I had considered attachment disorder but didn't think she fit the criteria but who knows, I'm certainly not an expert just a mom with a gut feeling and the ability to google.

We have had one hell of a time getting help. I convinced my fiance a year ago to have her evaluated by the intermediate school districts early intervention program and they spent all of a half hour observing her and said nope, everything is fine, developmentally she is right where she should be. A friend of my mother's recently retired from that program and told me privately that the ISD is bad with mild cases and we needed to take her to someone with more experience.

I tried talking to her pediatrician and he all but laughed me out of the office saying nothing was wrong. He said the toe walking was normal, she would grow out of it. She was about 3 months away from turning 5 at the time and she walks on her toes about 95% of the time, don't think she's growing out of it dude. I told him some of the things I have noticed like lack of reaction to uncomfortable temperatures and sensitive hearing and seemingly desensitized sense of touch. He just gave me this blank stare and goes "Um, I don't often have parents tell me that." Ok, good for them I guess but I'm telling you this.

We finally got the referral for further testing and evaluation in mid January and they have made and cancelled 4 appointments with us for an ADOS test. I swear on all that is holy if they cancel the 5th appointment (scheduled for Thursday) security will be dragging me out of that office and I am filing a complaint with someone.

Oh I know he is a moron. Our kids go to two different pediatricians (love mine!!!) and while I think it's absolutely ridiculous to have the kids at two different pediatricians there is no way in hell I am entrusting my daughter's care to that moron.

Around Halloween she had the worst meltdown ever that lasted an entire hour and ended with me restraining her because in addition to the kicking, flailing, going limp, and screaming like we were filleting her with a rusty knife she started slapping herself and kicking at us. At that point I told her dad that I wasn't asking anymore he was making an appointment with the pediatrician and come hell or high water I was going and I was laying it all out on the table. It took us a month to get in so the day after Thanksgiving we went to the pediatrician and DH had told the receptionist when he made the appointment that she flies into rages that generally last a half hour or more and we can't control them. When the doctor walks into the room the first thing he says is I really don't have any experience with this we need to refer you to someone who does. At first I thought hey great, I may actually be gaining a little respect for the man. But then he goes on to say the toe walking is totally unrelated, it's normal, she will grow out of it. She doesn't have autism because she can follow directions when told to lay down on the table. She may have a touch of ADHD but he thinks it more likely it is all due to instability when she lived with her mother.

Ummm....if you don't have any experience in this area and are referring us to someone who does then shut your mouth and stop speculating. I told the psychiatrist that the pediatrician felt the toe walking was unrelated, normal, and she would grow out of it and that he felt it was all due to instability when she lived with her mother and psychiatrist instantly said no, it's not normal, at this point she is not going to grow out of it and this is not all due to instability with her mother.

I just asked DH today if he had thought about making SD's 5 year well baby check up appointment and he said he would call and I said well, are you still comfortable with Dr x? and he said he would try and get into his partner. After being wrong about all that I have to say I wouldn't ever take my child back to him again. I mean I know doctors are only human and make mistakes but good god how do you ignore the kind of walking in that video?