Not playing with toys "right"

I'll preface this with saying that Cora will be tested for an ASD like Asbergers in the next few months. It takes so long to get into the center


But I'm slowly noticing that she doesn't play with toys "right"

Like she makes puzzle pieces talk to each other and go on adventures. Or make towers with her princesses. Put makeup on plates.

Little things like that. But it just isn't "right". Like she won't put the puzzle together. And she doesn't make her princesses have tea parties.

Is this a concern I should note and journal? Or is it not a big deal?

Hw old is she?

Quoting Kelly&Coralie:" I'll preface this with saying that Cora will be tested for an ASD like Asbergers in the next few months. ... [snip!] ... And she doesn't make her princesses have tea parties. Is this a concern I should note and journal? Or is it not a big deal?"

I would definitely keep track of things like that to bring it up. If she was younger, I would say no big deal. But at almost 4 1/2 I *think* she should be using things the right way. She could just have a wild imagination though  

I am no expert.

She sounds SUPER CREATIVE! I think that is amazing, especially since my child HAS to have everything go in its place and do its thing, he hates changing things up.

Quoting MyPurrrtyBabies:" Hw old is she?"

Sorry, she is almost 4.5 years old

Why are you having her tested for Asperger's? She just sounds very creative to me.

Quoting Shannonsfirst:" I am no expert. She sounds SUPER CREATIVE! I think that is amazing, especially since my child HAS to have everything go in its place and do its thing, he hates changing things up."

Oh Cora is like that too. Her dolls can only wear certain dresses and they can't wear other doll dresses. And her crayon are "in order" according to color. And her sandwiches can only be cut a certain way


trust me. She is all kinda of OCD about some things

how old??
because DS plays "odd" too then...
I've never thought much of it, and figured it was just his imagination.
but anything he is playing with, markers, puzzle pieces, little creamers at the restaurant, etc. he pretends they're football players, and can act out a whole game.
he even does it with his food sometimes, like his fruit snacks.

I haven't noticed it with anything else.

but I'd say its just a wild imagination. and not to worry.

Quoting Kelly&Coralie:" Sorry, she is almost 4.5 years old"

Yeaah, I really don't know. My 5 yr old plays with her toys right...but then sometimes she doesn't.

That is one of the markers doctors and psychiatrists look at during the evaluation and a question that might be asked of you when you fill out paperwork. Almost 2 years ago when Kieran was initially assessed that question came up a lot.

Go ahead and note anything that strikes you as unusually. I wish you luck, my son was diagnosed with aspergers 2 years ago when he was 4.

thats a very good imagination. my son is the same way hes going on 4... im 21 and i would rather my puzzle pieces talk then put the damn thing together.... its more interesting!!!!

I would definitely note it. Although it could be just a creative imagination, that might be one of their questions.

Quoting Mrs. Dexter Morgan:" Why are you having her tested for Asperger's? She just sounds very creative to me."

It's at the recommendation of a child psychologist she saw through the school district

She apparently has a ton of "red flags"

Quoting Kelly&Coralie:" It's at the recommendation of a child psychologist she saw through the school district She apparently has a ton of "red flags""

 
Best of luck. I was a very creative thinker as a kid, would pace back and forth, literally talking to myself having imaginary conversations with people I'd made up in my head. Ended up being bi-polarism.