DS is just over two and a half. He is very verbal although only started to put full sentences together after he was two. He is now capable of holding full conversations and he has very good imaginative play where he links experiences or things he as seen or read to what he is doing.
What worries me is how he is with other children. He will play alongside individual children he knows, but not with them. In group of children such as toddler groups he won't play alongside at all. Nor will he speak to them. He won't join in in any group activity and if I try and encourage him he will lie on the floor and scream as though being tortured! He can do actions to songs and knows some by heart, he will happily do these at home with me and his dad but will not when other children are present.
I worry as he should start nursery in September and socially I think he is going to struggle. At home he is quite calm and van concentrate for longish periods but when out he is manic. His only speed is running and he gets very overstimulated. Sleeping has been horrific since he was a newborn as he seems unable to self sooth. The more tired he is the less he will sleep. Even as a newborn the only place he would sleep was in his cot, never in the car or pushchair. Instead he'd scream and scream and scream because he was clearly tired but overstimulated.
Should I be looking for some help for him? Or a professional opinion? Someday I think he's like any other two year old and then I take him somewhere and see other children behaving differently. DS is also something of a perfectionist. If he thinks he can't do something or tries and can't do it immediately he will melt down.
Think for any advice.