Is your child neuro typical or delayed?
My son will be 4 in a few weeks and he has been doing those things for awhile. He also knows all his alphabet and the sound each letter makes. The only thing he doesn't really know yet are his shapes. He speaks very vell and we don't have any trouble understanding him. He doesn't mind being alone, he usually sleeps alone except for on the weekends he likes to sleep with his big bro.
My son has autism. He knows his colors and I can understand what he says. He can count to 10. And he knows his alphbet and can recognize them better then a 5 yr old I know.
Dd is 4 and she was speech delayed, but had speech therapy and caught up. She still has trouble with a few sounds, but has gotten much better. She knows her colors, numbers and can count with 20 with some assistants past 10. she is working on knowing all of her letters and writing. She can run and jump and does not mind being left alone.
She does have a mild form of SPD....so certains noises, textures, smells, and tastes bother her. She will meltdown if I change her shampoo and throws up if I try and put lotion on her. She also has fine motor delays and is only writing letters a, b, c, t, x, and o and is only writing numbers 1 and 2.
I will be happy if my two year old daughter Lily can call me Mom in sign language on a regular basis as a four year old. The rest of this? Too much to even dream about yet.
ds1 is recently turned 4. he can count to about 20 he skiips a # here or there but mostly can do it knows all the shapes, colors, letters, he runs, jumps, climbs, hops, skips all that i can mostly understand him when he speaks but he does get excited & goes off on a ramble of words idk what he is saying or if he is just quoting form movies he likes idk lol he sleeps alone & in his room & in the dark he is ok w/ being alone like now is in another oom playing btu thats on his own, if i go to a different room he will follow but he will leave me LOL. he has OT depayment in fine motor skills & gets therapy for that he also struggles to focus in school but he is trying we will get him evals to make sure if its behavirial or not since he is still having issues w/ my ds2 ( jeaous)
I understand my son most of the time. He doesn't know his colors. He can't count to ten. He can run and jump very well. Been walking on his own since he was 9 months old. He has no issues with being alone. He sleeps alone every night and for each nap each day without a problem.
My son is in the autism spectrum.
He is also non verbal at this point. We are still working on that.



- zolanmel
on Oct. 11, 2012 at 12:52 PM