Jax Taylor’s son and Brittany Cartwright, Cruz, has autism.
The 3 -year child of “Vanderpump rules” was diagnosed in the fall of 2024 by his pediatric of development.
Althehoug Cartwright, 36, told People in an interview published on Wednesday that he was “waiting” the news, Cruz’s condition now feels more “real.”
She and her separate husband “began to notice that [Cruz] He was returning in his speech “before his second birthday, and since then” he has stopped speaking almost completely. “
While he goes to speech and occupational therapy, which was documented in “The Valley”, the little boy is mainly nonverbal, but “says sporadically different words,” including “mom.”
Cartwright admitted: “It can be difficult because I have never heard:” I love you. “
However, she said her son is “so loving” and shows her love for her “every day” while calling her “best half”, “little couple in crime” and “love for [her] Life. “
The Bravullebrity explained: “He is all for me, and only although he cannot speak, I know everything that horses, everything he needs. We are so synchronized; it is incredible.”
While Cartwright finds the diagnosis of “challenging” cross, he feels “destined to be his mother” and does not believe that his autism leads to “any limitation in what he can do.”
The star of reality is currently helping Cruz to “build … her brain” with a sensory room at home, a therapeutic partner for preschool and therapy several times a week.
“I’m just trying to do everything I can to help you live the happiest life in history,” he told the magazine. “I make sure that a class is never lost, a therapy session is never lost.”
Cartwright gave birth to the child in April 2021 and announced his separation from Taylor, 45, almost three years later.
She requested divorce in August 2024, and her former granted her complete custody of Cruz the following month.
Since the separation of Taylor from Cartwright, the “self-recalled narcissistic” has revealed its own diagnostic bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, as well as its sobriety of a cocaine addiction.
Cartwright Letterly refers to Taylor in Tuesday’s interview, saying: “Sometimes Jax will take [Cruz to therapy]. I want you to learn things too, but most of the time, it is me. “
