Oliver was born at 7ibs healthy, alert and beautiful. This wonderful baby changed my life right from the beginning. He started saying words early on and his crawling was delayed and when it came around to walking he was also late on that milestone and lost some words he used to say as he grew. Me being a first time parent I didn't think to much of it.
As time went on I had noticed some cues that were a little off. How fascinated he was playing with just the wheels on cars and would sit for hours trying to perfectly stack blocks and organize them into color groups and sizes. He had to be textbook on everything he built and would throw tantrums if nothing turned out as he planned. As he got older his babbling stuck and he couldn't communicate what he wanted to say. That was hard on all of us. Oliver would get so frustrated because he knew what he wanted but just couldn't make it out to words. His progress on his communication has been alot better but still not fully there.
My Oliver is turning 5 and he was just recently diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum. The pediatrician he had did not mention anything to us about his delays and that only delayed things longer on his getting diagnosed. My son is so smart, lovable, social, and just an amazing child inside and out. Oliver is polite to everyone he meets. He always says his "please" and "thank you's" and always has a huge smile on his face when he see's new people and always greets them. My Ollie is such a social butterfly. Oliver has his passions, from his collection of hot wheels cars to his Minecraft game. Whenever he gets a new car he is the happiest kid. He amazes me everyday by learning and memorizing things. One thing he wanted to learn was makes and models of cars and he already knows them all. My son Oliver is my everything and I would never change him for the world.
Millville, NJ
