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Posted On: October 27th 2026, 04:03 pm
The hand flapping. The rocking. The same sound, over and over.
Most parents have been told to redirect it, stop it, or wait it out. Very few have been told what it might be for.
Dr. Melillo starts somewhere more useful: every one of those behaviours is doing a job for that child. Understand the job and you understand something real about how their brain is organised.
It is not a habit to break. It is information worth reading.
📍 Rockville Centre · 347 Fifth Ave, NYC
Book an evaluation at the link in bio.
Most parents have been told to redirect it, stop it, or wait it out. Very few have been told what it might be for.
Dr. Melillo starts somewhere more useful: every one of those behaviours is doing a job for that child. Understand the job and you understand something real about how their brain is organised.
It is not a habit to break. It is information worth reading.
📍 Rockville Centre · 347 Fifth Ave, NYC
Book an evaluation at the link in bio.
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7 days agophysics_2804
Hi dr, my baby is 12 weeks old, he smiles very rarely once or twice a day. But coos back and responds well, and blabbers, and makes good eye contact. I am trying my best to make him smile, and he is an iugr baby with 2.1 kg and now he is 4.6 kgs. Does he have autism
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