Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Sounds like fabulous pretend play to me and perfectly " typical " for a 4-year old! Funny that you mention the " drama " aspect -- our 4-year old also likes to re-enact things, especially falling down. It all sounds like good news to me! Summer > > My 4 yr. old son used to basically exhibit no imaginary play and > didn't have alot of spontaneous speech except for when he wanted > something. He was more of a labeler. We have been doing biomed since > January, lots and lots of supplements/yeast treatment, GFCF and > started the mb12 shots the end of April. Now my son's speech has > improved alot, along with his imaginitive play, social skills, etc. > However, I am not sure how to take his imaginitive play and speech > sometimes. He likes " drama " and will do silly things like pretending > to fall off something. If he sees it is cute/funny, he may do it > over and over and over. If he says a really good sentence, it's like > he " knows " he said something good, so he may say it like 5 times > shortly after that. He is ALL OVER his new baby brother and is > always asking him to do something even though he is only 8 wks. old. > He says " good morning " to random things such as his scrambled > eggs!!! He was looking for rocks outside the other day and asked the > flowers and a bumblebee if they had seen any rocks. Don't get me > wrong..I am very grateful. I would rather be hearing all of this > rather than having a spacey, irritable child like I had before. But, > I just want to push him in the right direction, since he is probably > looking at things differently than he ever has before. Given that > this is my first child and he has ASD, I am having a hard time > figuring out if this is just silly play or if I need to be telling > him the hard truth.....scrambled eggs can't hear you and flowers > won't talk back to you. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 A friend of mine was in India at the beach. There was a family there. The son called to his mom, " Mom the rock is singing! " She replied, " No. Rocks don't sing! " The son then looked up, astonished, " It stopped. " The mom was mortified at what she had done. Kes > > My 4 yr. old son used to basically exhibit no imaginary play and > didn't have alot of spontaneous speech except for when he wanted > something. He was more of a labeler. We have been doing biomed since > January, lots and lots of supplements/yeast treatment, GFCF and > started the mb12 shots the end of April. Now my son's speech has > improved alot, along with his imaginitive play, social skills, etc. > However, I am not sure how to take his imaginitive play and speech > sometimes. He likes " drama " and will do silly things like pretending > to fall off something. If he sees it is cute/funny, he may do it > over and over and over. If he says a really good sentence, it's like > he " knows " he said something good, so he may say it like 5 times > shortly after that. He is ALL OVER his new baby brother and is > always asking him to do something even though he is only 8 wks. old. > He says " good morning " to random things such as his scrambled > eggs!!! He was looking for rocks outside the other day and asked the > flowers and a bumblebee if they had seen any rocks. Don't get me > wrong..I am very grateful. I would rather be hearing all of this > rather than having a spacey, irritable child like I had before. But, > I just want to push him in the right direction, since he is probably > looking at things differently than he ever has before. Given that > this is my first child and he has ASD, I am having a hard time > figuring out if this is just silly play or if I need to be telling > him the hard truth.....scrambled eggs can't hear you and flowers > won't talk back to you. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Beautiful, Kes. IF there is a problem it will reveal itself over time as a problem...for now PLAY and thank God your kid can do this with you...join in the fun and bond. If there is a gut issues causing weirdness you will fingure that out over time and then you can address it and heal. Wish my son were talking to the eggs,the flowers, and us ! Woo woo. Di > > > > My 4 yr. old son used to basically exhibit no imaginary play and > > didn't have alot of spontaneous speech except for when he wanted > > something. He was more of a labeler. We have been doing biomed since > > January, lots and lots of supplements/yeast treatment, GFCF and > > started the mb12 shots the end of April. Now my son's speech has > > improved alot, along with his imaginitive play, social skills, etc. > > However, I am not sure how to take his imaginitive play and speech > > sometimes. He likes " drama " and will do silly things like pretending > > to fall off something. If he sees it is cute/funny, he may do it > > over and over and over. If he says a really good sentence, it's like > > he " knows " he said something good, so he may say it like 5 times > > shortly after that. He is ALL OVER his new baby brother and is > > always asking him to do something even though he is only 8 wks. old. > > He says " good morning " to random things such as his scrambled > > eggs!!! He was looking for rocks outside the other day and asked the > > flowers and a bumblebee if they had seen any rocks. Don't get me > > wrong..I am very grateful. I would rather be hearing all of this > > rather than having a spacey, irritable child like I had before. But, > > I just want to push him in the right direction, since he is probably > > looking at things differently than he ever has before. Given that > > this is my first child and he has ASD, I am having a hard time > > figuring out if this is just silly play or if I need to be telling > > him the hard truth.....scrambled eggs can't hear you and flowers > > won't talk back to you. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Beautiful, Kes. IF there is a problem it will reveal itself over time as a problem...for now PLAY and thank God your kid can do this with you...join in the fun and bond. If there is a gut issues causing weirdness you will fingure that out over time and then you can address it and heal. Wish my son were talking to the eggs,the flowers, and us ! Woo woo. Di > > > > My 4 yr. old son used to basically exhibit no imaginary play and > > didn't have alot of spontaneous speech except for when he wanted > > something. He was more of a labeler. We have been doing biomed since > > January, lots and lots of supplements/yeast treatment, GFCF and > > started the mb12 shots the end of April. Now my son's speech has > > improved alot, along with his imaginitive play, social skills, etc. > > However, I am not sure how to take his imaginitive play and speech > > sometimes. He likes " drama " and will do silly things like pretending > > to fall off something. If he sees it is cute/funny, he may do it > > over and over and over. If he says a really good sentence, it's like > > he " knows " he said something good, so he may say it like 5 times > > shortly after that. He is ALL OVER his new baby brother and is > > always asking him to do something even though he is only 8 wks. old. > > He says " good morning " to random things such as his scrambled > > eggs!!! He was looking for rocks outside the other day and asked the > > flowers and a bumblebee if they had seen any rocks. Don't get me > > wrong..I am very grateful. I would rather be hearing all of this > > rather than having a spacey, irritable child like I had before. But, > > I just want to push him in the right direction, since he is probably > > looking at things differently than he ever has before. Given that > > this is my first child and he has ASD, I am having a hard time > > figuring out if this is just silly play or if I need to be telling > > him the hard truth.....scrambled eggs can't hear you and flowers > > won't talk back to you. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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