I thought while we wait for the program to start I should write a little blurb about Nick. I love reading about other kids that go through the program and see what kind of issues they have and seeing how similar they are to my son.
I first noticed something odd about him maybe when he was 3 years old. He actually hit all his baby and toddler milestones fairly quickly so I didn't really know anything was amiss. But when he was around 3 I noticed that when he would get in trouble I would tell him to look me in the eyes and he just couldn't. He would do it for a second and then his eyes would wander away. He felt so uncomfortable looking people in the eyes. I told people about it and everyone pretty much dismissed it due to his age.
He was not always a shy boy, he used to say hi to strangers all the time, but as he grew from toddler to kid he became very shy and hardly talked to people. He just felt so uncomfortable talking to people especially new people. Again, all seems pretty normal for a child of 3. He had a little stuttering problem around this time also. He would repeat words over and over again trying to buy time to collect his thoughts. So that is probably why he didn't like to talk to people much.
In preschool, my mother took him, she told me that during circle time he would always be lying down or sitting funny and not really paying attention. One funny story is during a Christmas program the kids were all up on stage singing and doing some moves and Nick just gets off the stand that everyone is on and just sits on the stage by himself while the show is going on. He did not like to participate in performances at all.
In the next year of preschool I took him to a preschool where he stayed all day. His teacher had many things to tell me about him that concerned him. First he seemed depressed in the beginning of the school year. He would always draw pictures of people with sad faces. And he would not interact with other kids. He had a couple friends that he liked very much, but they were very social little kids so they weren't always playing with him. And when he would tell make believe stories and say that they really happened. Which I don't think in hindsight was such a bad thing. But I can see that if it had continued why it would be a bad thing. And she always had to force him to at least look her in the nose so that he was facing her when she spoke to him. She described as him a loner. It was sad because of the way she described him, he was a loner who really wants to fit in but can't. Oh sadness!! I think I cried during my conference with her. My poor kid! I mean how can you help your children with that?
...to be continued
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