B.O.B. the Blob

For those of you who do not know...one of the 'signs' of autism, is that the child does not have good 'play skills". This is one of the reasons they diagnosed my oldest and ruled out autism for my youngest. "Play skills" involve the ability of the child to 'play' (ie. imaginative play....play 'kitchen' or take an object and create a dialogue as in a story or play with little people and create a story...you get the idea).


Last night, in the bathtub, my oldest took his McDonald's toy, B.O.B. from the new Dreamworks' movie "Monsters Versus Aliens" and was playing with him. While this isn't new, I always relish in it because it is a concrete, if you will, example of how far we have come. Oldest couldn't do it when he was a toddler. He had no idea how to create a story or do imaginative play.

Oldest had B.O.B. and he was treating him like a little pet and talking to him. "B.O.B., we have to get you clean (while rubbing bubbles on him), B.O.B., we have to dry you off, B.O.B. we have to make you nice and clean". You get the idea.

You have to realize that B.O.B. is a blue blob. Literally.