I am so afraid that I am doing something wrong when it comes to my three months old baby. My husband tells me that everything is fine and that I should relax a bit, but that is not very reassuring. Can social referencing be helpful in detecting autism? I cannot calm down ever since I saw my friend’s friend’s kid who has autism. I just don’t want that to happen to my baby boy…
I don’t think you have to worry that much. AS for social referencing, it is al about baby trying to get what it wants with vocal and facial signs. And usually, in autism, that kind of referencing is incomplete or sometimes, lacks completely. But it is still a bit early for that referencing to start developing.