Anyone else’s toddler spin in circles?

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Maybe once a day my son will spin in a circle and laugh and fall down. He is being silly when he does it. 
At his 18 month checkup, I answered an ASD questionnaire and saw “spinning in circles” as a red flag. 
I thought every kid did that? Any insight on this?

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My girl does.  I think she likes the new sensation of making herself dizzy lol

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You’d be hard pressed to find any toddlers that haven’t done this. I believe ASD red flags will appear to be more like compulsive type Behaviours rather than something they get a lot of enjoyment out of

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I thought that was just a normal kid thing to do, playing with equilibrium.

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My daughter used to do that around that age (and I also thought ASD). I remember I used to like spinning in circles when I was a kid. I think every kid does at some point. I think the problem is more when they do it frequently and/or for long periods of time. Like stimminng. Your child will likely grow out of it. Mine did.

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I’m pretty sure that super normal I remember doing that as a kid all the time and my son dose it too

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My daughter is 18months and just started doing this maybe once every other day just a few times. It seems like she just realized something new she could do. She has so much fun spinning around. I thought this was normal behavior. I use to spin around as a child.

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The majority of kids do this- they are just exploring how their body works. It would only be a concern if they were doing it very repetitively (like multiple times per day for extended periods of time) and/or there were other red flags present.

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I used to do this all the time when I was super little. I think it’s normal. You would need multiple red flags marked off for them to even be considered for that

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Yes my son does

Anyone else’s toddler spin in circles?

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