Oh yes. At that age they do all kinds of attitude things. I think it is frustration and desire to control etc. You describe it well though, they just get stuck on repeat.
Plus you have a little one which may just be enhancing her desire to 'get heard'. Having a sibling is changing her too. Upturning her world and she is just old enough now to realise that the world doesn't revolve around her and you can't read her thoughts.
DS wants peanut butter sandwiches everyday. Seriously. I can whip up a culinary delight - he'll take the comfort and safety and familiarity of a peanut butter sandwich. They like the same book. Over and over. Ad nauseum. And if you hide it, they'll find it. Repetition seems so boring to me too, but the kids love it. I used to have to do the exact same goodnight kiss routine with DS or he'd never let me out of the room. Same thing, every night. And mixing it up a bit just made him unhappy.
Thanks everyone. In one way it's nice to know it's normal - I don't want there to be anything 'wrong' with her. But on the other hand, am I seriously going to have to go through this with DS too??
I think today it got to me worse because we were both in rotten moods. DS and I didn't sleep well, and DD was wanting full on attention but only when I was feeding or changing DS. I did my best to play with her and engage her but everything was wrong today. Finally we got to nap time and she woke up in a much better mood, we had a great afternoon and the repetition eased off - when I acknowledged her the first time she stopped
Will just have to keep my cool and hope we're all in good moods lol.
ETA: Missed your post MN. I do that with DD too. Also she'll say what's this Mum? And when I tell her she asks again. Goes about three times until I answer with you tell me, she answers herself and stops the questions. Then later she'll have the same question and my first answer is you tell me, stops the repeating from the start
DS went through a repetition stage like that. He seems to have passed that, but still repeats stuff when he gets excited. He repeats anything DH says to him when I'm around, and vice versa. 'Daddy just said ....' Yes, I know, I'm right here. I can hear!
I too think its part of DS' coping strategy for sensory issues - he talks to himself constantly, and I think it's to 'fill in the empty space', iykwim. If there's a loud noise, he yells until it's over. White noise helps here - having the radio/music on. So on 'those days', we have a lot of music playing! Today I mini-vac'd the entire house just so I could NOT hear his voice for a few minutes!
Very normal!! I used to repeat what DS said back to him, then he would stop saying it over and over, it was like once I said it too he felt acknowledged
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Drives me crazy!
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