to want my ds to stop pointing out bins?

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We live somewhere quite rural so there are lots of things like sheep, tractors etc to look at when we go on our morning walk but my 20mo ds only gets excited about seeing dustbins! He points and shouts whenever he sees them and I don't know what to do to discourage this weird obsession. Would you even see it as a problem?

My youngest sister at about 3-4 used to greet waiting staff in restaurants with a real howl: hot fooooood at last

My parents were always so embarrassed, they said they were sure someone would assume they never fed her at home and would call SS

She also used to say 'stop' in a very deep, manly growl every time we stopped at a red light. Bus journeys were fun!

My DS1 loves bins too!

Hahaha my little brother loved bins at 2yo. So much so his ambition in life was to be a dustbin driver. He grew out of it at 6...

YANBU. Mine loved drainpipes. Really loved them and insisted on pointing out every single one we passed. He's grown out of it now - the new thing is insects, which is marginally less bemusing to passers-by.

My DS had a real fascination for chimneys.

Our estate is all new build, without chimneys (such a shame, really, they look a bit bare and unfinished without) so he would get really excited when we hit the older part of town.

A little boy I knew kept saying "ducks" and even took a plastic one to bed with him. As far as he was concerned just about anything that moved was a duck.

He's now got a daughter of his own and I'd love to know whether the fascination is hereditary.

One of ours went through a stage where he had to look down every drain,and point at anything he could see down there, it made for slow walking as no drain could be pasted without careful inspection.

Yep, our Friday morning treat, just after breakfast is to open the blinds and watch for the bin men coming to empty the bins. They even wave at my DS now, with his wee face pressed up against the window.

We are also fond of buses and eh-ohs (fire engines)!