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When I was a baby, I was for the most part happy and social. My mom said I was shy at first, but warmed up to people quickly. With family and friends, I was very cuddly and interested in those around me. Not very stereotypically autistic.

Anyone else like this?

Far from it. I was fussy, angry, stubborn, didn't take to being comforted, never smiled and had no interest in other babies or toddlers later.

My mom said I didn’t cry much. Like I cried enough so they weren’t concerned, but I definitely didn’t cry constantly.

I also slept through the night from a very young age.

My parents say I was an easy baby.

I don’t know about back then, but I know that now if I am upset and somebody tries to comfort me with a hug, it will calm me down but only because I am trying to get them to get off of me. Not because I actually feel better about the situation that has me upset. Maybe that’s how I was as a baby too? Responding to comfort quickly gets them away from you faster?

I was very interested in everything but more in things and thougths than in people.
Verbal at very early age.
Social enough to pass.
"Little professor" type.

I have no idea what I was like as a baby.

I was a classic autistic toddler...very difficult...had my parents very worried....screamed all the time....oblivious to my surroundings....no social overtures.

I did scream a lot, too.
My parents say, I screamed until my face turned blue and I fainted. And my voice can be very loud.
But when not in meltdown, I was very interested in exploring my surroundings.

I became a “little professor” when I was around 7-8 years of age.

My mom said I was a happy baby and a very social little girl. Things began to change once I began school. I became shy, introverted and bookish. I am becoming more social again due to my increasing number of activities. I still love to read, but that isn't all I do, in stark contrast to years past.

I lean towards extraverted and I am very expressive - so I was apparently a charming baby. I take it my eye contact was normal, as was my speech. My mom reports that I played by myself unusually well as a toddler and at age 5 was bossing my classmates around. I even had a BFF - she was a non-stop talker. I recall not particularly liking any other child my age, although my mom says I got along fabulously. Of course my mom has Aspie traits, so what does she know.

I was a very sociable baby and was often smiling and happy, especially in photos. My mum says I had good eye contact right from birth and I learnt to smile at about 5 or 6 weeks old. I reached all of my milestones at the average stages.

I was sociable as a toddler too. Apparently I was a bit shy around adults (except for my parents and grandparents), but that is quite normal in toddlers. But I still engaged in social activities with other young children, and I enjoyed playing with other children.

I was when I was 4 I suddenly turned autistic overnight.

My mum says I always seemed 'vacant' as a baby despite no hearing problems; no interaction could grab my attention and I didn't even seem to acknowledge anyone. I didn't respond to any sort of affection (eg was indifferent to peekaboo, lullabies would not soothe me to sleep), never really smiled or laughed at anything.

As a toddler I had no language (wasn't even babbling), but used to scream a lot. Again, I was not interested in interacting with people, didn't respond to my own name or any sort of affection, and wasn't toilet trained until much later on.

I was a social baby and barely even cried. But I had lot of ear infections and always had a fever. My normal development started to decline around 9 months because I was always sick.

I didn't cry very much as a baby, hardly at all according to my mum. We took a long flight from UK>USA>New Zealand when I was less than a year old and I didn't cry once, I just smiled or slept. When they put my crib in my own room, I wouldn't cry for my parents when I woke up, I would just wait silently. Obviously I can't remember this, but it does seem consistent with my personality as I've grown up. I struggle with understanding the need people have to talk, communicate or make noise all the time. One of my earliest memories was when I was a toddler and I tripped on some paving in the garden. It hurt and grazed my knee but I decided not to cry, because I didn't see the point in it .

^ You were very logical, racheypie.

My mum told me that I had a new born baby cry far beyond the time it should have changed. That's odd, I haven't heard of this happening for anyone else. Also, I took ages to transition from baby food to regular food.

I was an extreme example of a stereotypical autistic baby. I was vacant and completely apathetic to everything as a baby. I didn't respond to 'peek-a-boo' games, wasn't soothed by lullabies and had no interest in people or objects. I did cry a lot, however, for apparently no reason sometimes.
I didn't babble as a toddler.

My mum says that I was a very sociable baby. I even smiled for the first time just before I reached 1 month old, which was earlier than my NT half-sister. I also made eye contact from birth. I've seen myself as a 1-year-old on video, and I was toddling about, making eye contact, showing my toys to relatives, babbling (trying to talk), and playing with my brother. I wasn't spinning things or stacking things or interested in non-toy objects or anything like that. I was just like a typically developing 1-year-old.