You know you're a bad mother when...

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...your non-verbal (pretty much) autistic DS (aged 4) goes back to school today and the only new word he's learned over the holidays is......"CBeebies"....

Or when your brothers have taught him to say to anyone in sight ' Untuck that bloody tshirt'!

Ds. almost 7, somewhat verbal-ish.

Or pasta and night garden.
Kinda describes DDs (ideal) world really....

Hey, he has learned something over the holidays, that's more than most can say. And cbeebies is very educational

LOL at these!

cktwo, DS3 adores Night Garden too. Someone bought me a red scarf for Xmas and guess what - it is now "Iggle Piggle's blanket"! (DS3 loves pretending to be Iggle Piggle.)

Riven, lol!

His enunciation of it is crystal-clear, as well! There is no way they won't understand it at school!

Riven

I've just remember another.... My dad hs also taught him to say dumbarse
That'll go down well at school!!

PC, lol!

The Christmas hols must have been loads of fun round at yours!

DS1 has taught DS2 "yeah but no but" (V Pollard), so now when I ask him if he wants "X, yes or no", I'm getting 4 minutes of beautiful smiles and yeah but no buts back.......

....and I'd feel no guilt whatever about cbeebies, obviously must be no hope for our household...

I wish DS would say CBeebies! Unfortunately CBeebies has been abandoned in favour of a certain Tank Engine. The only new word he's learned over the holidays is "Thomas"!

Ah - that reminds me - he has learned another word over the holidays - "Diesel"!

Oh dear - we really didn't do anything except let him goggle at the telly, did we...

Ds1 has now developed a strong interest in the 1960's Batman film. You know, the one with Cesar Romero as the Joker and very funny to adults. The entire story goes completely over Ds1's head but he loves it, especially the early scene with the shark biting Batman. He keeps telling us now that "Batman is a boy" and "Batman have blue legs". I now feel compelled to assure his school, when he goes back on Friday, that we haven't been letting him watch the Heath Ledger version .

Bullet, your DS1 sounds like my DD. She identifies people by colour (Father Christmas with his White Beard and his Red Sleeves).
DS has learned lots of words over the holidays (he's 18mo and wethink* NT) but his favourite is definitely "bonbon" as his sister has introduced him to jelly babies!
I must also be one of the first mothers of a toddler to be jumping for joy that her baby says "No", as DD still won't use yes or no unless prompted.