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<blockquote data-quote="Lulu" data-source="post: 115573" data-attributes="member: 4493"><p>midwestmom:</p><p></p><p>N has always been good at pretending and acting out scenarios. He makes garages with his blocks and runs his cars and trains into them. He has always been able to use his Thomas trains appropriately to have wrecks, have the crane cars come extract the engines, have Diesel be the bad guy, etc. He and A play library and house and grocery shopping. He likes to play with A's dollhouse and the family inside. He seems perfectly normal--roughhouses with the boys at school, enacts Star Wars and Power Rangers battles with them (gets this info from them, as we don't watch those things at home). He is decent at memorization, but isn't so much a savant at it. He is hit or miss about reporting on his day. I cannot remember what I did five minutes ago, much less even what day it is, so I guess I'm impressed that he can remember what he had for snack and what number they worked on at preschool. He makes good eye contact and great facial expressions. He seems normal in all those respects. Never had a fascination with the wheels or used toys the wrong way. He is quite an architecturally minded kid--built amazing and intricate structures with the blocks from an early age. </p><p></p><p>I am leaning toward waiting and watching as this half of the preschool year plays out. He is presenting no issues at school, but I have a conference with the teacher next week and again in May, so we'll see if anything deteriorates in that period.</p><p></p><p>I think the main thrust of his mental energies go toward KNOWING. He must KNOW everything he possibly can. This is also my husband's and my MO--always has been. I read at 3, and was able to read books to my kindergarten class on a weekly basis. I always had lots of friends and was never a discipline problem (that's not to say I never broke the rules--I did--just rarely got caught). I excelled in school, full scholarship to undergrad, I have a Ph.D., great career, etc. My husband turned into a discipline case at about fourth grade, but recovered in his early 20s, I suppose. He earned a college degree from great school, has a great career. I'm hoping N will be more like me in that he wont hit the hard spots that husband did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lulu, post: 115573, member: 4493"] midwestmom: N has always been good at pretending and acting out scenarios. He makes garages with his blocks and runs his cars and trains into them. He has always been able to use his Thomas trains appropriately to have wrecks, have the crane cars come extract the engines, have Diesel be the bad guy, etc. He and A play library and house and grocery shopping. He likes to play with A's dollhouse and the family inside. He seems perfectly normal--roughhouses with the boys at school, enacts Star Wars and Power Rangers battles with them (gets this info from them, as we don't watch those things at home). He is decent at memorization, but isn't so much a savant at it. He is hit or miss about reporting on his day. I cannot remember what I did five minutes ago, much less even what day it is, so I guess I'm impressed that he can remember what he had for snack and what number they worked on at preschool. He makes good eye contact and great facial expressions. He seems normal in all those respects. Never had a fascination with the wheels or used toys the wrong way. He is quite an architecturally minded kid--built amazing and intricate structures with the blocks from an early age. I am leaning toward waiting and watching as this half of the preschool year plays out. He is presenting no issues at school, but I have a conference with the teacher next week and again in May, so we'll see if anything deteriorates in that period. I think the main thrust of his mental energies go toward KNOWING. He must KNOW everything he possibly can. This is also my husband's and my MO--always has been. I read at 3, and was able to read books to my kindergarten class on a weekly basis. I always had lots of friends and was never a discipline problem (that's not to say I never broke the rules--I did--just rarely got caught). I excelled in school, full scholarship to undergrad, I have a Ph.D., great career, etc. My husband turned into a discipline case at about fourth grade, but recovered in his early 20s, I suppose. He earned a college degree from great school, has a great career. I'm hoping N will be more like me in that he wont hit the hard spots that husband did. [/QUOTE]
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