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<blockquote data-quote="NewMom" data-source="post: 2312593" data-attributes="member: 356758">My son is five and a half months old.&nbsp; He is generally a happy little baby.&nbsp; He is makes good eye contact, and tracks people as they move about the room.&nbsp; He smiles often at people, usually in response to their voice or smile, and laughs although not as often as he smiles.&nbsp; He babbles a lot, but usually to a toy although he will tell us stories when we&#039;re changing him, or playing with him.&nbsp; I&#039;ve read that many babies who are later diagnosed with Autism have large heads.&nbsp; His head size was in the 69th percentile at birth, and is now in the 75th.&nbsp; But he is also a big boy, with weight in the 69th, and height in the 95th.He likes to cuddle and be held.&nbsp; When he is upset/crying, he usually stops when he is picked up and held or rocked.&nbsp; He sometimes flaps his arms and kicks his legs repetitively, when he is excited and happy.&nbsp; We haven&#039;t really started solid foods yet, but we tried him on rice cereal one day, and he kept trying to grab the spoon out of my hand and use it himself.&nbsp; He also holds a bottle when being fed, although he isn&#039;t coordinated enough yet to hold it on his own.He can roll over quite easily both from back to front and vice versa, and can sit well when supported and hold his head up just fine.Any opinions on how he&#039;s doing developmentally?&nbsp; Should I be concerned.&nbsp; I have a very big fear of an Autism diagnosis.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NewMom, post: 2312593, member: 356758"] My son is five and a half months old. He is generally a happy little baby. He is makes good eye contact, and tracks people as they move about the room. He smiles often at people, usually in response to their voice or smile, and laughs although not as often as he smiles. He babbles a lot, but usually to a toy although he will tell us stories when we're changing him, or playing with him. I've read that many babies who are later diagnosed with Autism have large heads. His head size was in the 69th percentile at birth, and is now in the 75th. But he is also a big boy, with weight in the 69th, and height in the 95th. He likes to cuddle and be held. When he is upset/crying, he usually stops when he is picked up and held or rocked. He sometimes flaps his arms and kicks his legs repetitively, when he is excited and happy. We haven't really started solid foods yet, but we tried him on rice cereal one day, and he kept trying to grab the spoon out of my hand and use it himself. He also holds a bottle when being fed, although he isn't coordinated enough yet to hold it on his own. He can roll over quite easily both from back to front and vice versa, and can sit well when supported and hold his head up just fine. Any opinions on how he's doing developmentally? Should I be concerned. I have a very big fear of an Autism diagnosis. [/QUOTE]

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