ARGH Santa and siblings!!!
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| Tue, 12-18-2007 - 10:28am |
Oh, I know this is the season to get stressed out, but I may lose it seriously big time with my 9 year old Aspie soon, who has taken it upon himself to figure out exactly *how* Santa works (which would be fine, I don't mind letting him in on the secret!) but also to explain to his 4 year old NT brother, despite me trying to explain to him over and over why we play this 'game' every year. I usually don't mind having to give structured explanations for social nicieties - eg why we don't just tell complete strangers in clothes stores that they are fat and the clothes they are trying on are hideous, or why we don't reject gifts from people if they are not perfect - but it does really break my heart when I see the 4 year old's lip wobble or hear another round of 'but he *does* come down the chimney' from the front room....!!
I always get these conflicts. I can support DS 100% with his particular needs by being his mummy bear

Kirsty,
Hmmm.
He can tease his
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My son figured out santa when he was 6 yrs old.
My DS is the same way, except he still believed until last year when his father decided 12 was too old to believe & told him the truth!!!!
So now, he tries to manipulate me by threatening to tell his little sister. Luckily she doesn't believe much of what he says!!!!!!
My mom told me this story about me and Santa.
Apparently we were waiting in line to see Santa when I was 3 and I turned to her and told her that
"*he* isn't Santa - *she* is Santa." She was flabbergasted and shushed me because obviously there were a ton of other kids there. I don't remember this at all.
I don't remember ever believing in Santa though either. I don't know how I knew. It's one of the things that makes me thing I have AS sometimes LOL
I have to admit that I have a hard time with telling the kids about Santa. I love Christmas and the idea of Santa. But I know they will be incredibly disappointed when they find out it's just me and Daddy and part of me would rather not deal with that. Kids at school are starting to tell Sam (8) that only babies believe in Santa so I know the you-know-what is going to hit the fan soon.