Thats great Noah did so well with his cousin. Dwayne also did well with my best freinds daughter at her birthday party on sunday. He followed her around alot and screamed and squealed like a little girl the entire time. With the affection, Dwayne gives us love only when he feels like it. Lately he has been giving Daddy kisses and hugs and none for myself or his little sister. I keep asking him for kisses and hugs and eventually I know he's going to give in and give me a kiss. As for your new daughter thats great he's acknowledging her, it took Dwayne around a month and a half to acknowledge his new sister and the only attention he shows her now is giving her a kiss (if he's in the mood) after we ask him to and then he claps for himself.
Congrats on the new baby!!
Super news Stephanie! Congrats again on your new daughter, you must all be thrilled, and I think your NOah's interactions w/ his big cousin were awesome...we also have a big cousin who is now 11 and Nicholas is now 4 1/2 and she was the first "child" my guy really got to know...he showed off for her and would watch her play w/ toys and take them and try to imitate her...it started out slow and now she is like his little teacher...he adores her and she him...she use to be the one who was a little jealous and standoffish, she was the baby in the family for so long....and then Nicholas came around when she was 7...but now she tells me I wish he was my little brother and how cute he is and will yell to me "auntie, Nick just said my name!" or give me play by play of everything he's doing...its great! for both of them, she is really bright and nt and he is getting so much out of being around her, and honestly so is she! Keep up those visits if you can! Great news!
And on a side note, I am the oldest of 4, my brother right under me (2 1/2) years younger was like that too, when he was about 2-3 yrs old he wanted my mom just for himself...he didn't want to share her lap with me...he wanted "all the lapess!" LOL...I think its normal for all kids to have some type of adjustment period when a new sib is in the mix...but giving her a "high five dude"...is not only so adorable, but a really good sign!
best of luck, big hugs to all!
Ali
Amber,
Good to see your editing yourself now
We wouldn't want to see you banned from here.
Nelle I just wanted to say that's great! I know how you feel about the hope when ds interacted w/ his cousin. Aiden did the same thing last week. One of dh's neices came over who is same age as my dd (4). Now ds interacts well w/ dd, though it is mostly what I guess they call parellel play? Anyhow, he rarely ever acknowledges other children. When his cousin came over he was getting up in her face like he was inspecting her and he was babbling his nonsense to her and really making good eye contact. I think he was getting too close w/ his face to hers because she was backing off. Then ds just ran off and played and that was the end of that, but still it made me feel so happy to watch. I even recorded it in my daily journal for him.
Also Aiden will not give affection very often, but he will take it from myself, dd, or dh anytime. We can kiss on him and hug him just fine. He has probably given back affection (like offering a kiss) a handful of times, and almost all of them to dh
Sounds like he is adjusting pretty well to new baby. I've witnessed nt children act pretty crazy at first too. Amber LOL!!! I just read that HAHAHA! I emld them and told them how ridiculous it all was and how I wasn't posting propaganda, being hostile or vulgar, etc and they could keep me banned. I wasn't coming back I'd rather stick w/ sites that were actually helpful. They emld me back saying they wouldn't release my ban even if I wanted them too. That's the end of that fun!
Takoda also seems to accept and interact with a three y/o cousin real well.
Also Congradulations on the new baby!
Nelle I am happy that Takoda has for the most part been ok with Mommy's affection and he will warm up to people who are around alot and not too pushy. Glad to hear that Noah did so well with his cousin!! That is great when that happens!! Also Congratulations on the new baby!!! How exciting!! About the affection thing...Adam will only give me kisses when HE wants to give kisses. Even with me. He is actually more likely to give a hug more so than a kiss. When saying goodbye to people other than us he will usually hug them when prompted. But with me at home Sometimes he will and sometimes he won't. So I just keep asking him during the day periodiocally until I get my hug
Karrie YAYYYYYY NOAH
Oh & when my Granddaughter was born a lil more than 5 yrs ago, Tony was 4y/o, & at first he wasn't real thrilled with having a baby in the house, but when he saw that the attention & affection that HE was receiving wasn't going to change, he warmed up to her quickly. Now he has a new Nephew & has been a fantastic Uncle to him from the start! God Bless you & your Family & keep you all safe! Linda...aka Tony'sMom...aka MWN64
also congratulations on the new baby yay
His new sister Sarah Nicole was born 5 days ago. He really doesn't want much to do with her but today he went up to her bassinet and touched her hand and he said "five" (because she has five fingers) then he gave her a high five and said "dude". It was so cute. Yesterday I was holding Sarah and I held her out to Noah and asked him to give her a kiss. For a split second I thought he was going to, but instead he went way around her as not to get to close and gave me one instead. I think most kids, NT or on the spectrum, have some trouble adjusting to a new sibling. I was wondering if anyone else has a child who will respond to them mostly on the first request, but everyone else gets ignored? My son will respond to me right away most of the time, but his father and other relatives have to ask over and over and over for things like a hug or a kiss or just "come here".
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