Catch Phrase!

One of the quirks that comes with autism sometimes is repetitive  language.  We have found that Bug likes to say things that we must say to him a lot!  My favorite is, "you okay?" which he slurs together like one word.  We have been trying an experiment and when he says "you okay", we say "Yes, are you alright?"  We'll have to see if his phrase changes.  Some other cute ones are "What hamma?"  translation, "what happened?",  and "sorry".  

He also says the names of favorite movies like Elmo and Jonah.  It is almost like they are comfort words to him, and if he gets sad he goes through the list.  In turn there is one movie that even the mention of it strikes fear and sadness.  All you have to say is "Nemo" and he starts saying "sorry, sorry."  I don't know if he wants me to apologize for saying such a naughty word, or if he is saying he's sorry. 

 

One cute thing he said the other day was when hubby left to go to a movie.  Bug was distraught and started crying.  He then said, "elmo, jonah, daddy, car, no."  There were other words in there, but he was communicating that he didn't want daddy to go.  Every small step is a victory.

One other note, I took down the Christmas tree and decorations today.  When Bug got home, his heart was broken.  It took him a half hour to calm down.  He kept saying, "tree, hurt,"  I took it as he was hurt that the tree was gone.

As a treat, here is a picture slideshow I made for our parents for Christmas.  I did one for each of my kids, but here is Bug!