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Is it normal for 2 year olds to develop unhealthy obsessions??

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missgriss · 27/05/2007 19:23

My 2 year old son is obsessed with windows and clocks. Blame Tikkabilla for that one. The first thing out of his mouth in the morning is 'round window' and he would have me sitting all day drawing circles, squares and arches Tikkabilla style. I've banned all viewing of Tikkabilla but his obsession shows no signs of subsiding.

Is this normal? I wouldn't mind so much if it was something a bit more bloody intersting but I'm about going off my head.

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cheekymonk · 27/05/2007 19:29

I wouldn't worry. My ds who is 2 loves washing his hands constantly- they all do something. Agree v boring after a while!!

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CorrieDale · 27/05/2007 19:32

It's diggers here. They lose their appeal after a while.

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duchesse · 27/05/2007 19:32

Yup, sounds normal to me.

Mine was obsessed with all sorts of things from around 15 months, some of which would make sound like a very odd child indeed, and others that were a mildly annoying phase. Like shutting himself in a room, tying everything he could find together and then tying every bloody thing in the room together- door handles, drawers, furniture, toys, etc... I remember opening the door to his room once and the drawer in the chest of drawers fell out. It was like bloody Heath Robinson every day.

My friend's son developed an obsession with ladies' shoes at around 2.

These phases do pass, even thought they seem to last for ever at the time. Does he have chunky crayons to try to draw his own? (bearing in mind he may not have sufficient fine motor skills yet, and may be upset with his results vs. yours).

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imaginaryfriend · 27/05/2007 19:33

My dd did this big tiime and I did worry about it a bit. I can't remember exactly what she was fixated on at 2 but we've gone through so many differerent fixations since then (she's nearly 5 now) and I've learnt that it's just her own particular character, she gets intensely into things then moves on. I don't think it's a problem apart from the tedium factor of course!

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missgriss · 27/05/2007 19:37

Thanks for the replies, at least I know I'm not alone lol

He has got his own crayons and he will happily draw his own windows for about 5 minutes (they are scarily good too! He can get draw quite an accurate looking circle!)but then he'll want me to draw it for him. Again and again and again [weep]