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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know official autism diagnoses often don't occur until 2+ years, but I am having serious milestone anxiety and am worried that my 8 month old DD is autistic. She smiles a lot but doesn't really laugh, doesn't wave hello/goodbye, doesn't always respond to her name, etc. From a physical development standpoint, she has been army crawling for about a month but it has not transitioned to traditional crawling. She is pulling herself up to standing with support though. Maybe this is all normal, idk, I'm a first time mom and am really spiraling![/quote]

Consistently responding to her name, waving, and pointing are technically 12 month milestones. They [I]can[/I] appear earlier, but you definitely shouldn't be up at night worrying because she hasn't reached them yet. 
Her crawling sounds perfectly typical. Many babies never "traditionally crawl." 
Babbling is any consonant/vowel combination, so "mamama" and "dadadada" definitely count. 
As for not laughing much, I had a baby like that, and now as a 6.5 year old... he still is much more of a smiler than a laugher. Always very chill and not easily excitable. He's also the most socially flexible of my 4 kids.

All that said, I agree with the other posters that you should attend to your mental health and talk to someone about intrusive thoughts/checking. [/quote]

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