Ds has a strange addiction to plugs

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Hi I posted a year or so ago about ds1 that loved plugs and cables. He stopped this after he started talking last September.

Now he has got even worse with his strange addiction. He wakes up early and the first thing he asks for is a extension cable or plug. He loves turning things on and off but it's getting beyond a joke now. We don't know how to stop him from wanting a extension cable or plug. When he is at grandparents he doesn't do anything other than play with cables and plugs.

He turns 4 in July. Any help with this stage addiction? I know it sounds strange believe me writing it down is even stranger.

Thanks for all your help

Is he getting on well in other areas of his life? How is his language and how are his social skills?

I was like this as a child. My 4th birthday cake was shaped like an extention lead.

He had a speech delay and only started speaking at 3 yrs 2 months. He has nearly caught up with his peers and attends a speech and language pre school for a few hours a week.

Everything else developmental is fine. I was concerned that he may have autism or Aspergers as seems very focused on certain things ect but I did the mcat assessment and he came out a very low chance and when getting assessed for the speech they had no concerns.

He does struggle with listening and concentration even though we know he hears but totally zones out. I'm worried that when he starts school he will struggle with concentration and focus.

Does he play imaginatively OP? The Mchat isn't infallible. I don't want to make you worried of course...but if there were a problem then it might be better to ask for a referral to your community pediatrician.

user thanks. Yes he does. He loves role play and imaginative play. I just don't know whether to keep indulging his love for plugs and cables hoping he will grow out of it or get a referral for camhs ect

He is very "busy" and lives seeing how things work and loves to help and very independent