My almost 4 year old dd seems to be showing signs of obsessive behaviour but I don’t know if I am overacting.
There has been a few instances when she asks to “start at the beginnjng”.
For example, tonight I gave her a shower, changed her into her pjs and she then went to see her dad in the living room. After a short while, I called her into the bedroom for bedtime which she ignored. I gave her a final warning and eventually picked her up from the living room and brought her into the bedroom. At this point she was grumpy and on the verge of crying.
She calmed down a bit and was about to switch off the lights but instead of doing so, she asked to start from the beginning, which would have meant her going back to the living room and walking by herself to the bedroom before switching off the lights.
This has happened a few times in the past and to avoid tantrums, we’ve always given in but this time I told her no, which ended in sobbing and anger.
After lots of distractions and cuddles, she slept off but I don’t know if I handled it well.
I had already warned her after previous episodes that we are no longer doing “from the beginning” as a way to change this pattern of behaviour.
Her dad told her that if she is in a race and she has to go back to start at the beginning, she will never finish the race, which seemed to appease her.
I don’t even know what I’m asking here. I have requested to speak to a health visitor and they are yet to call back, but in the meanwhile, has anyone experienced this with their toddlers?
Is this a normal part of growing up or should we be worried?
Should we let her get on with it going forward?