LR, I'm glad you have those appointments behind you. They can be so stressful

Often medical professionals refer to things like Aspergers as being "on the spectrum" but not autism - hence the term ASD. So that's probably what the paed meant. I think in general doctors are reluctant to diagnose before age 4 or 5, so that's most likely why he didn't talk about that. The thing is that many of the behaviours related to these things change with age. It's the same with ADHD - they won't formally diagnose DS until he has started school.

I hope that your early intervention lady is able to help you out in the meantime. Are you seeing on OT at all?

MLM - I have read about that in various places too - it's quite interesting. In fact oxytocin is the same hormone that triggers let-down when breastfeeding, and also orgasm (not when breastfeeding )!