joel's girl, flapping and loose body movements at a young age are associated with autism, but its really something that the MCHN would probably notice in a check up as well.

Maz - I'm glad the milk thing has helped!! in fact, I'm amazed. My BIL who has asperger's says that he can't think clearly if he has anything with milk in it. Someone on the Australian autism website says that her IQ drops 30 points on milk.

FJ - Matilda always had runny poos until we stopped milk. She hadn't done a formed on in her entire life. The other thing is the in one ear out another thoughts. Matilda has auditory processing issues in that she often won't "hear" things. The OT told me that is part of her issues. That she can't process what she is hearing properly if there are too many things stimulating her senses. Its really helped us in how we parent her. Because rather than getting unbelievably frustrated, I now think oh she can't hear and get in front of her & hold her arms and make her look at me before I say what it is... if its important, otherwise I roll my eyes & go on in life... HTH!