you know you have a child with SN when......(revisited)

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when you think 6.30 am is a lie in

when you are packing to go away for the weekend and there's no room for your stuff-the car's full of things you are terrified to leave behind in case dc wants a particular thing (dvd,teddy,toy,washing up sponge......)

at newname thought was only my ds that would eat poo. lol, When you go to asda and he eats things from other peoples trolley as you turn your back, even lovely bunches of flowers.

When everything you own has chew marks in... not made by the dog

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bettyboop63 - cook chicken in a slow cooker it always looks pale then

When you have to take the labels off the 7 pairs of new pants you've just bought for ds!

...you look at this thread and identify with so much - except not noticing the dog (pmsl at that!).
aLegonEachCorner - i could have written that myself - although he probably would have said that it was 'absolutely fascinating' instead!
I quite often think about leaving a slice of bread out for a day so it is dry - then telling DS that it's very lightly toasted and i definitely haven't got any brown bits on it

< faint> ... omg we have non toasted toast and no dark bits... Why the he'll didn't you lot tell me I wasn't alone before! :)

when your house has all the furntiture to the Walls and big spaces in the middle..

When you walk past the fridge and move one of the magnets OUT of line ... Just a little bit.. Because it's all a bit 'sleeping with the enemy'

when your never stuck for a gift for hour dc.. Because as long as it is ( in our case).. Starwars your fine... Although you do carry round a list of the ones dc already owns ... Because you can't have 2 the same.

When you get the ' don't panic I know' look from another parent in a supermarket as your ds who is bigger than you is spinning ( with arms out).. Near the beans... Or your getting a rendition of starwars theme tune loudly near the bread!

carrotcake my ds is obsessed with starwars too, in our house the one time a year ds is invited to a party it takes on a greater significence than christmas and twice the preparation.

I had read about the not liking labels thing, although DS didn't do it. But no sooner than he had stopped being obsessed with spinning wheels (even on other peoples' pushchairs and wheelchairs ) he got the label aversion.

For every autistic trait he loses he seems to gain a new one. As if he has read a manual.

I must admit that I am sort of hoping for Star Wars as long as he bypasses Thomas the Tank Engine. That really would be hard to bear.

Thomas is a friend for life.....unfortunately.

Anyone else find kitchen utensils randomly used for ....well, I don't really know. They get acquired, played with and stashed in odd places.

Potato masher, funnel, ... Oh yes, Star Wars, oh bloody yes, can't throw boxes away for some reason and everything has to be green!

When you spend the evening searching the net for seamless socks?

When you can't put the hoover on without applying ear deffenders to 2 dd's and they still scram.

When you find your self cleaning up smeared poo at 6am.

When you find a simple thing like dd saying 'hello mummy' the biggest deal in the world.

Lololol at sumum and alegon

SPINKLE - yes the tin opener!! I thought it was just him.

..and the light switch obsession

NOTHING is allowed to be broken

Yes,Starlight-Ds spent a lot of one camping holiday in the disabled loo,with his face under the hand drier

Ooh, it's good to know others have the same. DS1 is particularly fond of the whisk and the beaters from the hand mixer.

DameEdna....oh yes!! I remember THAT phase. He's much better now.

And yes, my ds just seems to be fully into one particular AS behaviour then STOPS it completely and starts something else....like he has a check list of ASD characteristics he has to get through!

A trip to a party is going perfectly well until your ds screams and sobs at the top of his voice and refuses to come out of the toilets because he doesn't know someone's name.

You can tell that your other ds really likes his new plastic axe not through the expression on his face, which remains stoical, but by the way he refuses to relinquish it, even at lunchtime.

Oh, we have the switch obsession in our house, bigtime, from both of them. I often catch DS1 helping DS2 out when he can't reach one!

We converted to ugly low energy bulbs long ago, since we have a chandelier style light in the dining area and would rather have 50W burning away all day than 200W!

DS1 is also obsessed about things being old. He doesn't like old things. Old is anything that's not brand new. Unfortunately, he has to like it or lump it.

We also have to park very carefully - nowhere near a big 4WD, especially a Landrover, Range Rover or Toyota Landcruiser. Can be a wee bit difficult, considering our neighbour has a Landrover!

When your ds weeps because his cornflakes are "broken"

when your child who can't always string a sentance together somehow manages to make friends with random people (mostly men, especially men who do manual jobs - cleaning, digging, fixing etc) wherever you go.

all conversations with other people are littered with random words as you remind/prompt dd whilst carrying on talking...

mouth- remove x from mouth

hands- stop picking

clothes- stop taking them off

When other parents / carers at playgroups give you sympathetic smiles as your 27 month old bum-shuffles past them.

at fans Starlight. DS can't say much, but fan was one of his first words and he spots them everywhere (along with lights and mirrors)