A Little Bit Autistic Presents...
"Good morning, Brad," I said with exagerrated ear-to-ear smile.
Nothing. (Can you blame him?)
Brad was more than 12 weeks old and he still wasn't smiling.
What's wrong with him?
Of course, I had an idea. After all, I Googled "late smile" the first day Brad went into what I call the What To Expect (WTE) red zone. The WTE red zone is when a milestone is so delayed, WTE recommends you have your child evaluated for developmental delays. This happens at week 9 if the infant still isn't smiling. When I googled "late smile", of course all of the hits were "autism."
At that stage, I couldn't even process the possibility of autism. I did what most mothers do: I sublimated the fear. Even so, the fear kept creeping up on me. Like, for example, every morning when Brad didn't greet me with a smile.
2 comments:
I admire you for being so "on" it even at 12 weeks.
I think I told you I felt totally misled by WTE and their description of autism (which has since been changed).
I watched the first season of Lost on DVD, but never watched it beyond that. I guess I need to catch up?
I caught onto it late - watched seasons 1, 3 and 4. Never watched season 2, and don't feel like I missed anything. For what it's worth.
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