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Sarah is 6 1/2 and she wont dress herself, bathe, brush her teeth, hair, I have to fix her dinner separate from us (too picky), prompt constantly for her to express herself, still sleeps with us or sister, watch her like a hawk in public....she is my baby:) She can do most of the things above but gets real fussy and frustrated~and ol S0000 slow...I should be reinforceing her to be more independent but I am usually in a hurry and don't have time to argue with her. She can cook eggs and make many things on her own like sandwiches,mac n cheese, cereal, pour milk or juice, tie her shoes now and read, write and play board games ect..so I am just waiting for the part of her that wants to do things herself (no! mama I am a big girl now..I do it myself!) it hasn't happened yet
Shelley
I know how you guys feel. Payne is the same way. He takes forever to do things that he doesn't want to do b/c he knows I'll end up doing it for him...or if I say no...he'll try to get dh to do it for him...we don't play that way in our house. Mommy and Daddy are a united front. Oh I know. I have a 20 month old NT girl too and they are all on the same level. Big hugs.Two and a half IS a baby. I know, 2 yo's do lots, but autism IS a developmental delay. It means our kids develop later. Just keep getting good intervention and things will improve.When mine was about that age he did not do what most of his peers did. I worried that he would never do those things. He is now doing them all and then some. However, there are always areas where he trails his NT peers. Your baby will get to do things, and be less babyish eventually, at his own pace. I never knew the day would come when my son would put on his shoes, his jacket, get in the car and snap his seat belt. Just keep guiding him even when it seems pointless because you have done the same thing a thousand times and he seems not to get it. He is getting it most times they do not want to be bothered. You bother them enough, they get that you won't leave them alone. So they do what they have to do to go on, then it becomes a habit and you won't believe it. Like Tzoya said, intervention, intervention, intervention.
Concernedpa.
Adam seems much younger than 5 to me. It was just a year ago that I potty trained him. I know what your talking about though because Adam at 2.5 was very much like a baby even though he walked like a toddler.
Karrie
Don't despair........he'll get there! My son is 11 yo now and believe it or not, I still feel like that sometimes too. My son is fairly self sufficient....with the exception of choosing clothes for school
I feel the same way. In fact I catch myself calling him my baby all the time and baby talking him. Oh well, he's my angel.
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