Ever think your kids are trying to embarrass you?

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Was in the museum today with DD when she ran off and went up to a woman and patted her on the, err, fanjo!

What an icebreaker.

Fortunately the woman was nice and laughed about it.

Then she lay down on the floor in the middle of the museum.

Then we went for a coffee and she "sang" in an extremely loud tuneless screech the whole time. ( I know this is lovely and means she is happy but it makes people stare)

I am the shyest person ever too.

I suspect I won't be for long though!

Once we were out feeding the ducks, I let go of DS2's hand to get some bread out , turned round and he had sat on the lap of a complete stranger and was gabbling away at her!!

He was 8 and NOT little! The old lady looked slightly stunned but smiled as I apologised and said ' it's alright dear I can see he is retarded..!'

I think that's the day I finally gave up worrying about what other people thought !!!! (and I didn't take offence at her words.. she was simply using the language of her generation)

Now I'm walking through town holding the hand of a 13 yr old who is way bigger than me, and we get odd looks all the time, and I just don't care

i'm sure she will still climb on people when she is 8 too.

I walk round holding my 13 year old's hand too. Yes I get the occasional funny look but I just love that she still does it when other children her age wouldn't dream of it. Every cloud eh?

I am just working on getting DD to hold my hand (she is 3.9). She gives fantastic soppy hugs though.

hey fanjo hows it going? Any further forward? My DS once ran up to a teenage boy eating chips, sat beside him and started helping himself haha. He regularly lies in the middle of the floor.

waitingforgodot..fine thanks, absolutely no word from the professionals but doing fine with DD, was dreading the holidays but it's actually been great not having to go to nursery and compare her with the NT kids, have been going to the play centre for kids with SN and the staff all run over to coo at her as they think she is so cute.

Still think she is having seizures though, don' know why we are being left with no diagnosis. I should chase it up but don't really want to hear the answers, I suppose!

DS2 once walked right up to a woman in Tesco and felt her boobs . I apologised profusely explaining he had autism and she was fine with it luckily.

WFG, DS2 does that with food all the time, regardless of if he knows them or not. He will also go sit at an mpty table in a restaurant and eat any food on the plates sitting there. Strange though that he won;t eat anything put infront of him in the same restaurant.

DD has already grabbed a dad's bum at nursery when we were both behind here she just sees anyone in jeans/leggings or whatever we are wearing and grabs them.

She also goes and takes people's pens, footballs, and food.

both behind him I mean, too early to be typing!!

DS2 screeches and sings like a drunk at the top of his voice all the time. Apart from lamenting the state of my poor eardrums, it does take a lot of willpower not to start thinking everyone must be staring at us.

DS(5) went through a phase of patting peoples bums and poor DP used to get the blame. He has often tried to help himself to peoples cake etc.

She sounds like dd2.

Yesterday i had a GP appointment, Dh was ill so i had to take dd2 with me.

First someone comented on her badge (which says 'i'm not ignoring you i have autism'), i explained to the lady that dd2 did not talk to people and is often non-responsive. A few minutes after dd2 stood in the midle of the waiting room (full of people) and shouted at the top of her voice 'HELLO EVRY ONE, MY NAMES DD2' , she then went on to act out a whole episode of strwberry short cake (including all the actions as well as the words).

The whole waiting room was staring at us but i didn't care, dd2 hardly ever talks and usualy she only whispers. She put on a great show for every one .

She does sound like her...DD shouts "hiya" loudly at everyone who passes!

That badge sounds great, don't feel I can use it while DD isn't diagnosed yet as ASD, couldn't fit her current diagnosis on a badge though!

I used the badge before we had a dx, we have one which has our phone number on the back if she wanders off.

Thanks, it's a good idea