Dear 40679, my adopted nephew from Russia is also like that. He finally is out of diapers at 4 years-old, though sometimes he is lazy and still prefers not to use the toilet if it means that he can play with his cars a little longer.
He also has a tic where he jerks his head at times. This concerns his grandmother ,but not my sister. He also likes to be in control of everything and the "boss", which may catch up with him-- so far he still has friends at pre-school, and because he is cute, alot of preschool girls gush over him.
It may be that your son may have some mercury in him from childhood vaccinations--causing the nerve conditions. I know my nephew sure must have mercury in him from all the thousands of immunization shots he had to endure in Russia and America.
A person I met at the health fair told me that he will respond very well at the Ocean and salt water/salt air. She even said to put
Sea Salt in his bath water. I tried that and he loves his baths! Right now he is on vacation with my sister/bro-in-law over in Virginia-- and they plan on taking him to the Ocean.
I reccomend that after any future
vaccination your child has to get-- that you gently give him mercury detoxing type foods- like raw nuts, apples, pineapple, and citrus. Also, Brazil Nuts have a good balanced amount of selenium he may be lacking. He may also be lacking in Magnesium (a mineral most of us are lacking- and especially those with mercury in thier body from shots/dental work/vaccines, etc)
Epsom Salts in the bathwater will absorb in his body and calm him tremendously. Nerves that are jumpy are a sign of magnesium defeciency.
Make sure he gets some sunlight daily-- and encourage him to get this over being in front of Televisions or computers with the EMF radiation that they emit. Children are even more sensitive than adults--- of course, dont' expect the media and technology companies to admit anything about EMF pollution.
If you have an HD Television (which most of us will all end up being forced to have pretty soon as the governement is outphasing ordinary television signals-- discourage your child from sitting too close to it-- and you may want to get one of those EMF detectors to find out where an acceptable distance is from things like HD TV's, etc. You can get one of these for $29.99 or less. I got mine for about that much --or about $19.99 at
http://www.caycecures.com
Above all, show him your love for him- (not necessarily gifts, but just love coming out from inside of you) it means alot to a little child and will help him get through the tough times in growing up.
Boldy