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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- thanks for your responses. My DS was in early intervention around 19 months of age when he had no words. Around 22 months of age he started saying a few words so we thought things were fine. There have been other signs that have bothered me, like hand leading, lack of joint attention and sleep regression. But the pediatrician doesn’t seem to be concerned at all which just causes more anxiety for me.[/quote]

Hey OP—agree with other posters that this isn’t really a good area of expertise for a pediatrician. I am the pp who mentioned my DD has ASD. I always had these gut concerns that things were a bit off with her but she was never delayed “enough.” None of her screeners that we filled out at the ped’s office flagged any developmental concerns (other than a brief stint, similar to yours, in speech therapy where she caught up).

I finally asked her preK teacher what she thought about 2 months into her first year of preK—she had just turned 2 and was the youngest in her class so the teacher offered a lot of caveats. But she said yes she had similar concerns as I did—and she was a veteran teacher so I felt very seen! I let our pediatrician know who said you know I don’t see anything, she doesn’t screen on anything as warranting concern, BUT your teacher sees her way more and so do you so I definitely think an eval is warranted.

We got onto the child development clinic at children’s National waitlist (which was fairly short compared to a lot of wait lists around here). We simultaneously signed up for an Early intervention eval through the county which found no real significant delays so we were not offered services. The child development clinic’s eval was more thorough and they ended up diagnosing the ASD at the end of her session. It really helped offer insight into what sorts of therapies to line up for her.

Anyways I am not trying to alarm you by any means—just saying that you should go with your gut. Schedule an early intervention eval and if you are local, look into children’s child development clinic (or similar if you aren’t local). You could be worrying about nothing and they will affirm that, or your worries could confirm there’s something going on which will give you insights into next steps! [/quote]

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