. I know, not the easiest thing for us to do. I'm very guilty of that! Enjoy this time with your daughter as much as you can. Before you know it she'll be borrowing your clothes and wanting to borrow the keys. And if you're as 'lucky' as I am, you'll be eye to eye sooner than you'd expect, too. My 10 yo is *almost* my height. The other day I went to get onto him for something and realized when he's wearing shoes (and standing up straight) that I have to look up to see his eyes...

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