Different boy?

James has been sick this week with a virus with an on and off temperature so has been tired and sleeping lots including during the day. On Sat he had had a sleep during the day so we decided to go into town about 7:30pm for an adventure on Oriental parade seeing as the weather was so nice. This is something we've never done before, taken James out at night, broken the routine. We had a ball, ran up and down the parade, ran up and down the beach, went in the water a bit (well James did) went on the playground at Freyberg and down the big bumpy slide. Then on the way home we got burgers from burger fuel, I stayed in the car with James, but James was keen as to get out so I took him into the shop where Michelle was and he ran about a bit but happily sat on the stool watching TV (unusual for him).

Now today I took James swimming in the morning and we had a good time as usual.
And this avo it seems like I have a somewhat different boy (Michelle noticed changes in his demeanour since Friday); progressively over the last year James has got more and more passive and seemingly disinterested in the world, often showing little interest in things children are normally interested in and staring off into the distance. Today he has done the following uncharacteristic things:

- On the way back from the pool he was opening the car door, and then was winding the window down.
- Been making lots of sounds (kind of like groaning but not unhappy if that makes sense..).
- Watched a bit of TV (never normally looks at it).
- When we went to the cafe was lying down on the footpath and same on the way back and didn't want to be carried either.
- Made a mess in the office, investigating things and pulling things out.
- Come running over and flopped on me and we've had tickles where I have made him laugh instead of him just pulling away.
- Been unco-operative during his ABA and pretty much refused to do any.
- Been pinching and running about and the house and almost..naughty?
- Been smiling lots.
- Ate a rissole for tea straight off and his brocolli.
- I offered him carrots, he looked at me and tried some, and then ate some!
- He put a carrot in my mouth (last time he would have put food in my mouth would be 18 months ago).

Great :)