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is this normal?

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thisisyesterday · 05/04/2010 23:07

DS1 is 5 and a bit. He has always made us laugh by randomly coming out with lines from films- which he quite often uses in context with what we're talking about at that moment

But I've just realised that he seems to pick it up SO quickly. we bought Toy Story for him on Friday. He has watched it 4 times I think, and has been, since yesterday morning quoting chucks of it verbatim, from memory

is this unusual? I mean, quite often he'll go around repeating strange things, and it isn't until I see a film that I realise that's where he has got it from. I've seen toy story more often than he has and even I can't remember big portions of it word for word!

is it just being young and sponge-like, or is he slightly weird????

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NoahAndTheWhale · 05/04/2010 23:10

I think it may be sponge like behaviour - DS is 6 and after he has read some facts about the speeds of various planes/cars etc I am constantly being told exactly how fast they can go and when they did it .

I am pretty similar really but don't manage to remember so much any more...

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thisisyesterday · 05/04/2010 23:23

oh good!

he called my mum an "insolent blaggard" a while back!

that's from Robin Hood

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BuzzingNoise · 05/04/2010 23:25

I don't think it's weird at all.
Lol at 'insolent blaggard'

LauraIngallsWilder · 05/04/2010 23:26

Does he do anything else that seems a bit odd or just what you have said in the op?

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thisisyesterday · 05/04/2010 23:29

he has a few odd things, sensory issues I think.. why?

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Jemnot · 05/04/2010 23:29

I think he's just being young and sponge-like! When I was 5 I was obsessed with dinosaurs and could list and name all of them, it was just because I was so fascinated by them (because they interested me so much) that I filled my little brain with facts and figures about dinosaurs.

My son is the same with geography, he is 3 and can name 30 capital cities, I keep meaning to video him sometime to 'show off' to his grandparents that live abroad but I'd have to admit to them that he's too young to even know what a country is, let alone a capital city and it's all just a parrot-fashion word game that he enjoys. They're so energetic that they put so much energy and focus so hard on all the things that they are learning.

It's incredible how they soak up information at that age but I don't think it's wierd. Their little brains are just so naturally good at memorising stuff because they're at an age when they're learning so many new things every day that learning new things is more normal to them than it is to us who are older.

Prosecco · 05/04/2010 23:32

My 4 year old does this. She had watched half of her new Barbie film tonight until I told her to go upstairs and get her jammies on. When I went upstairs 5 minutes later, she was sitting on her bed fully clothed, colouring in. When I asked her what she was doings she quoted 'It's my destiny' and 'I have to follow my heart' ( before asking me what that meant).

It cracks me up and she is learning and trying out language.Result!

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thisisyesterday · 06/04/2010 09:19

ahh well looks like he isn;t the only one then! thanks

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MrsForHowLong · 06/04/2010 09:21

Jemnot, I read your post as when I was 51!!!

Hassled · 06/04/2010 09:22

One of my DSs does this - it's both unsettling and bloody irritating. But normal for some, I think. When they're watching films, they've often completely absorbed whereas we're thinking about what's for tea or the washing, so DCs do tend to remember more.

Jemnot · 08/04/2010 01:12

lol MrsForHowLong. I've always been a little slow... Not quite that slow but one of my regrets is that I never went to Uni. When I'm 51 DS will be 15 so maybe I'll get the time and the financial security to go to Uni and get a degree, I'll only be 33 years older than the other students!

madwomanintheattic · 08/04/2010 01:35

lol, all mine have done this.

ds1 called my mum a 'busted boiler' (thanks thomas) which i don't think she appreciated...

my favourite repetition is 'room on the broom' lol, which all three were able to chant word-perfect a week after we bought the thing .

they are a little older now (youngest is 6) but still have alarming habits of quoting chunks of whatever... and none of them have (so far) been actually dxed with as/asd. they are all pretty bright though (natch ) - i don't think you need to worry about it at all.

flussymummy · 10/04/2010 22:49

lol at the "insolent blaggard"!

Our DD (2.5) does this often with books- can recite her favourites like Gruffalo, and often quotes bits at me that are relevant.
The most memorable time was in Costa Coffee when she started having a full scale tantrum because I'd broken her cookie in half. I picked her up off the floor and she yelled "Put me down- this is no fun at all!" - from "The Cat in the Hat"...

JaynieB · 10/04/2010 22:54

My DD does this too - she even does the accent too if its something from a film she's seen - she's 3 and has been doing it for months. Her memory and recall is amazing. She keeps throwing in chunks of 'Madagascar' at the moment and even sounds like Chris Rock.

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