this is one of the first pictures of the bruses on his little forehead from the head banding!
At around the age of about 15-17 months old our littleman started head banging. What is this you all ask? Well our son would take violent temper tantrums which included a violent banging of his head on the floor, wall or anything that was a flat surface. This new act of craziness as I like to call it was the first sign.
Not too shortly after the head banging, a reoccuring act was gaging. This was done when certain foods were put on his plate. Something that he might have eaten the day before and had no problem with. but now the sight or smell of this food would litterally make him sick.
A lack of language was starting to be present at this stage. Several words that he was using was no longer being used and more squaking and loud screams were used. We couldn't figure out why this was happening! Several of the children on my side of the family were slow talkers and all needed Speech Theropy. His total language at the age of 3 1/2 was mom and dad, before he started theropy.
Loud noises now seemed to bother him. The vacume cleaner was his favorite tool to use in the house, but now was totally scared by the noise when it was turned on.
Watching TV he limited him self to watching certain movies that may have caught his attention for about 3 mins at a time. But was demanding that the show be repeated several times a day.
to be cont'
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