Quirks.....
Doesn't like loud noise, lays flat on the floor whenever he becomes upset or overwhelmed. Has an oral sensory thing that involves picking long hair off my shirt and wrspping it around his tongue. Can't go to Chuck E Cheese or any other place with lots of flashing lights, it makes his eyes roll back in his head. Couldn't stand the touch of water until he was about a year old. Didn't speak until he was 3 1/2 after a year of therapy. Potty trained three months shy of his 5th birthday. Extremely tactile, touches everything, seems to need to be in contact with something most of the time. Very reactionary, fight or flight to the point of almost seeming feral at times.
He's a really smart little guy who was born addicted and hyper- tonal to the point of maintaining the fetal position for most of his first three months. He is tough as nails and has been through a lot in a very short life.
In reading what I wrote he sounds awful but that couldn't be further from the truth. He loves to cuddle, is super Mr. helper and gets along great with the other kids.
