Consular report of birth abroad, no proof physical presence

Hello,

Does anyone know how to prove physical presence inside the US for the purposes of getting a CROBA for a child when you cannot produce any of the suggested documents?

I am a US citizen only by birth inside the US, my wife is a foreign national and our son was born in her country. I was physically present from birth until age 21 continuously in the US, I never had a passport until that year when I left the US.

I was never employed during my time in the US so no tax returns, I had dropped out of school at age 12 so no school records(since received a GED while outside the US). I lived with my parents so no utility bills or leases in my name, aside from the fact my parents claimed me as a dependent on their tax returns and my passport being my first ever I can produce no proof of physical presence.

I met my wife in her country and we got married, I eventually applied for permanent residency and we have lived here since. She got pregnant and had our son, I am on the birth certificate as the father and have pics holding him after delivery, and many since proving he is my son and lives with me.

We've decided to move back to the US and so we finally investigated getting my son a passport, and run into this. Does anyone know if the embassy has the power of ignoring this requirement in otherwise straightforward cases? Anyone have advice?

The key for you is that none of your trips exceeded 6 months. Given
that fact plus you have been present in the U.S. for at least 30
months in the past 5 years, and assuming you have lived in the same
state for the last 3 months, you should be able to apply today (you
may apply up to 90 days before your continuous residency is
fulfilled).