HELP, my son is stuck on REPEAT!!!

Walk into my home, our record store, his classroom or  ANYWHERE that my son might be and you will without question hear the following OVER AND OVER AND OVER:

• Is (fill in the blank) OLD or NEW
• How come Chris (his big brother and occasional hero but more often nemesis) can watch the family guy and I can't?
• Can I watch rated R movies?
• Should I be watching (fill fill in the blank of ANY preschool themed program) or is that show for babies?
• Can I say curse words? How come you and daddy can say curse words?
• Is saying (fill in the blank again) inappropriate? 
• Why do I have to keep my penis private? Can I show people my boobies?

He will then without fail dictate to you what the answer he wants you to give should be. Is this uncommon with kids on the spectrum (Autism Spectrum for those that are not "in the know")? Nope it's not uncommon at all. Is it annoying? OH HELLS YES. Like nails on a chalkboard or Renee from Mob Wives constant crying type of annoying.

My poor husband is greeted DAILY - sometimes before he is even fully in the door with : "Hi Dad, is Blues Clues new or OLD, you say it's old". Like the champ my groom is, he always plays into Jake's hands and follows his youngest sons script.

Me? Not so much. I am without fail BAD COP in my house. This goes for all 3 of our kids actually. My husband is not a yeller -unless it pertains to grown men in tight fitting pants playing with balls in a sporting activity he happens to be watching, or if he sees a spider. I on the other hand yell as though I am trying to medal in the olympics. I blame my father. I learned it from him.

Yelling, to me, signals a persons lack of tolerance for bullshit or backtalk. When I yell at my kids it is because I have already exhausted myself with calm requests. When I yell, I get results...and eye rolls and the occasional name called under their breath.....but I still get my result.

That said, when Jake peppers me with endless repetitive questions and requested answers I do not give in. It infuriates him, but I don't care. Frankly, his endless repertoire of words NONSTOP from the moment he wakes until the moment he crashes at night (often mid sentence) tends to infuriate ME, so pissing HIM off just seems fair.

Just because I am a mother does not mean I am mature.

Back to the boy, parrots have got NOTHING on my sweet prince. He talks - 98% of the time he is awake and of that time he will often be repeating verbatim things that he has heard in school (which helps me gain more knowledge about what goes on in his classroom, or the bus (which deserves its OWN blog) or from TV.  THEN there are the things that he hears around our house.....be it from his older siblings, his father or maybe even ME (of course it's always obvious when it is something that he has heard come from the cess pool of a mouth I have). 

As wrong as it may be, I always find joy when his sarcasm is used in proper context. THAT friends is how I know I am teaching him well. Now if only he could tie his own shoes and wash his own ass.....