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I have a 2.5 year old boy and I'm starting to notice peculiar behaviors. I'm trying to figure out if they are just normal or triggers for Aspergers Syndrome. I have looked a lot online and it seems he has some of the symptoms but not all of them. I just wanted to run this by some parents that, perhaps, have children with this syndrome before I ask the doctor. Here is the list of what he does;

Very advanced in speech. He talks in grammatically correct and complete sentences. To the point now that if he makes a mistake I go ahead and correct him and he doesn't make it again. For example, he tells me "I don't want nothing for breakfast, Mommy" and I told him to say anything instead of nothing and he hasn't made that mistake again. He asks me questions all of the time, which I know is normal, but the way he asks...instead of "why" he asks "Why is the dog barking at the window?" These are just some examples. I mean, there are no fragments or incomplete sentences, it's weird, he actually freaks people out in that he talks so formally! He said his first word at 5 months old and began talking very soon after.

One thing different from what I've seen as a symptom is that he does have appropriate inflections in his conversation. His speech is not monotone at all. He tells jokes and gets them as well. He tells me things like "First we are going to make hot chocolate and then we will eat our breakfast, ok?" all with appropriate voice inflections.

He is in daycare and is quite comfortable with those children. However, in new situations he is quite shy and doesn't want any other children to even come near him at first. But he does eventually warm up and interact with them. I wouldn't characterize him as socially inept, more like socially hesitant, which is somewhat normal for children his age.

He is obssesive about many things. He likes to watch the same movie over and over and over, as well as shows, and his music cds.

He HAS to follow a pattern when getting dressed in the morning. If you don't put his socks on right before or after his pants, he gets really upset.

We discipline using time out. He now knows to go to his chair in his room when he is told to go to time out. This is very effective for him. However, his tantrums are extreme, and he reacts sohystericallyy to the smallest of corrections. If you tell him to stop doing something a little too loudly, a screaming kicking tantrum ensues.

He has certain interests that he learns to the exclusion of all else. He loves dinosaurs and has known the names of a wide variety of them, from T. rex to parasaurolophus, since before he turned 2 years old. Other interests include animals, cars (especially his daddy's micro machines), puzzles and balls. He lines them all up into neat lines, and then proceeds to have them have intricate interactions with with each other.

He knows the alphabet and can recoginze half the letters by sight. He loves to count and can count up to 50 when we have enough items. He knows the concept of addition and subtraction.

Ok, what do you think? Overreactive worried mom? Or something else...??

Please, only serious, helpful answers. Thank you!

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