Ok. . here goes.
In order of apperance:
1/His age please: ^ and a half
2/Who diagnosed him, if anyone. First was suggested by his first grade principal that he might have Ausbergers (sp?), was officially tested for ADD and ODD and was diagnosed at the beginning of the school year.
3/any abuse issues in the background? With him, absolutely not. I don't talk to my mom because of the stuff I went through when I was little, but with my difficult child, no.
4/any psychiataric problems on either side of the family tree? Hubby has major depression, brother in law I think might have high functioning autism undiagnosed, Father in law with depression, the list goes on and on with his side. My mom is just a basketcase because of nurture, not nature.
Anyone abuse alcohol or other drugs? the only drugs anyone takes is the ones they are prescribed by either an MD, or a psychiatrist.
5/how was his early development as in talking? he talked at six months. Nonstop.
cuddling? with me, he used to cuddle. With hubby. . no. touching. period. those two don't get along.
motor skills? I'm assuming that means walking/crawling/running etc? in which case, difficult child was walking at eight months old. He crawled for two weeks, thought it too slow and started walking, then running.
relating to his same age peers? He likes them, they find him annoying because he's infatuated with underpants. not the clothing itself, but the word "underpants." he says it repeatedly.
playing appropriately with toys? hmm. . .average. . although if I leave him with anything he's never played with before, he'll find a way to take it apart. Like his etch a sketch. He opened it because he wanted to see how it worked and got etch-a-sketch stuff all over the place.
Any quirks? you mean other than his fetish for all things dealing with underwear? I used to think boys were icky. . .now I know it
But let me describe my son. On good days, he's fun, bright and thinks outside the box. WAAAYYY outside the box. He even asked his teacher if he could multiply numbers. She said that if he understood how to do it, he could, but the rest of the class might not understand it, so she was obligated to teach those kids the long way to add. He's extremely bright and he loves pokemon. . .typical eight year old. Now. . .on bad days, he's. . .argumentative, loud, violent, and he hurts people. Just because he's mad. He tends not to think before he does things (impulsive) and any discipline measures we do have to be drastic to get across to him that he has done something wrong. I used to spank him. . but that didn't do any good. . .so then we started time outs. . .and believe me, those didn't work either. He's been suspended from school about 3 times this year, 4 times in first grade, and 8 times in kindergarten. He hits teachers, he kicks councellors, he bites. .I sometimes feel so guilty because his school calls me to come and pick him up from school for being. . .himself. . .and they'll call in the middle of a full blown hissy, so when I get there, they are looking at me like "He's your son. Fix him." I can't even communicate with him when he's screaming so loud I can't even hear myself think. so. .
yeah. . .
he's my difficult child. .