Nathan speaks....sometimes he doesn't shut-up. He sings, he talks, he tells you somethings but he isn't a normal 4 year old, or maybe he is....he does his own thing. Autistic, I'm not sure...people who have autistic children look at me like I'm nuts when I tell them his diagnosis is autism. I agree this kid isn't autistic, he's quirky and probably somewhere on the chart...but it is very different and yet similar at times depending on his mood.
He plays with toys, he sleeps through the night, he's potty trained, he is very naughty. He pretends, he dances, he acts out stories, he has very good manners. Thank-you Peter. Please...
"Jump, jump, weee." He says as he jumps off the couch. "abre'!!" "NO, Peter!!" "A treasure chest, hello Mommy."
when asked to bring something to the trash, "NO." When he doesn't want to do something he fakes snores.
Whatever but he's Nate. He's four and he's growing up.
Monday, March 11, 2013
Strong willed and annoying
Interference.... I was going for a pass and ended up getting tackled. There are days when I can plan my life and then something happens and I end up with so much stress from this child...complicated by other siblings.
I booked my oldest child to watch her younger brother. She did but then for some odd reason felt like coming to watch her younger siblings and ruined my day. I get so annoyed at the younger child who lacks the ability to sit through any performance but the older siblings seem to not think.
I've gotten to the point where I don't want him coming anywhere with me if I want to enjoy something. A movie, forget it. At age 4 he isn't like other children and lacks the ability to sit still, not make a scene.
I wonder how other parents with special needs children handle them. He can seem so normal that you forget how much of a handful he can be in public. At home he is fine. He watches too much television, but is happy doing that, playing with legos.
Trying to figure out what is best for him. Intense therapy....I don't see the point. He has a normal attention span of a 3 year old. (yes he is 4...) I don't see the point in driving 30 minutes one way, and spending 30 minutes playing with some toy and saying the names of the items, driving 30 minutes home.
He's improving, it is just becoming more obvious that something is wrong. "He doesn't act like a four year old." an observation by one of his 10 year old brother's friends. No, he doesn't. He won't talk to you much. He's quieter but if he wants something or wants to behave a certain way, expect it to happen or an extreme moment where he is so annoying you wonder, is it worth it....yes, because maybe the next time he won't do it.
I booked my oldest child to watch her younger brother. She did but then for some odd reason felt like coming to watch her younger siblings and ruined my day. I get so annoyed at the younger child who lacks the ability to sit through any performance but the older siblings seem to not think.
I've gotten to the point where I don't want him coming anywhere with me if I want to enjoy something. A movie, forget it. At age 4 he isn't like other children and lacks the ability to sit still, not make a scene.
I wonder how other parents with special needs children handle them. He can seem so normal that you forget how much of a handful he can be in public. At home he is fine. He watches too much television, but is happy doing that, playing with legos.
Trying to figure out what is best for him. Intense therapy....I don't see the point. He has a normal attention span of a 3 year old. (yes he is 4...) I don't see the point in driving 30 minutes one way, and spending 30 minutes playing with some toy and saying the names of the items, driving 30 minutes home.
He's improving, it is just becoming more obvious that something is wrong. "He doesn't act like a four year old." an observation by one of his 10 year old brother's friends. No, he doesn't. He won't talk to you much. He's quieter but if he wants something or wants to behave a certain way, expect it to happen or an extreme moment where he is so annoying you wonder, is it worth it....yes, because maybe the next time he won't do it.
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