Is obsessive behaviour involved as well? Because Ripley does all of those things and more. He has meltdowns over EVERYTHING. God forbid if his brothers touch something he even remotely thought about in the last 72hrs. He gets possessive and obsessive - currently he drags two McD's dragon toys EVERYWHERE. He absolutely cannot function without them, wont even go to bed unless they are there. He even took them to his swimming lesson and held them the whole time. If we cannot find them, or his blankie, or we even dare to suggest handing them over to us, screaming ensues so I am anal about keeping tabs on them so to avoid no sleep and mega tanties. He watches the same DVD over and over til he picks a new one then thats played over and over. He is physically rough, even in normal everyday things. I absolutely cannot take my eyes off him for a second, not even when he is asleep because he will definately do something bad or run away. A few mornings Ive found him out in the backyard at 6am! He is defiant to the point where its nearly comical - he just does not appear to care, or care to understand, why his behaviour is unacceptable, punishment is useless because he just goes right on with life and does the same thing again without any qualms about being in trouble and knowing full well Im going to crack it. He will stare at me and stare at me when I talk to him, like he is listening but doesnt understand a word Im saying, its like he goes blank. So frustrating. His development is normal I guess; but his verbal communication is iffy. I know he can talk, he knows he can talk but mostly all I get is a bunch of unintelligable mumbling with a word thrown it. He has so much energy its exhausting. He just goes and goes and goes and goes and goes; and the attention span is nearly non existant. He's suddenly gotten fussy with eating. He just cant sit still long enough to eat his meal; or he is picky about what it is. He wont touch anything cream based, wont eat meat, wont eat vegies, pasta is the only thing I can get into him without drama's.

Im at a loss as what to do with him. I know they go through terrible two's and this might be normal but I think his behaviour is insane. Im starting to wonder if there isnt something more to it. Ive always thought there was something up with him but been to afraid to investigate.