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Could my infant daughter be showing early signs of autism?

I am a mom of three, a two year old daughter, and 3 month old boy-girl twins.

I gave birth to my twins by c-section on 9-18-12, exactly one month early because I was dilating too early and my daughter was breech against my cervix and she was at risk for coming out leg first. They spent no time in NICU and went home three days later.

They are just about three months now and my son is cooing and making noises, "talking " as we put it, smiling, and generally just seems like the happiest little boy with such personality and sense of humor. His twin sister on the other hand is the opposite. She rarely smiles or makes eye contact. She maybe looks at me one time for a couple seconds every day but most of the time is looking over her left shoulder. If I turn her, she looks over the right shoulder. This child will go out of her way to avoid looking at us! To the point where if we keep pressing it, she gets angry and cries. I don't understand why she is like this and it's scaring me that she may be showing early signs of autism. She eats and sleeps normally, sucks her hands, her hearing is fine as she responds to noises and when her dad gets up in the afternoon (he works nights) she looks around when she can hear his voice in the room. But when we actually pick her up, she doesn't want to smile or even look at us. She just wants to look at the ceiling fan, christmas tree, or she LOVES the tv. Sometimes the ceiling is more entertaining than us. Could she just be a little slow due to being born early? But why is her brother doing all these things and she isn't? I'm very worried and I've been working with her constantly and every time I can get her to look at me, I go out of my way to keep her attention for as long as I can, which isn't very long. They have a doctor's appointment coming up at the end of January and I plan on asking her about it then. What are your thoughts?

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  • 8 years ago
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    I'd let her watch cartoons as much as possible so she see colors and it helps stimulate her brain. Along with stick on some music. Jazz, classic, piano music. Anything that'll help her stimulate her brain as well. I wouldn't be too worried just yet. But just work with her as much as possible. My baby LOVES our Xmas lights. She'll look at them for hours along with the tree I can get infront of her face and blab to her but she'll ignore me and move her head to look at the tree again. Don't worry just yet

    Source(s): Mommy of 1
  • asrai
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    What is normal varies very widely. There is no way to tell at 3 months. Babies don't usually give good eye contact. All babies love TV, it's bright and moves fast. My daughter looked at the ceiling all the time. Just relax, honey. It's all fine.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago

    I don't think it's autism. Even though their twins I wouldn't keep them on the same level cause one could be crawling a month before the other or one could be walking 2 months before the other. It is strange that she doesn't like attention though, but maybe she's going to be very independent and keep to herself.

  • 8 years ago

    Trust your gut, i would be concerned if i were you too! Talk to to her Dr and ask for a referal to a specialist!

    Source(s): Mom if 3
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