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Hi Vicki,
I don't have personal experience, but yes, from what I've heard, this is normal.
It reminds me of my cousin, who is deaf, and was diagnosed as a toddler with being deaf. He had hearing aids by the time he was 2 and a half, I think. But around 3 (may have been more like 3 and a half) he began taking his hearing aids out and shutting his eyes when his mom tried to discipline him! He made sure he couldn't hear her or read her lips! LOL! Smarty pants, huh?
Sounds like your little Alex is also a smarty pants. LOL.
I remember still being afraid to look adults in the eye even in first grade, when the witch of a teacher (I have a lot of unresolved anger there, can ya tell?) made me look her in the eye when she humiliated me for needing glasses..in front of the class.
So, I remember not being comfortable with eye contact. Now, I'd burn a hole in your soul with my eye contact. :-)
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