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I'm thinking (and have been correct so far) that if I just don't make a big deal out of Matthew idiosyncrasies, he'll grow out of them. I used to have to hold him all the time when he was a baby, because the sound of the a/c or heat kicking on and off would just freak him out. Or someone walking across the floor. Well, I just scowled at anyone who critizised me, but I held him all the time till guess what? He grew out of it.

For a LONG time, I couldn't vacuum with him around...very traumatizing to him. Steve would have to take him outside for me to vacuum. He grew out of that too. (At the same age, around 18 months, we heard him pick the violin out of some classical music I was listening to and mimic it note for note. My mom was with me and we both realized that he must have some exceptional hearing or something.)

For the longest time, he just ate meat, milk and rice. I supplemented with OJ and multivitamins. Now he eats things like gravy, cous cous, spoon bread, corn bread and the like. And he's always like pumpkin pie.

I'm a nurse...I know what the norms are supposed to be and it took me a few weeks to realize that Matthew wasn't the norm. In that time, he went from 6lb 12oz to a little over 4lbs. He was just one freakin' out little baby till in desperation I picked him up and held him all the time. By the time he was four months old, he was bright and confident. What would he have been if I'd ignored his need?

He read his first words shortly before turning 3. He was in first grade at age 4. He was never the norm, not in anything...and that included his diet.

Joshua, on the other hand, is the epitome of normalacy...PRAISE GOD! LOL