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My 3yr Old Grandson Born To Heroin Addicted Mom (he

My 3yr old grandson born to heroin addicted mom (he was on methadone first 3-5 days after birth)
He is seemingly very smart and on point in development. Couple guestions
1)Since his first hair cut (shaved) at about 18 months he now wants/needs to play with my/sisters/aunts hair when tired/sleepy. Prior to hair cut he used to have his hand in his own hair when tired/ going to sleep.
2) just recently about 3 months ago, he began doing shorts bouts of running short distances, maybe 10 ft back n forth maybe couple times a day? Some days not at all ?
3) sweet as can be , talks in complete sentences and blows me away at times with his sentence formation as just turned three wks ago...grandma that's delicious, I love your house grandma, I love you to the moon and stars grandma, picking on his grandpa's dry skin he says, grandpa I promise I won't hurt you hold still....
Now if he is denied something he wants he will turn into the hulk, throw things close to him, known to hit and or kick the one denying or throw himself on floor n kick the wall, door yadayada..
Is this normal behavior for age or should I be concerned?
posted on Sun, 23 Nov 2014
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