Snacks - It is hard to reason with her, in the end it is easier just to let her do it all herself then cause a scene. Getting dressed is a nightmare. If I help in anyway or touch any item of clothing she'll derobe and start again. She is the ultimate control freak...mine you she does come from a long line of us
Oh dear! LOL. I can just imagine. Hoping she grows out of it very soon for you.
(And hoping someone with a similar story posts soon and sets your mind at ease!)
Mostly have thought it was her personality but my SIL witnessed a bathing experience the other night and she told me whilst rolling her eyes "my girls are never like that"...geeze she's fussy isn't she!!! Kinda got me thinking.
Like mrsmac said, I wouldn't worry too much about it, but it is something to stow away for later if you need it.
My 2 yr old will scream the house down if we put her up on the trampoline, she HAS to climb the ladder herself so we often have to take her off the tramp to let her do it herself... She is normal. Very normal... but I have perspective from her older sister.
My 4 yr old would have held her breath until she passed out, or done self harm if we did something that wasn't what she thought was happening. She still will have massive melt downs if things don't go the way she thought they should, i.e. we give her the wrong coloured straw with her drink for dinner, she can't verbalise what is wrong but it takes an hour or so of screaming to work it out. She is in the diagnosis rollercoaster ride for Asperger's...
Christy - I hope you get some anwers soon re DD4. I will keep an eye on Sara.
I have spoken with her daycare teacher and she seems nothing wrong. Apparently she is the life of the party!!! Although her last dc teacher wanted me to have her hearing checked when she was 20 months to 2yrs because she would not respond to verbal instruction without having eye contact. Her hearing is fine it is just very selective. DH and I worked very hard to teach her to listen when being spoken to, it took months.
My DstepD had to have her hearing checked as the day care people thought she was hearing impaired. It was just selective hearing. I also remember her having some awful tantrums at around 3. Her big things were wanting to open the public toilet doors, flushing the toilet & putting the taps on. If I forgot & did it for her she would go absolutely mental. She's now grown out of it. She was also a shocker with washing her hair but is much better now. We are still working on the hair brushing - let's just say that's still a nightmare. She's completely normal.
DD 2.5 will only wear what she wants to and has certain things her way in order for her not to throw a mega tanty! My friends DD 2.5 sounds very similar to yours but in relation to getting int he car to go anywhere. She has to do it herself and if she thinks you have touched her in any stage of the process she will have to back and start again so the process of leaving the house can sometimes take up to 30min - not fun when she has to get DD5 to school!!
It sounds like fairly typical behavior for her age but if it doesn't improve as she gets older then I would definitely look into it further.
Don't panic but I would get her checked out, it does sound like some of the traits of OCD or aspegers but maybe its just her personality. Its very easy to think the worst but it could be nothing so you need to set your mind at ease.
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so we often have to take her off the tramp to let her do it herself... She is normal. Very normal... but I have perspective from her older sister.
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