The simple things in life seem so hard
Sunday, 04 October 2009 16:07
Sam loves numbers. At 4 years, he can spot a fibonaci pattern, wax lyrical about prime numbers, and get excited about whether molecular motion ever stops. But the basics of everyday life seem irrelevant to him.
Sam doesn't care to feed himself. Physically, he can do it. He just seems to have no interest. Sometimes I try to make eating meals more creative by turning his food into number games but it's a tiring task to constantly invent new games. I've gone through yelling at him (has limited impact) and through thinking, well, he'll eat when he gets hungry - maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow.... His father ends up spoon feeding him because he wants to ensure Sam has a proper meal.
Sam doesn't care to dress himself. Physically, he can do it. He just seems to have no attention span and no interest. He'll walk over to his clothes and get distracted by something else... He'll start putting something on (if I get him that far) and get distracted by another more fun thought. Like eating, I've been through the number games and the yelling... Sam's dad just resorts to dressing Sam so that things are efficient.
Sam's high on energy. At the end of a weekend, we're exhausted.
Sam is a sweet, energetic, positive boy. Should I get distressed that at 4 he doesn't do the basics like dress himself and eat, or should I put in context that it may all be part of asynchronous development -somewhere between now and 15 it will all correct itself, because I know that at 15 he won't want mum to be going along on his date with a girl and feeding him.
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