My sweet baby was born 8 weeks early with no complications. His first 14 months of life he was ahead on every milestone. He was walking alone at 8 months, talking at 12 months potty trained at 13 months. Then like every night I put him to bed he was 14 months and 6 days old. He said good night mommy I love you. The next morning he woke up and didn't speak anymore, he couldn't feed himself and couldn't use the toilet anymore. I took him to the doctors thinking he may of had a seizure or a stroke and neither did he have. The doctor said its normal for baby's to regress. I just didn't believe that was what was going on. I did a google search and typed in my baby stopped talking and the screen flooded with something called Autism. I knew nothing about it so I read so many articles watched so many videos and thought that maybe what's going in with my baby. So at 16 months old I took him back to the doctor and she still said he it was normal. I demanded a referral to a developmental doctor at 23 months old my son was diagnosed with Autism. I thought our world had crashed. Now he is almost 4 and is starting to talk again. He is the most loving boy I have ever met. We have good days and hard days, but he always remind me to smell the roses!
Jenniespringfield, OR