DS seems very immature to me which I find v. difficult at times. His speech came quite late and is still not great for his age. I think he sometimes struggles to express himself. He is very highly strung and when he encounters something he doesn't want to do, we often get high pitched whining instead of 'I don't want to' or similar.
He seems to think off on a tangent to most other 3 year olds. He is not heavily into anything like dinosaurs, cars etc. and is in his element helping me or DH with cooking or gardening, even getting the things for me to change DS2's nappy! When on his own he just lolls around a lot of the time or messes around with DS2's baby toys. He doesn't play with his toys for more than 10 mins unless I play with him. This gets irritating and I just feels guilty when he lolls around doing nothing!
I'm also worried about his interaction with other children. He gets excited at the prospect of playdates though sitting together having a snack is about the extent of his interaction unless the other child is extremely sociable and says 'come on DS, lets do this'. Otherwise he plays on his own still. Also he will still snatch his toys back off a visiting friend. I have tried modelling what he should say to ask for the toy back. But generally, he doesn't say much to other children. I can see some of his peers giving him strange looks as he just doesn't talk back to them . Or if he does speak, it's a bit strange. He has been at pre-school since October for 2 sessions a week and has no friends yet, not sure how worried I should be? So, I guess what I'm wondering is- Has anyone else got a child like this and how can I help or should I be worried?