Mom reveals hidden signs of autism that her baby showed at just eight months old

An Alabama mother has revealed the hidden sign that her daughter had autism when she was just eight months old.

Brandi Hogan’s daughter Bella, three, was diagnosed with level 3 nonverbal autism just before her third birthday, but the mother believes the little girl was showing signs after just eight months, she revealed in a TikTok video.

In an old video, Hogan shows her daughter playing on the floor.

The smiley baby flopped around as her mother called her name and tapped the ground to get her attention.

Except the baby didn’t respond to her name and although she noticed the tapping, she avoided eye contact.

Hogan is convinced that these two things were “early signs” that her daughter was autistic.

“Some early signs of autism we had, not only did she not respond to her name, but she didn’t respond at all,” she wrote in the caption.

‘We had her hearing checked three times and for one of those tests she was put to sleep. She had perfect hearing, but didn’t respond to us at all,” she continued. ‘At this age she didn’t make eye contact yet. We kept thinking she would get it, and eventually she would respond every now and then.”

Brandi Hogan’s daughter Bella, three, was diagnosed with Level 3 non-verbal autism just before her third birthday, but the mother believes the little girl had been showing signs for eight months since her daughter wouldn’t respond to her name and avoided eye contact.

While not responding to your name may be “a possible sign of autism,” he says it is not a “definitive” sign. Dr. Mary Barbara.

“If a child has no other signs of autism, they may not be,” she said on her website. ‘Many factors can affect a child’s responsiveness, including hearing problems, attention problems or developmental delays.’

Children usually start responding to their names between six and twelve months of age. Barbera recommends having an assessment if a child does not begin to respond to his or her name within the first year.

Although the child was professionally diagnosed with autism, commenters on Hogan’s video were divided on whether or not they believed that the behavior the mother recorded was due to autism or simply normal baby characteristics.

Some parents could relate to what she had experienced with her baby.

‘My son is just like her! I think he has autism,” one parent wrote, saying her son doesn’t walk, has a speech delay and doesn’t respond to his name, among other symptoms.

‘My son was like that at that age and was referred before he even got one. He was diagnosed at two, he is three and a half and is non-verbal with other developmental delays, but he is a happy soul,” another mother wrote.

“My nine month old son doesn’t respond to his name, sometimes I could scream so loud to get his attention and nothing, his hearing is fine, he responds to sounds like banging, clapping etc, sounds he likes,” a third wrote.

Others, however, were not so convinced and thought the child was behaving normally for her age.

‘I don’t see any signs. A perfectly beautiful baby!’ wrote one woman.

Another wrote: ‘This is normal! [Please] people don’t confuse parents who don’t know anything about autism.”

‘He’s just a toddler. No autism,” a third wrote.

Signs to look out for in children in the first six months include “little or no big smiles or other warm, joyful and engaging expressions” and “limited eye contact,” according to Autism speaks.

Commenters were divided over whether the ‘early signs’ were worrying or not, despite Bella being diagnosed later

According to the organization, babies who exhibit limited vocalizations and smiles may show signs of autism by nine months.

By their first birthday, babies should babble, gesture and respond to their names.

Other symptoms of autism that can occur at any age include loss of acquired speech or social skills, avoidance of eye contact, persistent loneliness, difficulty understanding the emotions of others, delayed language development, persistent repetition of words, limited interests, irritability , among others. to the organization.

In the US, approximately one in 36 children will be diagnosed with autism. About four percent of boys and one percent of girls suffer from it.

Boys are almost four times as likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls, the organization said.

The average age of autism diagnosis in the US is five years old.