An autism red flag... For infants

Just read his in "parenting " magazine.

ReSearchers at Kennedy Krueger institute found... If you pull a 6 month old up to sit and his head lags behind, he'll be more likely to be diagnosed wih autism at age 3 than a baby whose head doesn't fall back...




Ugh my son does this... It says don't freak out if your baby does this but to alert the pediatrician next appoitment

I wouldn't read too much into it.

I don't think that's really something to worry about. Lots of babies still do that at that age.

Naturally I picked LO up to see if his head lagged... I wonder if there's any truth behind that at all.

Hm that's a strange one that I haven't heard before.

<blockquote><b>Quoting AngelGabriel'sMama:</b>" Naturally I picked LO up to see if his head lagged... I wonder if there's any truth behind that at all."</blockquote>




Usage they studied the younger siblings of a child who already had autism... Idk I was just rewriting what the magazine wrote

I wouldnt read into that at all. There is way more that goes into it.

My son had excellent head/neck control by 8 weeks and was still diagnosed at 3yo. I dont think that is a good indicator at all. Dont get too upset over it(I mean this in the sincerest way possible.)