We have always attended several playgroups largely because I am very sociable/extraverted (ENFP for those into Myers-Briggs).
Even I am continually suprised by DS and the way he interacts with people. With his peers; wants to greet and part with a hug or kiss, wants to engage/chat, play with rather than alongside.
An adult yawned earlier when we were in the shop and he said, 'oh are you tired?'.
I adore these characteristics in DS but he is definitely different to his peers.
The latest development is his vivid imagination. Personally I find it entertaining but then I also live in my head and had an imaginary friend, Susan, who lived in a derelict house nearby when I was around his age. When we walked past with my Mum, I would stop and play with her in the front garden .
DH wonders if DS's imagination has gone a bit overboard the past few weeks and if we should be playing along quite as much.
When it was -25c here we spent a few weeks indoors. I am pregnant and was tired, DS dropped his nap. Enter DVD time
We soon discovered that DS absolutely loved Dora and Diego.
So much so that he calls me Dora actual lastname (we have similar hair apparently!), DH is Boots (Dora's monkey friend!) lastname and he is Diego lastname. Our housekeeper/babysitter is now Diego's Sister Alicia.
We have had great fun now out in the snow, looking at footprints with our pretend binoculars, trying to rescue the baby animals.
DS takes the conversation and play off on tangents and we're climbing snowy mountains, living in an igloo etc etc etc.
He attends a very small (usually 6 children or less) Montessori toddler group x3 mornings a week. This week he bounded into the classroom on Monday morning and started looking under the bench and in the baskets for the baby jaguar. I explained to the (Russian) teacher what he was doing and she distracted him onto something else.
Same thing this morning. The teacher told me that he only acted like an Animal Scientist at the beginning of the session! Later he had built a farm and was intensely into that for at least 20 mins on his own.
I discussed DH's slight concern with her at pick-up time and she said she had experienced some of the same with her own daughter but doesn't usually see it in the toddler group. One of the pre-primary class teachers is a psychologist and she asked if I wanted to chat to her about it.
My gut tells me that DS is a highly verbal, bright boy and that his imagination is to be celebrated not stifled or humoured. We both love books, I was reading well before 4. I think his imagination can only stand him in good stead for future storywriting etc
What do you think oh wise and experienced Mamas??
Thanks in advance for any input.
Even I am continually suprised by DS and the way he interacts with people. With his peers; wants to greet and part with a hug or kiss, wants to engage/chat, play with rather than alongside.
An adult yawned earlier when we were in the shop and he said, 'oh are you tired?'.
I adore these characteristics in DS but he is definitely different to his peers.
The latest development is his vivid imagination. Personally I find it entertaining but then I also live in my head and had an imaginary friend, Susan, who lived in a derelict house nearby when I was around his age. When we walked past with my Mum, I would stop and play with her in the front garden .
DH wonders if DS's imagination has gone a bit overboard the past few weeks and if we should be playing along quite as much.
When it was -25c here we spent a few weeks indoors. I am pregnant and was tired, DS dropped his nap. Enter DVD time
We soon discovered that DS absolutely loved Dora and Diego.
So much so that he calls me Dora actual lastname (we have similar hair apparently!), DH is Boots (Dora's monkey friend!) lastname and he is Diego lastname. Our housekeeper/babysitter is now Diego's Sister Alicia.
We have had great fun now out in the snow, looking at footprints with our pretend binoculars, trying to rescue the baby animals.
DS takes the conversation and play off on tangents and we're climbing snowy mountains, living in an igloo etc etc etc.
He attends a very small (usually 6 children or less) Montessori toddler group x3 mornings a week. This week he bounded into the classroom on Monday morning and started looking under the bench and in the baskets for the baby jaguar. I explained to the (Russian) teacher what he was doing and she distracted him onto something else.
Same thing this morning. The teacher told me that he only acted like an Animal Scientist at the beginning of the session! Later he had built a farm and was intensely into that for at least 20 mins on his own.
I discussed DH's slight concern with her at pick-up time and she said she had experienced some of the same with her own daughter but doesn't usually see it in the toddler group. One of the pre-primary class teachers is a psychologist and she asked if I wanted to chat to her about it.
My gut tells me that DS is a highly verbal, bright boy and that his imagination is to be celebrated not stifled or humoured. We both love books, I was reading well before 4. I think his imagination can only stand him in good stead for future storywriting etc
What do you think oh wise and experienced Mamas??
Thanks in advance for any input.
Assuming it isn't interfering with his daily functions or relationships (which it doesn't sound like it is), then what's the problem? As long as you are mindful that he doesn't get too lost in his own world, I think he just sounds beautifully gifted. 
DD is 25 months and also has a very active imagination. She puts herself into books along side of the characters. I'm not sure if anyone has read Tikki-Tikki-Tembo, but one day she started telling me about how she was eating rice cakes with Chang and Tikki-Tikki-Tembo (the characters in the book) and she fell in the well, which is what happens to each of the little boys at separate times in the book. She also sees hippos and all sorts of animals out the car windows. The only part of this that I am having a hard time with is she sees monsters everywhere and has recently became scared of the dark. Anyway, all this to say I think your DS is perfectly normal.
