My daughter is 21 months and obsessed doesnt quite cover how she reacts to Peppa Pig. The first thing she wants to do in the morning is watch it (I dont let her), she then moves on to play with peppa figurines, the only books she will read are about Peppa etc.
I struggle to get her to share her Peppa toys at home, but a few trips to the naughty step usually works. However when I picked her up from nursery today, she had been bullying other children and refusing to let them play with the nursery's Peppa toys. When we went to leave another child had a Peppa toy that she wanted. I wouldnt let her and marched her out the room, where by she then had the biggest tantrum I have ever seen, it lasted a whole hour :(
As a result of this, i have hidden everything Peppa related in our house in the hope she will become less attached. Not sure if A. im being to meanand B. if this is normal behaviour?
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is it normal for a 21 month old girl to be so obsessed with Peppa Pig?
lels99 · 21/07/2011 14:22
YES! entirely normal. My DS is in love with Pippin, and Auntie Mable.
With DD it was Postman Pat, Snow White and now Dr Who.
They BOTH love Peppa 
Yes, its lasted a while in our house, she's now 5 and still likes to watch it.
I'm 28 and i am obsessed with Peppa Pig .
Marne I see your 28 and raise you - I'm 46!
And I love Charlie and Lola 
My DD1 was a bit like this (not so much now). These days she wants to play Peppa Pig. I usually have to be Mummy Pig (sometimes Daddy 
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I have a friend with a 21 month DD. She's not saying a great deal, but the other day she pointed at the TV and said "Peppa" - as clear as anything...
On the other hand, obsessions can be useful sometimes. My DD1 was quick to potty train but refused to poo on the toilet/potty. She was obsessed with Something Special at the time. My MIL made up some elaborate story about Mr Tumble doing poos on the toilet (complete with actions and sounds effects ) and it worked a treat!
Op I have peppa pig downloaded on my iPhone for bus journeys! 
que judgy pants mum next to me tutting while her baby screams the bus down and mine is happily singing the bing bong song! Maybe if it's causing a problem sharing you could hide the toys when she has friends round until she grasps the concept with her other toys and save peppa when she's alone. IMO peppa is a bit too bossy for me
DS has been totally into it for about two months now and shows no signs of stopping. he is almost 2 and admittedly we have been using it a bit so I can deal with newborn DD but although we occasionally worry about it (first thing he says in the morning, when we pull up outside the house etc) I adopt the mumsnet mantra of "this too shall pass" and look at the positives - he is picking up lots of vocab from it and shows no interest in any other TV at all. It DOES allow me to deal with DD and he gets so much pleasure from it - why deny it? We limit it to 4 (ish) episodes at a stretch and so long as we tell him its tghe last one he doesn't protest at it being turned off. I would say relax, there will be far bigger things to worry about down the line I suspect..
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Ds was the same at the same age, he loved Fireman Sam- all of his games would be with fireman Sam figures or imaginary games where he was a fireman, we'd have to watch Sam on tv and he could concentrate on it the whole progamme. The only godsend was that we didn't have many Sam books so we could still read different stories. His obsession has lessened now although we have also gone through a Buzz Lightyear obsession.
I think it is entirely normal too. I think in response to thisisyesterdays comment earlier that some children really enjoy character play and others don't at all. Some children tend to be really physical and love to be outside running around and climbing etc. My ds would always prefer to be playing with a character toy or being a character.
I wouldn't hide all of her peppa pig toys as she will grow out of the phase and really does it matter that she just loves to play with them? I think it is a good idea to maybe put them away friends come round just to avoid the sharing fights. As others have said 21months is very young to understand sharing. Ds used to be very protective over his Sam toys as they really where the most precious things in the world to him. At the height of his love for Sam we used to go out a lot so that he did get experiences other than being a Fireman But honestly they were the only things he wanted to play with for a long time.
Finally have you been to Peppa Pig World? It's excellent and your dd would love it
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