[athikers]

You are describing my son, exactly.

He said mama and dada for his foster parents and then stopped talking... by the time we got him at almost 2 years he wasn't doing anything but screaming and humming.

A couple things...

Our son's gait (the drunk walk) was HORRIBLE. It took him until 24 months to start walking and even then he walked very wobbly until a few weeks ago. We received UCB's (orthodics) and it improved his gait SO MUCH!

Did your daughter do other milestones on time? Like crawling... was she a "good" crawler or was it disorganized?

Does she do other things that would lead you to post on the autism boards? Does she spin or fixate on shinny/spinny things. Does she make "weird" movements with her hands or eyes (blinking a lot, looking at your out of the corner, top or bottom of her eyes) does she play strangely with toys? Etc.

I don't mean to sound alarmist, but you are not wrong to think something is going on with her. Please have her evaulated asap with just the info you gave... the late walking and no talking I don't know that she is autistic, but something is going on!

FYI, my son is pre-natally exposed to a similar plethora, just as your daughter... he is also brain injured and autistic and has sensory processing dysfunction. So! Post some more info or PM and I will surely give you a listening ear. Its very hard when your child is not progressing like you dreamed they would.