Thanks for your response bluemagic. That sounds a lot like my son. Good to hear that others have been through this too. I think he'll reemerge when he finds his peeps in high school. Hopefully.
Here's another question. He needs sleep but manages to draw bedtime out until it's really late. It's like pushing rope. The last leg of getting ready for bed is spending time in the bathroom. Once that door is closed there's nothing you can do. He is in control. We pulled bedtime in to 8:30 as he spends an hour in the bathroom and he still managed to get to bed just after 10. Too late for him. Frustrating. Exercises in control it seems.
