Its not perhaps as bad as that but DS has taken to carrying small toys, think HappyLand people or cars or kinder toys, around with him. They are quite small so he does have his hand clasped for most of the day. He will put them down for meals etc but does like to have something in his hand at all other times. It varies as in he doesn't have a favourite, just what has caught his eye in the morning.
I think this is quite normal and remember DD doing it (although not quite so obsessively) but stbxh - and boy, that can't come soon enough - has decided he has attachment issues because of this and is going to end up with gnarled, arthritic claws.
Should i try to discourage this? i do to some degree but not to the extent that H wants me to but i don't see what the issue is.
Please can you help me? H treats me like shit at the moment so not sure if i am clouded by thinking a lot of what H says is rubbish as i obviously don't want my DS to cause himself long term issues. On the other hand, sounds like normal development to me...