my two and half year old haven't spoken a word, please help!!

[yangzom]

hi, i am writing here in a hope to get help.... I have a 27 month old baby girl, she haven't said a word not even mom and its bothering me alot. she had several ear infection and had tube inserted last october, but still no help. now that i am concern i check some websites and learn that she might have PDD. I am not sure.  She never responds to the sound. she runs around the house like crazy, she flaps her hands most of the times, there is no proper eye contacts, she laughs for no reason, she is constipated all the time... Please help me as i am so worried and scared for my baby's future. help me

[DIANA_RIVERA]

HI MY SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PDD-NOS, HE SHARES THE SAME SIGNS AND ACTIONS AS UR DAUGHTER. THE GFCF DIET IS A GREAT IDEA IN ADDITION TO THE DIET TRY TO KEEP HER AWAY FROM ANYTHING DAIRY AND BREAD (UNLESS ITS POTATO BREAD WHICH IS GREAT) THE BOOK BY JENNY MCCARTHY IS WONDERFUL I WOULD DEFINITLY RECOMEND IT ANY PARENT WH HAS A CHILD DIAGNISED WITH PDD, ASD, OR EVEN ASPERGERS. THE DIET ALONG WITH HIS THERAPIES FROM EARLY INTERVENTION HAVE HELPED ALOT, HE IS RESPONDIONG TO HIS NAME I LIL MORE WHICH WHERE HE WOULDNT RESPOND AT ALL, HIS EYE CONTACT HAS INPROVED AND HE UNDERSTANDS A FEW ONE STEP DIRECTIONS ...MY SUGGESTIONS AND ADVISE WOULD BE ONLY FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH A CHILD WITH PDD..FIRST AND FOR MOST GET EARLY INTERVENTION FOR YOUR DAUGHTER ,, NO REFERAL NEEDED,, U CAN DO IT ON UR OWN, GET A GOOD DEVELOPMENTAL PEDIATRICIAN, GET A NEUROLOGICAL EXAM, SEE AN ALLERGY SPECIALIST TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY ALLERGIES OR SENSITIVITIES TO ANY FOODS OR INGREDIENTS THAT ARE MADE WITH CORN OR CORN SYRUP. SEE A GASTROENTEROLOGIST IF THE CONSTIPATION DOES NOT IMPROVE ON THE DIET. I WANT YOU TO ALSO READ AN ARTICLE I HAVE FOUND ONLINE,, IT GIVES THE STORY OF A MOTHER EXPERIENCE IN THE RECOVERY OF PDD WITH HER SON,, IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AND IT GIVE LOTS OF HOPE TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH PDD OR ASD ..  THE SITE IS >>>>>>                    http://www.danasview.net/asrecov3.htm        PLEASE READ IT. I WISH YOU THE BEST  IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REACH ME   PLEASE FEEL FREE.. MY PERSONAL EMIAL WHICH COMES THROUGH MY PHONE IS       ***@****        I DO LIVE IN NY SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE NAMES TO SOME OF THE DOCTORS I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP.

[yangzom]

my daughters hearing test result came normal but the pediatric neurologist says she has ASD. I am still waiting for the EKG result. What should i do now. I have her on GFCF diet and her eye contact is much better. I have her on SNT for last couple of weeks. and have started giving her threelac. i don't know if this is gonna help or not. I will start looking for a good DAN doctor. I live here in NY do anybody know a good DAN doctor? I would appreciate your help.

[NRG1003]

I would recommend the gfcf diet, i to have a son who was born Oct 2006  and still doesn't speak, he babbles but no words, not even mama or dada. every now and then i hear him bable baaaaaa    baaaaaaaa, but thats the extent.  He was also very weak at carrying toys or even playing with them, as soon as we started that diet he began to gain weight, diahrea stopped and he began to have normal bowl movement, was not sluggish or fatigued.  I know exactly what you are feeling and fear, we also had tubes inserted and that helped his balance.

ENT specialist is your best bet.  Keep on them, if you know something is still not right and the answer they are giving you is vague, go to another Dr.  

[yangzom]

hi i was interest in giving my child gfcf diet with the suppliments that jenny Maccarthy said in her book called louder than words but i was wondering if i can do this without consulting my doctor. can anybody fill me more information with this as i really need to hear from somebody who have been through the same. thank you all for your help and courage

[gemmamisty]

Hello again,
ASD is Autistic Spectrum Disorder. You can search it online and see if you can find a good site like the NAS (national autistic society). It may help you recognise if some of the behaviour she is displaying is the same as a child with asd. It's very good that you are doing further hearing tests. It is possible that she can hear some types of sounds better than others. I know of a freinds who's child could hear low voices but not high pitch sounds so it really is best to check thoroughly especially since she had had lots of ear trouble. You also mentioned weak muscles, this can also be checked, have you mentioned it to your doctor? if not it would be a good idea as occupational therapy can help with that. It is possible that your daughter has several different things that she needshelp with and she may have asd and hearing difficulties plus muscle weakness. The best thing is to write a list of all the different things that you have concerns about being as specific as possible and talk to your doctor about them all. Good luck with the hearing test, let us know how it goes

[yangzom]

hi there, thank you for responding... at this period of time i need to talk to somebody who has any idea of my situation or have been through same.  as for hearing test she had few times which she failed but i know that she hears. like when i get back from my work i always call her name from the door and she looks. and she past her hearing when she was born. iam sorry to ask but what is asd. she is very weak and will never play with toys and will not take anything on her hand thats why she has a weak muscles. she won't play with her peers. this weak i have one more test called sedated abr, this will decide if she really hears or not.  

[gemmamisty]

Hi,
Does she have any deafness at all? or has she passed a hearing test? It is possible to test even tiny babies for hearing now so even if she does not speak it's possible to do it. Also you need to speak to your doctor or health visitor about having an assement for things like speech delay (which she obviously has) and asd. There are lots of possibilities of what can be the cause of her behaviour too, i would suggest not to get too stressed out about things like flapping. It can be quite uncomfortable for parents/frinds even strangers to watch a child flapping but try to remember that this behaviour is usually a method the child is using to calm themselves or cope with the situation. My son has asd and i do not care about what other people think if he stims/flaps i have accepted that he does it when he becomes anxious and i do not worry about how others feel about it. It sounds like you are very worried but there are lots of people, thousands of people going through the same thing. You are in the right place to talk about it.