Hello All,
Well it's taken awhile but we have finally come to terms with the fact that our 3 year old son Logan is autistic.
We always knew he was different, he was very strong physically from an early age, he was doing everything before most of his peers physically. He's also very big and tall for his age, looks more like a 5 year old than a 3 year old.
So it comes to a shock to most people when they try and talk to him and he says nothing..! If you ask him a question he will just repeat the question to you, he has started to say sentences like the other night he was sat on the sofa and I said ok baby bed time, and he replied with Logan no like bed.. I could have died with hapiness with just that one little sentence.....
He also doesn't play with other children, but has started now to go up to them I think to try and play, but because he has no idea of personal space he goes to within an inch of their face, which of course scares the other children.
I've started to notice his autism more now that he is older, he seems to get bullied by older children who think that it is funny that he copies them, and obviously Logan doesn't realise when they are picking on him, he thinks they are playing.... I had a situation the other day where some kids were shooting at him with a water gun in his face and laughing, I of course told them off, which is when the mother decided to come over and told her boys to stop it, but didnt' make them say sorry... and we wonder why the kids of today seem to more yobbish...!
Sorry for the long drone, but I feel much better, would be great to meet some other parents, so that we can swap stories and share what works with our children so maybe it could help others.
Well it's taken awhile but we have finally come to terms with the fact that our 3 year old son Logan is autistic.
We always knew he was different, he was very strong physically from an early age, he was doing everything before most of his peers physically. He's also very big and tall for his age, looks more like a 5 year old than a 3 year old.
So it comes to a shock to most people when they try and talk to him and he says nothing..! If you ask him a question he will just repeat the question to you, he has started to say sentences like the other night he was sat on the sofa and I said ok baby bed time, and he replied with Logan no like bed.. I could have died with hapiness with just that one little sentence.....
He also doesn't play with other children, but has started now to go up to them I think to try and play, but because he has no idea of personal space he goes to within an inch of their face, which of course scares the other children.
I've started to notice his autism more now that he is older, he seems to get bullied by older children who think that it is funny that he copies them, and obviously Logan doesn't realise when they are picking on him, he thinks they are playing.... I had a situation the other day where some kids were shooting at him with a water gun in his face and laughing, I of course told them off, which is when the mother decided to come over and told her boys to stop it, but didnt' make them say sorry... and we wonder why the kids of today seem to more yobbish...!
Sorry for the long drone, but I feel much better, would be great to meet some other parents, so that we can swap stories and share what works with our children so maybe it could help others.