u/Gotourselvesanodder

I recently had a mom friend mention my 3 year old might be a gestalt language processor and after looking it up I definitely think he is! But I naturally went down the internet spiral and wondered if anybody had speech opinions -

He definitely repeats what you say verbatim / scripts from books or movies.

He says phrases he’s created by putting words together.

He doesn’t do great following instructions for like a game, but will put toys away etc when asked.

He will answer questions like what color is that, who is that, but he almost never asks who what why when etc.

I’m just wondering if this is all okay and we’re definitely improving so it’s fine? Or if anybody has some suggestions of what I should be doing at home with him. I’m a SAHM but he socializes regularly with neighborhood friends!

For context I am a SAHM to an almost 3.5 boy and a 9 month old boy. my almost 3.5 year old has had a sudden very intense surge in separation anxiety.

My husband worked late for almost a month straight (March up until Easter) and it resulted in our son only seeing him say goodbye or see you later in the morning, but then my husband came home after he had gone to bed. I told my husband to stop saying see you later because I could tell it was bothering our son that he wasn’t seeing his dad later.

We went to church on Easter and our 3.5 year old LOST it about being separated from dad. So we thought oh it’s because he hasn’t seen him practically in weeks (including weekends).

Well fast forward to now, my husbands been home normal hours and weekends but our son practically screams his head off to be separated from me (mom). Cries if I leave him at the church nursery, cries and screams when dad goes to take him to bed (which is the normal routine), cries when we go Nextdoor to play with friends and I run back over to the house (I always tell him he can come with or stay and he always chooses to stay with his friends but is now screaming moments later that I’m gone)

I’m kind of at my wits end. We spend plenty of one on one time together and now that dad isn’t working late his routine is back to business as usual and has been for weeks. Would love any input/ideas or just anything at this point 🥲