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@petrasophie We're definitely waiting until he's 4.5 to assess whether he's emotionally ready for school. He likes preschool and hated daycare (same building, partially same staff), because it was so loud and boring. Even still, he's never excited to go there and would rather stay with us. But...

@carlpetrus I'm glad our struggles are entertaining to you. I guess the repeated evaluations by our pediatrician and daycare staff are worthless in the face of anecdata. I'll let them know. For what it's worth, I do closely know two highly functional autistic children from their toddler ages and...

@jwmercer I've got a really good psychiatrist that I trust and have been seeing for years. I'd like to think he'd catch it, especially since he works with gifted individuals with autism and/or ADHD. That's one of the reasons I know to watch out for burnout, depression, and anxiety in our son.

@carlpetrus Now I'm on the spectrum too? Damn, I'll let my psychiatrist know.

@gibletjoy We're looking at screenings but unless the pediatrician prescribes one, you have to pay several hundred € out of pocket. They're not done before 4-5 either, unless there is something obviously wrong. Since there is so much overlap between giftedness, autism, and ADHD, we'd like to...

Our toddler (3.5) is likely gifted. We can't/don't want to get him assessed until he's 4 or 5, but our pediatrician, daycare staff, friends, and other doctors have commented about how advanced he is. This isn't something we bring up because (i) we don't want to label him this early and (ii)...