Had a great doctor's visit with my son today. He kept up a good conversation with me while we were waiting, answered questions from the medical professionals well, chatted up a med student who examined him about how long it took to become a doctor, cooperated with the exam, and was generally a model patient.
So how come this sort of thing only happens when he's sick?
His last well-child visit, he was in full goofball mode, talking in the voice of his invisible friend, giving silly answers to the doctor when he gave answers at all, wriggling when the doctor tried to examine him. He never shows off his best self when he's there for an overall developmental examination, but when he's sick and no one's taking notes about that other stuff, he's way more down to earth.
What is it about illness that brings that basic boy out? Wish we could find a way to tap into that part without the accompanying physical discomfort. Do your kids get better behaved when they're under the weather? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Your post reminded me of one of the bajillion autism popular science news articles I saw in the last year, and a quick google search found it: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1889436,00.html
Who the heck knows, but the same thing happens in our house. For years (before we had a real diagnosis) we’d say “oh, things are turning a corner, things are getting better” and then invariably the next morning my AS son would be down with the flu.