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Okay. So where to start..? My daughter is 4 years old. Really, a great girl. Loving, happy most of the time, smart, picks up on everything so quickly. She knows her abc's, can write and copy some letters, can tell colors, shapes, letters etc. apart.
So, as far as I can see she has no developmental milestones. She has always learned fast. She started walking at 10 months. Potty trained at 2 years old. )
I am a stay at home Mom and noticed that over the past oh.. six months or so my daughter has been majorly attached. Like, if I leave the room sometimes she will freak out or throw a fit. She is also in baton and was in ballet last year. She does fine in those classes usually unless someone hurts her feelings or says no and then she starts crying and usually won't finish out the class.
She loves the Noggin channel way too much. We have cut out cartoons. If we say she can watch one 30 min show on noggin she is excited and says ok but, then when we tell her it's going off she throws the biggest fit. Or when I am trying to dress her, she will cry and throw huge fits saying the close are either too tight or too big. Usually they fit her just right. I literally change her outfits until she finds something she is happy but making her happy in the clothing situation is very hard!
She has picked up a habit of chewing on her hair. Which I just figured is "normal" like some kids suck their thumbs or bite their nails...?
Lately if I going to the gas station and she is in the backseat I will say; "Mommy is going to pump this gas and I will be right back in." I always leave the windows open and talk to her but, she starts throwing a fit, unbuckles her seat belt and cries. So, now I have gone to letting her come out w/me and holding my hand while I pump the gas.
When it is bathtime sometimes she throws the biggest fits. She will say, "I want hugs. Hold me mommy, no I don't want a bath right now." I'll give her a hug and hold her for a few and tell her "okay now we need to go get your bath." and if I put her down she'll start screaming "up up uppie"
I don't know if I am over reacting or what.. My husband and I are really starting to worry tho.
It's very hard to get her to sleep in her own room in her own bed as well. It takes a long time to get her to fall asleep.
Oh and shoes. It is such a pain to get her to wear socks and shoes. She will throw the biggest fits over these as well. Screaming and crying and if her daddy says, "you need to put these on." sometimes she will just start crying and run to me like he just beat the crap out of her or something...
She is our only child so needless to say she has been spoiled and I don't think we have been as strict w/her as we should have been.
If any of you have little girls her age that have autism will you please send me the signs of your children.
Please nice answers only. I don't try to tell other people how to raise their kids so don't tell me. I'm just looking for some helpful advice, please.
I don't know weather to chalk her behavior up to the average 4 year old that has an attitude or what....
She is so loving, so thoughtful and is always telling me she loves me.
She has her really good days and her really bad days...

i watch my niece once a week as a favour but she really tries my patience.
she is so cheeky - everything is no.
she is destructive - she tries to damage things in my home, my daughters toys, anything she can get her hands on.
at times she can be violent - rarely with adults, mostly with my daughter as she is smaller than her, my daughter is 10mos.
ive tried all i can think of, i put her in the travel cot with no toys (naughty step would never work). i make her apologise. i shout at her. i take thing from her. i talk to her to try and explain what she done wrong and why its wrong. but nothing - no change,
my nephew has autism - so we know she isnt exhibiting signs of that , but im at a loss as to how to deal with her.
her parents arent consitent. they smack her for something one day, then let her off with the same thing the next day - ive spoke to them about this but it falls on deaf ears. but she needs to know acting like this in MY house will not be tolerated.

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