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Old 09-14-2008, 12:00 PM
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DS is 5 years old (home for 3 yrs now), and does not have imaginative play

Hi, I haven't posted in years! We adopted our DS just over 3 years ago from Tula, Russia. He was 26 months old at the time and all seemed to go well.
This year he should be in kindergarden, but we didn't feel he was ready for a lot of reasons. He is still in a preschool type program and we have a few little things that are starting to bother us. One of the big ones is that he shows no signs of imagination - which should have kicked in around age 3.

He is not interested in playing with toys at all.
He doesn't have nightmares at night (which are a sign of vivid imagination)
He doesn't play act or pretend play unless he is pretending to eat - he is obsessed with food.
He is social enough, but he doesn't enjoy actually playing with other children unless it's video or computer games (no imagination required there)
He absolutely does not play by himself
He doesn't even get startled if you surprise him

Does anyone have experience with this being a sign of any disorder of any type? We have a doctor / counseling appointment in 3 weeks.
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Michele
Bio son 8, Adopted Son 5
2/6/04 Completed application for Russian Adoption
6/09/05 Court Date in Tula
6/15/05 Returned home with our 26 month old son after a 17 month adoption process
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