Mom's.....is this normal???

happygirl277

I am kinda freaking out over this & I just need some reassurance.  Lucas' new thing is that he loves to spin wheels on some of his toys...of course me being the neurotic freak that I am, googled  this and came up with some autism sights that mention wheel spinning.  He doesn't do it all the time but now when I see him do it I kinda get nervous and start questioning all of the other things he does.....anyone else have a dc that liked to spin wheels on things.....I am freaking out!! 

amanda&paul

Hailey didn't get a lot of toys with wheels until after she was 1.  Although she did love spinning things on her aquarium, exersaucer, etc.  I don't think I would read too much into it, but that's just me.

Mrs.MJP

I would think it's normal for a child to be facinated by making a wheel spin.  They are trying to figure things out - like wow - this spins, let me do that again.  I know that both Lexi and Sydney like that - Sydney really likes to inspect things - there are wheels on her exersaucer and she's always spinning them.  Just the other day - Lexi flipped her sit and spin over to see how it works and had more fun making the wheel spin with the thing upside-down.

OctoberBrideNYC

I can see from your siggy that Lucas is engaged and smiley and he looks you in the eye.  Does he also use the cars the way they're traditionally used?  To be honest, I wouldn't read too much into it.  The autism thing is so scary and has us all on alert - but I think he's probably ok - check with your ped next time you go in! 

jamelyn1979

Jaime

jamelyn1979

Oops!  I meant to say, Avery has been doing this recently.  He pushs the trucks the normal way too, but he does turn them over and plays wiith the wheels.  My 1st thought was  Jenny McCarthy on Opera talking about her son.  I think it's normal.  He does everything else like a smile, gives me hugs and interacts with me, so I try not to worry so much.  I'm sure Lucas is fine.

happygirl277

 

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He is very alert, responds to his name, is always happy and smiling......autism just freaks me out!!!!!!!!  He does use the cars in the traditional way, like before he had a train and he was rolling it back and forth....It is just very scary!!!!

DuffOliver

I had the same concern when Jillie first got interested in wheels. I swear, that Oprah has us all on high alert.

I saw your follow up and that sounds very normal. If he were watching the wheels spin for hours on end to the exclusion of other toys/ignoring you, that's when I'd talk to the pedi about it.

happygirl277

Damn that Oprah!!!!! 

 

Thanks ladies.....I just can't read into his every move and I need to relax!!!