We do a lot of that around here too. Although lately he has lost interest in lining up his cars and trucks and is more interested in building things. I remember when I posted a similar picture about a year ago and a few commenters mentioned having him tested. But lots of little boys line up their vehicles!
It's funny because we were just at the developmental specialist last week (f/u from A's birth, rather than any real issues) and one of the things he 'tested' her on was lining things up. She stacks like crazy but wasn't so into lining things up. He said that was a developmental milestone, that kids *should* be doing that. Now she's a lot younger so maybe it's something they expect them to outgrow.
S does it for hours on end and it's often something that must be done before going to bed like a ritual, like these trains currently are. When something is lined up it can't be touched or moved for days without a huge tantrum. And then maybe there is a huge tantrum because the blue car in front was bumped by accident or something and even if I put it right it's something he will talk about three days later. Even if he bumps it himself he throws a tantrum at himself and hits himself in the face for it.
Maybe it is normal. It seems very strange to me but being that he's my first and I don't see a lot of kids so I'm not really too sure. (the feedback on a blog is great for this btw)I know his language skills are more than two years behind his peers so combined with his little 'ticks' I think it adds up to something we need to get someone to look at.
I have a dear friend whose little boy is obsessed with lining things up. He also will have a tantrum if one item is out of place. She has mentioned to me several times that she wants to have him tested. Her husband thinks nothing is wrong with him. That may be the case but lining up items literally consumes his day. I'll be thinking good thoughts for little S. And you too!
I'm inclined to think doing anything to an extreme is probably not as 'balanced' as we'd like kids to be. At the same time many kids do go through phases where everything has to be Just So, and they do it over and over again. The tantrums don't sound so unusual, although the hitting himself is (then again, I do that when I do something stupid!). All that's not to say you shouldn't get him evaluated. I think it can be a good and useful thing.
I'd definitely get some speech therapy. Even with the dual language thing, 2 years behind is a lot. I'm sure it's all really scary, but even if he does have a form of autism, he seems very high functioning. And maybe all he needs is a bit of therapy to move him forward.
lol cherise. I think we all do that. But S hits himself really hard when he´s like this and it is kind of freaky.
Melinda - thank you.
btw everyone I wanted to say I really didn´t mean for this post to say "he has autistic behavior, --look, see!" I started documenting his quirks with the camera a week ago so we can share information with a therapist when we have our appointment. I just really liked this photo when I uploaded it and it was the only good picture I took yesterday--but it was really meant to be just a record of some of his weird behavior lol.
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We do a lot of that around here too. Although lately he has lost interest in lining up his cars and trucks and is more interested in building things. I remember when I posted a similar picture about a year ago and a few commenters mentioned having him tested. But lots of little boys line up their vehicles!
It´s just a funny quirk. I always find lines of things all over the house--clothespins, markers, dvd boxes.
You know, I wish I could be as orderly. : )
It's funny because we were just at the developmental specialist last week (f/u from A's birth, rather than any real issues) and one of the things he 'tested' her on was lining things up. She stacks like crazy but wasn't so into lining things up. He said that was a developmental milestone, that kids *should* be doing that. Now she's a lot younger so maybe it's something they expect them to outgrow.
S does it for hours on end and it's often something that must be done before going to bed like a ritual, like these trains currently are. When something is lined up it can't be touched or moved for days without a huge tantrum. And then maybe there is a huge tantrum because the blue car in front was bumped by accident or something and even if I put it right it's something he will talk about three days later. Even if he bumps it himself he throws a tantrum at himself and hits himself in the face for it.
Maybe it is normal. It seems very strange to me but being that he's my first and I don't see a lot of kids so I'm not really too sure. (the feedback on a blog is great for this btw)I know his language skills are more than two years behind his peers so combined with his little 'ticks' I think it adds up to something we need to get someone to look at.
I have a dear friend whose little boy is obsessed with lining things up. He also will have a tantrum if one item is out of place. She has mentioned to me several times that she wants to have him tested. Her husband thinks nothing is wrong with him. That may be the case but lining up items literally consumes his day. I'll be thinking good thoughts for little S. And you too!
I'm inclined to think doing anything to an extreme is probably not as 'balanced' as we'd like kids to be. At the same time many kids do go through phases where everything has to be Just So, and they do it over and over again. The tantrums don't sound so unusual, although the hitting himself is (then again, I do that when I do something stupid!). All that's not to say you shouldn't get him evaluated. I think it can be a good and useful thing.
I'd definitely get some speech therapy. Even with the dual language thing, 2 years behind is a lot. I'm sure it's all really scary, but even if he does have a form of autism, he seems very high functioning. And maybe all he needs is a bit of therapy to move him forward.
lol cherise. I think we all do that. But S hits himself really hard when he´s like this and it is kind of freaky.
Melinda - thank you.
btw everyone I wanted to say I really didn´t mean for this post to say "he has autistic behavior, --look, see!" I started documenting his quirks with the camera a week ago so we can share information with a therapist when we have our appointment. I just really liked this photo when I uploaded it and it was the only good picture I took yesterday--but it was really meant to be just a record of some of his weird behavior lol.
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