Her concerns were him not drawing, tracing, using scissors and he doesn't know his letters. She said his speech is definitely delayed. The speech therapist she sent us to doesn't seem to agree but we are doing speech now more for eating than speech though. The therapist said that she will work with him for the first 5 minutes of the appt on speech and the rest of the time on feeding (he is super picky but making great strides). This is a new pediatrician that we have never seen before. He was being a little shy in the appointment and not interacting with her much or making eye contact (which she noted in his chart). I would think that's pretty normal for a kid to be shy and mumble but idk. He doesn't go to preschool. I want to do preschool with him at home. I intend to homeschool. He has a lot of food allergies and I don't trust him with anyone but family/friends that know his allergies, the severity and that I trust to be careful. Thank you for all the suggestions. I will definitely implement them.

My 4.5 year old son has zero interest in school stuff. He is an only child. He is very active, always on the go and doesn't have time for sitting to listen to me read him a book, color or draw a picture, learn how to use scissors, etc. He is just so not interested in any of those things. He does like puzzles and is good at them. He also likes legos and magnetic blocks. He can count to 10, count objects to 10, knows shapes, and colors but he does not know his letters or numbers. I wanted to start trying to get him to get more interested in reading (listening), drawing, coloring, etc. I've looked at LOE, AAR, Mother Goose Time, Ivy Kits and others I don't remember the names of :confused1: This is all a bit overwhelming. We do fun outings...we have a zoo membership and go often except recently cuz it's just way too hot in the summer, the museum, movies, the park, different nature programs that a park near us puts on, pow wows (singing and dancing), etc. I haven't really worried about it until now. He wasn't interested and I wanted to just let him be little but I feel like we're getting to the point where he really should start learning some of this stuff. I'm afraid to wait longer. His pediatrician has already made comments about him being behind at his well child check up. So any suggestions on techniques for dealing with a kid that bounces around the chair while you're trying to read them a book or a curriculum to get? Any advise is welcome :001_smile: