Thanks everyone. It's not easy blending families and all of this is very new to her son. I have said it before but it's just not easy for him. He doesn't play like a normal kid. We went out on the lake yesterday and took the kids tubing. All three kids had an equal amount of turns but when it was his time to get out of the water he started crying and kept on saying on repeat how he wanted to go again and he kept on asking to go. He wouldn't accept my first answer, kept on asking the same question over and over again. Finally I had enough and got into him a little bit. All the kids were having fun and enjoying themselves until he had an issue. I know he was having fun, I know he was excited, it was a new activity for him but he couldn't handle when his time was up. It didn't matter to him that the other kids needed a turn. Just an example of the give and take he is not used to and how when he is with other people he has no social awareness that it is not his boat and that he is a guest. He just tries to take over and doesn't understand that as a guest you wait your turn, you defer to the people that have invited you.
The kid is whip smart though. He picks your words apart. After we were done tubing yesterday he asked if we were going to go back out later on. I told him probably not and he then asked me so there is a chance then because I said probably. I was just trying to be nice vs just saying flat out "no" but he read into probably that there was still a chance. Again not socially aware or maybe he really does have some form of Autism?? He takes everything literally. I have never had a conversation with the Doc about it and I don't think it is my place to bring it up or discuss. Not sure what to do on that front but I guess there is a possibility that it could exist.
He is just all in with every activity, no matter who is performing it, what his relation is to them or how they are perceiving him. He has no other awareness other than how it makes him feel or the fun he is having. It is all about him and no one else. In those moments very narcissistic.
My girls are getting better about ignoring it and they do have spurts of getting along with each other however it's just not consistent.
