I always thought this is typical toddler behavior until one of my friends suggested my son to be checked. He is 30 months old - can’t differentiate between you and I ( refers himself as you ) confuses often , controls everything in the house like which plate dad eats, what color tops I should wear etc. there is at leas one melt down per day usually with dad and light sleeper. He is extremely active and keeps repeating his words again while doing things ( like going to walk the dog) multiple time

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Good lord. Your son is developmentally perfectly normal. I vs you is a tricky concept, many kids at his age just refer to themselves in the 3rd person. For all you’ve said his language is advancing normally to very well.

Seriously - shame on your friend for suggesting otherwise. Do they have kids?!

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I know right?! People are so quick to label little kids. This mom shaming sucks

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He’s only 2.5 - still building vocabulary, word repetition is normal at this age. They sometimes do it just to ensure getting it right.

I think it’s adorable that he’s choosing your outfits! Don’t be concerned. Big hugs to you mama

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Aw I’m sorry you feel guilty. It’s so hard to know unless you have specialized training! I will say if it alleviates your concerns, just get checked! Nothing wrong in doing that. We were in a similar situation with my child (not the same behaviors, just wondering if there was something going on and debating how much to push).

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He has a very good eye contact while talking, says hi to kids in the park if I tell him to, has done parallel play on a play date but doesn’t participate in any group classes we take him. I am going to pediatrician in a week but I am super concerned and feeling guilty for missing any signs. Just want to hear other moms thoughts and what other things I should monitor so that the discussion with pediatrician is useful

My youngest is about the same age, just curious what you are getting him checked for?

Autism vs speech or language delay

My son is three and he does basically everything you mentioned. I try to throw “me versus you” lessons in randomly because he definitely has trouble. He’s not demanding of the clothes I wear, but he absolutely wants many things around him to be a certain way, routine and predictable, and he will have a meltdown sometimes if he doesn’t get his way.

I was pretty worried that *I* had missed something since you could be describing my even older child! But he started Montessori preschool a few weeks ago, and his teacher has over 20 years of experience. She hasn’t mentioned anything concerning to me, and I assume she would know if he had warning signs.

Oh mom :( I’m sorry you feel guilty for missing any signs. We all miss things because it’s a struggle to just stay on top of it every day without being extra sensitive to other things too. Please don’t blame yourself.

He sounds fine but you know best if you feel something is “off”, and a pediatrician will help assure you or validate any concerns.

But really, please, whatever it turns out to be if it IS anything, please don’t feel bad. We go through enough without giving ourselves enough grace.

He sounds perfectly normal to me. If you’re worried, ask your doc but nothing you said sounds abnormal for me at this age.

Absolutely totally normal stuff!!!
Checkout big little feelings, how to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk book…. Very helpful for tantrums and need to control and etc etc

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