I'm sorry. I know these questions are posted a lot, but I figured it would be easier me asking then trying to find another child with her exact symptoms.
My daughter just turned 2 on March 25th. I'm really worried about autism. She still doesn't talk. (She says a few things, but they aren't very clear) She flaps her arms, mainly when she's dancing, but occasionally does it when she's upset. She walks on her tip toes sometimes, not often. She does not like adults (unless she knows them well), but absolutely loves little kids. She does play with them. She looks me in the eyes, smiles a lot, mimics a lot of the things we do. It does seem like she doesn't hears us often though. But when she does listen, she does follow instructions. She watches TV a lot and it's hard to get her attention away from it. She gets frustrated easily and she does bang her head. She also covers her ears from loud things.
I'm wondering if maybe she has a speech delay with OCD. One night we had 3 water bottles on the night stand. She made them all face the same way. No matter which way we moved them, she would move them back. But the autism signs keep nagging at me. She is in speech therapy. But she hasn't started it yet.
Does it sound like autism, something else, or just weird quirks? I'm really concerned but everyone I talk to (family and friends) say that don't think she has autism. So I don't know if I'm just looking too much into things.
Also, when she was around 16 months, my husband started a new job. He worked 100+ hours a week and he had to take our only car. So me and my daughter were stuck at home constantly by ourselves. I made the mistake of not talking to her. I also couldn't play with her much since I was on bed rest for preterm labor with my second child. Do you think this is the cause of her delays?
Thank you very much.