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Need advice re kiddo #2 (Auntie, please chime in)

JenGKJenGK
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DS1 has an educational ASD diagnosis.  Private dev. pedi. was not comfortable giving a PDD-NOS or ASD diagnosis, but agreed with our current course of therapy.

DS2 is 30 months.  He has a speech delay, which PROMPT specialists believe is apraxia (like his brother).  I know that some are unwilling to diagnose apraxia so early, etc., but we trust his therapists on this.  Other than that, he is the polar opposite of Zachary -- slept through the night early on, walked at 10 months, has great fine motor skills, loves all different kinds of food and textures, no issues with transitions (other than preschool drop off -- see below), makes his needs known through signs/grunting/pointing/word approximations, follows commands, cooperates with dressing.  He is actually using phrases at about the same level as Zachary now, after only a few months of therapy.  He imitates, has joint attention, some pretend play, etc.  Has some tantrums when he does not get his way, but can be fairly readily redirected.  He's very interactive, and wants attention, loves playing tag and peek-a-boo.  He will play with my nanny's niece when she brings her over to visit.  He also tries to play with Zachary -- and wants to do everything that he does.  Rocks the MCHAT.

He's the thing that concerns me -- he is super shy.  He is very attached to me and his nanny, a little less with his dad, and loves Zachary's floortime therapist who comes every week.  But whenever he sees other people, he pulls the shy card out and will hide his face.  He will say goodbye to anyone when it is time to leave and blow kisses.  We have him in preschool one day a week, and the teacher says that he sits and observes, follows the routine, watches stories and songs, sleeps well, but does not want to really participate (screams when has to separate from Lauren and refuses to eat/drink).  He has a lovey -- a bear -- that he is very attached to and brings to school with him and pretty much everywhere, if we would let him.  If you encourage him to say "hi" he whisphers it to new people.

We are having a Child Find eval next month for school services, and will continue with speech in the interim.  Any thoughts on what might be going on?  Should I schedule a dev pedi eval for him (would have to find a new one b/c's Z's moved into a Kaiser practice).  Should we be looking at OT?  Or does it seem like he is just a shy kid?

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Re: Need advice re kiddo #2 (Auntie, please chime in)

  • lesleytaylorlesleytaylor member
    I was painfully shy as a child. Honestly all of this sounds completely age appropriate.
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    imagelesleytaylor:
    I was painfully shy as a child. Honestly all of this sounds completely age appropriate.

    Yup, Same here!

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  • macchiattomacchiatto member
    I do wonder if he'd adjust better if it was 2 or 3 mornings a week. One of my boys was always pretty shy and wouldn't interact with peers at all at Sunday School or the childcare for my midweek morning Bible study ... but it was 2 completely different groups of kids and teachers and when he started preschool 2 mornings a week (a week after he turned 3) he warmed up quickly and really thrived. He was *so* different in that setting once he had time to adjust to it; within a month or two he'd talk to any of the kids. Part of that may have been age/development but it was a pretty rapid difference as soon as he started preschool. For him, 2 mornings a week versus 1 seemed to make a big difference.
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