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Actually when my son started doing this it was a big relief. It was when he finally understood that I can't read his mind, and he can't make assumptions reliably about what I mean, even though I try my best to be very specific. The more specific I am, and the more questions I answer, the better he gets at predicting and the more confidence he has in his abilities, the less questions I get. There is light at the end of the tunnel.


I also generally add something like "barring unforeseen circumstances or emergencies, so he knows I am not lying when I say I will do something and it doesn't work out. I do not disagree with BuyerBeware, mind you, I just need to reinforce that &*?% happens. I will also sometimes tell him he may need to remind me, as there are times where I forget things.

It is a work in progress.

Because sometimes people change their mind in the middle of doing something.
Because sometimes people have other strange motivations for doing things that have nothing to do with the obvious.
Because sometimes people cannot be trusted to do what they say.
Because sometimes people are unpredictable and one can never be sure that their reality is the same as yours.
Because sometimes people have other priorities and you are not one of them, so forget what they promise to do.

Yes. Omg. Over and over.

Drives us bonkers. repeats herself constantly too.

Our little one does it too,a nd repeats herself over and over and we aren't sure if it's because:
1) learned it from big sis
2) she's 3 and it's normal for 3 year olds
3) also has asd

We are going with 1 and 2 for now because otherwise she is so totally different from dd6. But between the two of them sometimes I feel like I need to be locked in a rubber room because the voices keep repeating the same thing over and over!