DS6 has some very quirky behaviors. He has had different ones off and on over the last couple years. He used to lick his lips really frequently and have a rash all around his mouth (still worried about this happening again when it gets colder out). He also whisper repeats often when he says things and he has been doing that for a few years now. Sometimes he does it a lot, other times it goes away for a while. He used to snap his fingers all the time. His latest thing he does is quite odd. He does this thing with his fingers all the time where he takes his thumb and rubs the knuckles of his middle finger repeatedly. We ignored it for a few weeks and then this weekend I notice he has blisters on his middle finger from rubbing it so much.
Well, at least now I know what to look for next!
DS8 had to keep a Chapstick in his pocket all last winter because he licked his lips and had that red rash all the time. He also did the whisper thing over the last couple years. That has pretty much gone away, although recently there's more of a word-repeating stutter, out loud. Now he's snapping his fingers all the time--which probably didn't surface till now because he only recently learned to do it. I just thought it was Asperger's stuff, but if yours isn't, then maybe it's just kid stuff. I'll keep an eye out for that knuckle thing!
