I'm a little worried about a 2.6yo girl I spend a lot of time with.
She is lovely and quite sociable, able to play on her own well and with others to a certain extent. She is excellent at getting herself dressed and will try and be helpful around the house putting things away and tidying up- almost obsessively so, loves drawing and painting and dressing up.
On the other hand, I have noticed over the last couple of months; I cannot stop her playing with doors. Open, closed, open, closed all the time.
She spends a lot of time lining up the bath ducks, and some little princess figurines until they are perfectly aligned, facing forward, paralell with the wall. These are the only two sets of toys she does that with.
She has periods of what I can only describe as absolutely manic over excitement, which last for about ten-fifteen minutes. This has only started in the last couple of weeks, and it is so manic and energetic she has to have a lie down after; she'll go and get on the sofa herself. During these phases, she is like a stunt girl.
She has also got delayed speech; the speech therapist gave us a list of 100 words, and I've ticked off about 20. These are words that I understand, not that a stranger would be able to decipher.
To be honest, she has not had the best start in life, but even taking that into account, do I need to be thinking about speaking to someone about these behaviours?
I know next to nothing about toddlers with special needs, and I don't want to fail her if there is something that needs addressing, because I guess the sooner we know the better, but then again, I don't want to be making a fuss over nothing.
The upshot of it is, do I need to speak to someone, or shall I leave it for a bit?