He told me he loved me!

[BabySpider]

That's it really and I'm now!

He's 2.10, working towards a possible ASD dx. He's very echolalic and will repeat tv shows and models of speech that we give him, but he's never said "I love you mummy", despite my best efforts.

Then tonight, I said goodnight, told him I loved him, then modelled it back as if I was him... And he said it!!

And that's made my week!

That's great! I can see why it meant so much to you. Well done Little BabySpider!

WoW! Times like that make you wish you have a voice recorder

No, the beauty of the echolalia is that she wont need a voice recorder to hear it again . Well done micro spider