Dear Mummies
I'm the mother of a 23 month old tod. Recently brought him for his second MMR jab and he blew his tantrum at the PD clinic. PD then commented his high risk behaviour combined with speech delay may indicate autism. I refused to acknowlege and that was two days ago. When I returned, I started googling and found that my boy met a lot of the early symptoms. Eg. not babbling by 12 months, currently still on single words and his spontaneous vocab seem to be < 50. In fact, he does not verbalise his needs. If he wants milk, he'll pull my hand and throw it towards the milk tin. He used to point but now he doesn't. On top of that, and a very critical one is, he does not seem to respond to us calling his name. I never thought much of it but now, it is ringing loud and clear. His tantrums are terrible. Nowadays, he would cry the minute he woke up. Sometimes it's for milk and sometimes it's for tv. We used to attend to his needs straight away but nowadays, the tantrums has started elsewhere ie not getting the toys he wanted or cartoons that he want. He'll wail at the top of his voice, force himself to vomit and cry his lungs out. Plus he'll lie down and roll on the floor. Previously I thot he was just being naughty and started harsh disciplinary measures eg whacking on bump. But now thinking of it, my heart just bleeds. To think I have not noticed it earlier. I need some advice, mummies.