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Toddler obsessed with cuckoo clocks

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Cookiecrumblepie · 05/01/2022 16:19

Is this odd or AIBU and it’s totally normal?

My toddler 2 years 8 months is obsessed with cuckoo clocks. Completely obsessed. He loves playing with them for hours and watching videos of cuckoo clocks over and over on YouTube instead of a toddler show like Daniel Tiger etc. I think this is quite strange! But then again he is little so maybe a phase?

Has been going on for a few months!

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Changechangychange · 05/01/2022 17:27

Totally normal in a toddler. DS was obsessed with a YouTube channel called something like “Great Train Race”, which was two steam trains very slowly overtaking each other for 30 mins. Riveting it was not.

Hankunamatata · 05/01/2022 17:27

Cutting grass

Hankunamatata · 05/01/2022 17:26

Mine used to sit watching tractors go round and round in fields

Cakecakecheese · 05/01/2022 17:24

This is adorable. There's videos online of a little girl who is obsessed with rubber ducks, so cute. I like that your son dances to the beat of his own drum already.

Tal45 · 05/01/2022 17:21

I think cuckoo clocks is quite an unusual interest for a child - diggers, tractors, dinosaurs, trains etc are common. Mine was obsessed with phones at that age, I didn't think it was that unusual although he would look at pictures of them for ages - turned out he had ASD although wasn't diagnosed until much older. Could be something could be nothing OP I wouldn't worry yet.

bluechinavase · 05/01/2022 17:21

I’m 53 and I love cuckoo clocks. They never fail to make me smile 😀

blueberryseal · 05/01/2022 17:19

Mine obsesses over marbles or gum balls online same age as your dc. He loves watching them roll around in a track or in a built marble run and would watch it for ages. Then he copies them and uses sweetcorn or peas to roll it on furniture or his toys and sets himself little tasks. I don't find it concerning and actually quite cute watching him play like that.

Ozanj · 05/01/2022 17:17

@Vampirethriller

Mine likes snails. She likes to pick them up and kiss them. Cuckoo clocks would be a relief.
One of the boys at my nursery went from kissing them, to accidentally eating one, to now purposefully eating them Confused. Thankfully he has grown out of that now but watch out for it!
AliceW89 · 05/01/2022 17:16

At the same age, my nephew was absolutely obsessed with incy wincy spider. Everything was Incy. We had to look for spiders everywhere. Drew incy anytime he had paper and pens. Sang the song tens of times a day. Wore a Halloween top continually.

My SIL was worried but was told that intense, seemingly weird interests are completely normal and healthy and, like everything, a phase!

thickthighs73 · 05/01/2022 17:16

Why do you think it’s strange ? I had a friend whose child loved (note I didn’t use the word obsessed) watching the opening of kinder eggs on YouTube ? All children are different there isn’t any strange at that age, it’s all about learning etc

TheSpottedZebra · 05/01/2022 17:14

@Danikm151

Mine is obsessed with diggers 😂
I had one with a digger phase!

Pro: birthday cakes were easy
Con: we used to stand really still and watch any that we saw. Really still, like stalkers. Cold, bored stalkers.

yoyo1234 · 05/01/2022 17:13

That's lovely Smile. A bit like a jack in the box. DS1 loved Argos, amongst other things, with all the screens and numbers he called it "The Numbers Shop" and liked to go and just sit and watch the screensConfused. They can enjoy an odd assortment of things at that age.

Brainwave89 · 05/01/2022 17:13

How cute! One of mine was obsessed with hoovers (not just the one at home, a hoover anywhere)... he grew out of it, nothing to worry about, enjoy then when they are little!

Cocolapew · 05/01/2022 17:12

@Pirrip1868

I know a kid who loves dishwashers. Knows everything there is know, actually gives good advice before a purchase.
This is fantastic Grin
musicalfrog · 05/01/2022 17:11

Ahh you should get him to watch Disney's Pinocchio there is a lovely sequence of animated wooden clocks in that film ❤

Danikm151 · 05/01/2022 17:11

Mine is obsessed with diggers 😂

AlexaShutUp · 05/01/2022 17:11

@Pirrip1868

I know a kid who loves dishwashers. Knows everything there is know, actually gives good advice before a purchase.
Grin
Vampirethriller · 05/01/2022 17:09

Mine likes snails. She likes to pick them up and kiss them. Cuckoo clocks would be a relief.

Ozanj · 05/01/2022 17:09

The ability to understand and enjoy a machine like a cuckoo clock or jack in a box is a maths skill. The same kids also tend to enjoy structured games like dominoes. Try buying a jack in the box or a peekaboo teddy and getting him off Youtube to help build a wider interesf.

BarbaraLoganPrice · 05/01/2022 17:07

Mine was really into windmills and water filters at that age- the ones you put fruit in and screw into your water bottle. Have a photo somewhere of him asleep cuddling the filter. And at aged 3 his favourite toy is now an antique wooden coffee grinder Smile
It's a lovely, natural curiosity and in a world dominated by screens I'd encourage it as much as I could.

firstimemamma · 05/01/2022 17:02

When mine was a toddler he was obsessed with dustbin lorries. They like what they like op! Grin

SeagullSong · 05/01/2022 16:58

That is so sweet and pretty common at that age to obsess over something. Mine would spend hours watching videos of someone dropping little plastic figures of Paw Patrol/Disney characters into a tub of water and saying their names Confused, he loved to re-enact it with his toys too. Kept him out of mischief during a house move. He doesn't even remember the videos now but still says 'Skye' in sn Aussie accent like the voiceover.

Pirrip1868 · 05/01/2022 16:52

I know a kid who loves dishwashers. Knows everything there is know, actually gives good advice before a purchase.

Wejustdontknow · 05/01/2022 16:50

Do you remember the books and tv series goosebumps. There was one called I think ‘the cuckoo clock of doom’ about a boy who touched the bird and started ageing backwards so was a toddler again….
You never know

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Cookiecrumblepie · 05/01/2022 16:41

Thanks all, I was starting to think there was something wrong!

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