Is she just seeking attention or being "compulsive"

[aussienic]

My DD is a little like this. She has 4 dolls in her bed at the moment and we have to kiss each of them and tuck them in :/

She also does the same thing with her water bottle although not everytime just when she is in a mood

We also get the hissy fits when things aren't right. Like if we don't give her the right plate or put her food out right (sauce on the side instead on top ect)

In my opinion it is normal although highly annoying.

In regards to her waking because her blanket is messed up.. Maybe teach her how to do it and tell her mummy is tired and won't be getting up in the night to fix it so she has to learn how to do it kwim??

[*Belle*]

hon. My daughter does the same thing in her bed. It has subsided lately so I think its just a phase for her. However, I do have OCD not about lining things up a certain way though, I have germ OCD fears. So I watch her all the time as it is genetic. So my question is hon does anyone in your family have a history of OCD? It could be nothing just a phase, depends if it continues for like a year, saying that though, children will regress a bit in behaviour when a new baby comes so try to involve her with the baby as much as you can. If it still goes on in a year, I would get a referal to a child psych, I already have a psych and my psych watchs DD1 when she comes with me to see if she shows any traits.

[teepee2]

Thanks ladies

I really appreciate your time and opinions. Hopefully it's just a phase but I think I might see my GP and see what he suggestes.

Daytona's Mummy we saw a behavioural pead last year for sleeping issues as we thought Miss M might have been having night terrors - she hadnt slept through the night since she was a baby and would wake screaming. The paed told us that she was basically just 'playing us' for attention, which may very well be the case again, and gave us some tips on how to stop it which thankfully worked. She really helped so i'll ring to see if our referal is still current for her.

MummaSue I have asked her why and all she says is that she likes it that way. Ive also tried to get her to pull her own blankets up if she wakes at night but she cries saying that she cant do it "right" by herself.

Belle thanks for your feedback hun, i was going to ask you but didnt want to seem like I was prying No-one in my family has OCD that I know of. This has come on suddenly with M (over only a few months) so I didnt really know what to make of it. She'll also only sleep in one particular spot on her bed and its driving me nuts!! I think id be best seeing someone just in case and if it isnt anything to worry about then they can hopefully give me some ideas on how to help her overcome it. M's very excited about the new baby, as im sure your girls are, im more concerned about how the little one will cope with that - he can get quite jealous LOL

Thanks again everyone xx

[*Belle*]

Your welcome hon. We are both in the same boat! I too worry about Little T and how she will handle No.3 baby, she gets very jealous if I give Miss J a hug and then jumps all over me so she is first... let me know how you go xxx How you feeling this pregnancy? hope all is well. We shall have to catchup again sometime xxx

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T sounds just like master M! He got very upset the other night because I was rocking a friends pram, I didn't even attempt to pick the baby up LOL. Would love to catch up again. We should arrange something soon.