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[Elisabeth Hollow]

I think theast vid of him I had was when he was a year old? I haven't touched my YouTube account in years, lol

[mALX]

I think theast vid of him I had was when he was a year old? I haven't touched my YouTube account in years, lol

He was so adorable making those howls, and you'd get laughing so hard - my fave vid!

[Elisabeth Hollow]

I have so many pictures and videos on my Facebook of him. Everyone's in love with my child lol

[mALX]

I have so many pictures and videos on my Facebook of him. Everyone's in love with my child lol

Yup! And you!

[mirocu]

Seems like Snuggles is the center of the party

[McBadgere]

Bloody diva if you ask me... ...




( Joke... ...)

[Elisabeth Hollow]

He's gotten into this habit where he hisses when sunlight hits him.

That one is on me, lol

[mALX]

He's gotten into this habit where he hisses when sunlight hits him.

That one is on me, lol

ROFL !!! He howls at the moon and hisses at the sunlight - most def got that from his Momma's side of the family, ROFL !!!


(and how CUTE !!!!!)






This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 21 2014, 02:25 AM

[Elisabeth Hollow]

I'm trying to write my book, and he's reading everything I write and ha been repeating "Human sacrifice is a part of everyday life!" Over and over.

Oops XD

[mALX]

I'm trying to write my book, and he's reading everything I write and ha been repeating "Human sacrifice is a part of everyday life!" Over and over.

Oops XD

Nothing wrong with his speech, he probably just had nothing to say before.

[Elisabeth Hollow]

We're mostly worried about his attention span (he doesn't pay attention to what's going on around him and ignores everyone) and that he refuses to learn how to use the toilet.

[mALX]

We're mostly worried about his attention span (he doesn't pay attention to what's going on around him and ignores everyone) and that he refuses to learn how to use the toilet.

Boys are like that, lol. The attention span - you have to make sure you have their attention and that he is looking at your face when you talk if it is "Attention Deficit."

Have you had his hearing checked? That was one of the first clues for me that my son was hearing impaired - seemed to be ignoring everyone, not paying attention. He kept passing the hearing tests the Pediatrician gave, but Mother's instinct - I took him to a hearing specialist, and they found he was deaf in one ear, the other his hearing was right on the borderline.

Another thing that can cause the ignoring everyone is Asperger's, but you would probably have noticed other symptoms by now and had a diagnosis by the Pediatrician.

Potty training - I couldn't train my sons for anything in the world! Even sending them to the bathroom with their Father to "watch how it is done," - nothing. My older son - I sent him to a professional potty trainer - it was expensive, but in two weeks he never had an accident again.

My youngest - my boyfriend (at the time) showed him how to pee on bushes/sides of buildings, write words in the snow or sand, pee in a soda can, etc. He never wore diapers again, nor wet his pants - however, I had to stop him numerous times from peeing on plants in offices/walls of police departments/inside elevators/etc.





This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 21 2014, 04:51 AM

[haute ecole rider]

I agree with mALX that ignoring everyone and not paying attention to stuff around him may be a sign of deafness (I'm deaf and that was Mom's first clue that something was not "right" with me) or signs of autistic spectrum disorder (the newest term these days). Does he make eye contact?

I had to crack up at your description of his choice of dialogue! Must freak strangers out!

[Elisabeth Hollow]

He makes eye contact sometimes, but usually only with me or my husband. Otherwise he's sitting on someone's lap touching their face. He's very touchy and affectionate.

[mALX]

He makes eye contact sometimes, but usually only with me or my husband. Otherwise he's sitting on someone's lap touching their face. He's very touchy and affectionate.

That probably rules out Aspergers right there. I'd get his hearing checked NOT by a pediatrician (their tests are not comprehensive enough), but by a pediatric ENT that specializes in hearing impairment testing.

Also, if Snuggles is really bright (like my son was/is) - he will need a "blind" study done, where he can't see the person giving the test whatsoever.

My son was able to watch her eyes, notice when there was a different look in them, like an "expectant" look - and realize he was expected to respond somehow, he would press the button as if he heard.

Well, I insisted he get the test over again, but with the viewing window blocked - he wasn't able to hear anything when he couldn't see the woman giving the test.

A very sociable child can fool a test, follow your instincts on what you think it is. I had to keep insisting something was very wrong with my son's hearing against his own pediatrician's determinations, and turned out to be right.





This post has been edited by mALX: Sep 21 2014, 07:03 PM

[haute ecole rider]

I agree that the fact that your son is quite touchy and affectionate pretty much rules out autistic spectrum disorder - most autistic people do not like being touched.

mALX is quite right about a deaf person being able to anticipate expectations from others based on their expressions/body language. It's called speech reading and is something I do very well after well over 45 years of practice.

Do ask your pediatrician for a referral to an ENT. That's what my Mom did with me.

[Elisabeth Hollow]

He LOVES people. He crawls into laps and babbles to them, lol

[mirocu]

I agree with mALX that ignoring everyone and not paying attention to stuff around him may be a sign of deafness (I'm deaf....)

This was news to me, I didn´t know this about you, h-e-r.



I hope Snuggles is fine, Liz. He seems like a happy child anyway

[mALX]

I hope Snuggles is fine, Liz. He seems like a happy child anyway

Same here, Liz. Snuggles is a very affectionate and loving and happy child, these developmental delays may be nothing to worry about at all, they are not significant enough to take that great personality from him!

[Elisabeth Hollow]

I whisper to him, covering my mouth and he does whatever I ask. I don't think it his hearing, but feel like there is something I'm not doing to keep him on track.