Thanks again--appreciate your responses. I'm so thankful to have a forum like this. I find it difficult at times to talk to friends (maybe just close ones) w/out feeling like the obnoxious mom talking about her smart kid again.
All of your experiences/insights have really helped me to settle down a bit and not feel so stressed. My gut tells me there's nothing wrong w/him. I don't think there's anything to pathologize here (and will certainly check out the misdiagnosis book).
He says he likes the chair so, okay if it works for them and it works for him--who cares, let him sit in the chair!
I think your right mnmom about the tendency to pathologize something that might not be typical, but certainly is not abnormal (especially for kids like this).
A work in progress I guess...
