tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post6698218487832011520..comments2023-10-23T20:14:05.916-05:00Comments on Ruth's Rambles...: A Further Thought About Night-Time ConversationsHi from Ruth!http://www.blogger.com/profile/04696686601621200587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2528470033811673980.post-82493948015006421262010-10-26T10:40:40.862-05:002010-10-26T10:40:40.862-05:00In my house, I call it 'night time confessiona...In my house, I call it 'night time confessional'. When I am putting Nick to bed and we have finished his story, we usually have a cuddle for a bit and that is when he pours out all of his worries. It is also when he confesses to me if he has done something naughty-which is interesting. Autistic kids have a hard time lying. Generally, they don't get it, so they don't do it. He doesn't lie, he actually has never really done anything 'bad', but he will wait until that moment at night, where he feels safe, to tell me things like 'Mom, I had to stay in for 5 minutes at recess to finish my Math because I wasn't done.' If I had asked him earlier, he would have told me then, but he can't go to bed with something like that (minor as it is) on his conscious. He asks me about his Nana, who passed away 3 years ago, and if she still loves him and how he misses her and he'll often cry about her. He tells me how his feelings got hurt at the playground that day because someone wouldn't play...those kinds of things.<br /><br />I remember being the EXACT same way as you! I would enjoy the cuddle, but my mind would be on the pile of dinner dishes and the laundry waiting for me that I wanted to get done before my 'show' started on tv. Now, I know he's getting older and might not want me in there in the next few years, so that time is a special time for the two of us, and I'll take it as long as I can!BCMommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605130303718384216noreply@blogger.com