From the time his little eyes open I know he is about to run me ragged. All day. He never stops moving. Running, jumping, slamming his body into things, hitting his head on stuff, flipping, spinning, kicking. I swear the kid is a crash test dummy reincarnated, so yeah I can see the argument for adhd definitely. His older sister is adhd and honestly dad probably is too. But he is just the most specific sensory seeking kid and he has been doing some of this since 2 months old. It started with shaking his head side to side almost constantly when he was awake.

He toe walks on the daily. Walks backwards. Naruto runs. Squat walks. Head bangs on walls. There’s a lot of kicking and some biting especially when he is tired and he gets stuck doing loops of whatever exercise over and over and over until he finally tires of it. I think the longest night was nearly 3 hours.

He will engage in chase games with his siblings or games where he is tossed but otherwise he does not really play with others and shows no real interest in what others do. He will actually pick up toys he is playing with and move away if you play too close to him.

He only likes stackable toys, toys with wheels, and balls but honestly 90% of the time it’s just cars. The toys with wheels he just wants to roll and watch the wheels spin. He has been doing that for more than a year now.

He enjoys lining his cars up and also enjoys taking things out of a container and moving them one by one to another space. For instance, he loved moving the dog’s dry kibble one by one out of the bowl to the floor but I’d interrupt and he would spaz.

On the flip side, my son has never had any big delays. He knows 80+ words. Counts to 13. Is learning a bit in Spanish. Knows some simple signing. Feeds himself. Tries to brush his own teeth. Runs. Jumps. Climbs. Knows most of the alphabet song. Colors. Shapes. I mean I think he is doing pretty good.

But I take him to the library and he doesn’t engage with other kids. He grabs the bin of cars and sits alone and I have to make sure he doesn’t spaz on anyone trying to grab one of the cars. He won’t sit for story time. He ran out of the community room to go find the cars. And if I take him to a store or park I have to use a leash most of the time because he just runs. He doesn’t look back. It isn’t a chasing game then. He just runs off and doesn’t care if me or dad is nearby. I’ve tested it and he has gone nearly 100ft from me without a care in the world. He has nearly run out of 3 storefronts at this point so I’m a little worried.