you know you have a child with sn

[2shoes]

because you use syringes instead of water pistols

When he's so easy to buy clothes for.
Because he only wears one type of trousers and black T shirts.

When he's still playing with playmobil at 14, but his Vikings send messages to each other in runic script and his Romans use Latin.

When you are thankful for the invention of the ipod and the mp3, so that you don't have to listen to something over and over again!

when your 14 yr old dd hits a boy in the face(he was staring and lol at her) and the mother just tells him"she can't help it"

When five year old son is following lines on the pavement and the school hard boy(9) stands in his way. Big brother (12) tells him to move and he refuses as does other big brother (14) and he laughs. So mum says go on then Jack you can hurt him and he runs lol.

When he has a meltdown at 12, and the male deputy head isn't strong enough to hold him back.

When you take a pair of earmuffs to the cinema.

When a shot of a hand on the TV screen sends your DD screaming into the garden.

Can I just say how much I love you guys? have been reading this and PMSL, much to DH's confusion. Thank you, for making it all so 'everyday'!

oh, and when you are trying to field a difficult question about cold fusion while simultaneously removing a clod of earth from his mouth

When you go to collect your younger son from playgroup and when asked if he's enjoyed the singing in church are told "there's been lots of us to keep an eye on him."

When your older son insists on wearing his wellies and a hooded jumper on a sweltering hot day, so he can be "all in blue".

When you assess how much your younger son wants the toy you're getting for him by how hard he holds onto it.

When going to an unfamiliar part of town leads to your older son clinging onto his daddy like a limpet and getting upset and anxious.

When your younger son brings home his masterpiece from playgroup "glue dripped onto paper".

When your older son doesn't ask embarrassing questions about other people, but instead loudly copies what they are saying.

When you take your DC to a "SN event" and get embarrassed about your NT DC behaviour!

when everytime you go to a new place you do a mental risk-assesment. Plus you always have a worse-case-scenario-style back-up plan!

When you do something simple like put something in the bin or open a door, to a scream of "J do it!!", only for him to remove said item from the bin or close said door, and DO IT HIMSELF!!!!

When you just don't care any more about whether ds2 changes into pjs at night or not, battling over it is futile.

When the list of acceptable foods is something I no longer feel embarrassed about. The balance of my friends is shifting towards sn families now.

ooh I have a good one from yesterday which is perfect!

When you, DH and DS stop at DS's insistence and watch a tractor pulling a trailer into a really tricky spot to collect a load of furniture.

There is a crowd of older men watching and helping load the tractor and they think DS's interest is really adorable.

DS says "Mama what is that tractor doing?" and you say "The tractor is manoeuvring into the right position to pick up the furniture." And the man nearest you chuckles and says "That word is a bit big though isnt it!" And you say "yes and he will know it now too." And the man raises his eyebrow and says "oh yes?"

and a couple of minutes later DS says "Mama the tractor has done his manoeuvring"

You start laughing, the man looks shocked and pats your not quite three year old on the head and says "oh my!"

When all the other 3yr olds come out of nursery with a flowery mothers day card and yours gives you a perfectly drawn Enji Benjy Spaceship.

These are great.

lol riven "'oh, dd is having a seizure, do you mind?'" PMSL

not at the seizure at how you wrote it lol

Lol, Riv - I have done that in Jaeger! Not pushed in (because obv you don't have anything as vulgar as a queue in Jaeger) but busted up a couple of sales assistants in deep discussion over the more obscure parts of the new till system, in preference to actually serving anyone.

When you no longer have to queue to collect your NT DC from the classroom as your SN DC just ignores everyone and goes and collects them for you.

When you find you have more friends with SN DC than not

When the phrases good talking and good looking no longer sound weird and are frequently used by yourself and dh.

When you have spent so much time over-stressing diff syllables of words you have to think really hard how to say the word properly.

When ds1 runs in with his trousers on the right way round and the right side out, and you burst into tears and give him a biscuit. And he grabs the biscuit and runs away to avoid what he knows will be an ott hug.