Showed Very Good Sense of Time

During the holidays, my brother gave his wife a Nintendo Wii and Jonathan played almost every day while they were at our house. He really liked it. We want to get one for him because he showed great interest in all the sports and this game seems great for eye-body coordination. Also, this game would teach him the rules which could help him later on. And lastly, it is very engaging. But on the negative side, he cannot put it down. Talk about obsession.

Last night we went to visit our friends. They bought their kids a Wii for Christmas. When Jonathan saw it, his eyes got really big. We told him that he could play for a little bit. Jonathan played for an hour and we forced him to take a brake and then he played for another hour. The good thing is that he played with everyone. But the bad part is that during the time he was not playing, he did not play pretend games with the kids because he was anxiously waiting for the time to play again.

He asked us if we could buy one, and we told him that we would get one for his birthday. At first he was very happy. Came running to me to tell me that he was going to get a Wii for his birthday. About an hour later, he came back to me and told me that he didn't want to wait until his birthday (March) because it was too long. I was so excited to hear those words because they showed that he is making good reasoning. He knows we are in January. I told him that we were going to order it soon and tried to tell him not to worry about it.

This morning he woke up and asked me if I had ordered it already. He kept asking all morning until I lost my patience and told him that he had to stop thinking about this game and stop asking about it if he wanted me to buy it for him. This is a lot to ask a child on the spectrum, I know. But I could not take the nagging and whining any longer. He did stop, but he was pretty sad most of the day. I don't want to give in just now because if I do, he will realize that he just has to cry hard enough and nag long enough to get what he wants. That is not good.

Here are a couple of pictures from last night's game. And the video is a short snapshot of last night's game. Jonathan kept winning and C. would get really upset. But I don't know how Jonathan could win (against anyone, including Daddy and Tio L.) because he was not playing correctly. You'll see from his jumping and posture that he was not actually boxing. However, the game interpreted his movements as if he was and he kept winning over and over again.

Jonathan and C. boxing

Jonathan was pitching.

I did not capture the fact that Jonathan kept winning most games in this video. I was laughing so hard at how he played, that that is what I recorded. And also the fact that he engaged very well with everyone and didn't care if he lost.

On a behavioral observation note: he was still hyper today. And his eyes looked strange. At times he looked like he was drugged and he had dark circle around his eyes. We came home very late yesterday and I am thinking he was just tired. So we put him to bed before 9pm today. However, my dad told me that on Friday at his Tae Kwon Do he was very tired and could not run much. I'll call his DAN! on monday to get test kits to check his minerals levels as well as his amino acids.