22 mth old obsessed with order Posted: 03-18-08 04:42am
Hi,
My 22mths old son has become obsessed with
having things in order of size, shape,
colour, it started when he was about
13/15mths, he would line up averything he
played with in a very neat line, and if it
got disturbed or one item in the line got
moved he would get very upset and
frustrated, this has continued and now he
put things not just in lines but in order
of size and colour, after christmas I had
a box of empty wine bottles and other jars
for recycling in the kitchen as I was
cooking dinner he took them all out lined
them all up green bottles with green
bottles clear with clear and so on, what
worries me is how upset he gets when
things dont stay in a line for him like
balls or other object, is this normal in
children his age? Im not a very orderly
person myself and have no problem with
having a bit of mess around once its not
dirt, so I dont think he is picking this
up from me?
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mominashoe
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Posted: 04-24-08 15:04pm
Hmm, this is a tough question. I know
that my children have loved setting things
up a certain way and then gotten very very
upset when someone else came and ruined
it, but the extent of the obsession does
seem to me to be a little out of the
ordinary. Does he seem to be normal in
everything else that he does? Does he
respond to you and other children
normally?
His obsession almost reminds me of an
autistic symptom. At any rate, you might
want to have him evaluated by a
pediatrician. It might be nothing, but
then again, sometimes it is hard to tell.
