unfortunatly they make them with all different colors on them. is this the sighn of some obbsessiveness disorder...has anyone experienced any simelar behaviors in your children?
2006-08-29 22:08:56 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
Yes and it's normal.
Buy the ones she likes, then tell her she must wear all the colors before she can get more pink when the pink is gone. Separate them into piles so she can find the ones she likes. Maybe you could help her pick ones that match her clothing. Point out things like "see this matches your pretty purple shirt, why don't we wear this today?"
It worked wonders with my daughter. Only with her it was Disney Princess Pull Ups, she HAD to have Jasmine and Cinderella. Belle just wouldn't cut it. So I started showing her how to match her pull ups to her outfit. She loved the idea and now matches her underwear to her outfit.
You don't have to worry about OCD or anything in her. She's just expressing herself. At that age, they are limited in what they can do, so they choose how they want the little things to work for them. Fixating on pink could just mean that she likes pink, or she likes that bear better than the others. It's nothing to get upset over. Just smile and be patient. She'll grow out of it.
2006-08-29 22:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing wrong. Don't you have preferences as well? I think people should start looking for rightnesses and don't worry about differences. A psychiatrist would love to get your child on drugs by saying he had a disorder. Maybe parents need to just be a parent instead of wanting a quick fix that could ruin your child's brain for always. There are bad side effects with drugs, some worse than others. Besides if I wore diapers I would rather have a PINK care bear too.
2006-08-30 08:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
LOL because my kids are the same way! My now 3-year-old has gone through several phases of only wanting to wear a particular diaper or dress or shoes or pajamas. Sometimes, she'd throw a fit because I didn't give her a specific cup at breakfast. At about 16 months old, I had to hide her Tigger sweatsuit/costume because she wanted to wear it every single day!
And my 21-month-old is getting that way, too. She only wants the diapers with Dora and Boots on them (not just Dora), and she always wants a "new one" even if her old diaper is still dry when she changes clothes.
Anyway, I think it's perfectly normal, and I agree with the other mom's suggestion of talking about how the other bears match her clothes. Or just wait until the pink ones are gone and then she won't have any other choice. She'll probably get obsessed with a different color until those are gone, too.
My 3-year-old also likes to match her clothes to mine, so she'll sometimes pick out a pair of underwear to match whatever color I'm wearing. If you have some blue or yellow or whatever undies, maybe your daughter would like to have her diaper color match you -- it's worth a shot!
Our toddlers are just trying to find their own place in the world, make some of their own decisions, and exert a little of their own control. As long as it isn't harmful to anyone, I think it's great to encourage that independence. So if someday she wants to wear her green shirt with her purple pants, then let her (as long as the outfit is weather-appropriate, and it's not picture day ;-) ).
2006-08-30 15:27:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mom to 3 under 10 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry. She's not obsessive, she is forming opinions. My daughter wanted to eat off a certain plate for a long time.
Let her put a sticker (not care bear) on diapers she doesn't like. That will make them pretty. This is a great opportunity to teach dealing with disappointment and making the best of a situation. (Great lessons that will make your child pleasant to be around)
Also, you can segway this into potty training by hunting down some pretty pink care bear underwear. Just a thought.
2006-08-30 09:28:17 · answer #4 · answered by HD 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a sign that she's a toddler!!!
They have so much that they can't control - therefore when they find something they like....well that's what they "always" have to have.
My daughter has to have what she calls "Bob Diapers" on overnight. LUCKILY they're the cheapo overnight diapers (the store we go to NEVER has the girl kind, so we got the boy ones once and convinced her that they had Skip, Muck and Dizzy on them)
It's a little enough thing - you can try to ask her why she'll only wear the pink ones, but she probably doesn't know why herself!!!
Good luck!
2006-08-30 09:28:09 · answer #5 · answered by Triddine 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It just means she'll only wear Mary Kate and Ashley clothes when she's 10.
What, you deny your little girl her AVITAR!
She has an identity. Maybe one day she'll identify with someone important and that will make her want to become President.
My mother, who was in her 80's, like the Pillbury Doughboy and had him as a mascot on her table!
She's finding herself and YOU want her to be something else!
Don't start the pattern of making her rebel against you at the age of 2!
Take a teddy bear away from a little girl and she's crawl naked into a boys arms at the age of 14 to find love that was taken away from her when she was 8!
If anything at least introduce her to other things and let her find what she likes. That's what being a PERSON is about. She may not like your concepts of foods, religion, morals or TV shows. That, eventually, will be her RIGHT as a person!
You better get used to it NOW or she will make it perfectly CLEAR to you at age 18!
2006-08-30 06:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not quite there yet... but I would find this to be a normal behavior. You can however work around it by possibly getting a rubber stamp of a care bear (or even better... her name) with a non-toxic stamp pad (in pink)... and have your daughter stamp her diaper before you put it on. Kind of making it her personal diaper without having to look for the one with the pink care bear on it. This way, you'll get to use whatever diaper you need to and You can always use their quirky behavior to your advantage.
2006-08-30 13:52:05 · answer #7 · answered by VixenMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not. Lots of children have favourite things, colours, items of clothing etc... my youngest used to insist on going to bed with her little yellow wellies on until the phase wore off. OCD is a serious an debilitating condition, you should not worry about normal childhood behaviour. My friends son will not wear a top unless it has long sleeves, even in hot summer weather. Many kids have these silly habits and they all wear off eventually.
2006-08-30 05:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by lunarsky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is normal. I don't think it is obsessive compulsive disorder. She is too young to diagnose that, I believe that occurs later in life. My suggestion to you is take her to Wal-Mart, look for Care Bear underwear and start pottytraining. Make sure she knows what a "big girl" she is for getting "big girl underwear" and when you make a HUGE deal out of it when she goes on the potty. She will be trained in no time.
2006-08-30 05:47:00 · answer #9 · answered by sarah 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion your child isn't mad as you think. she only loves pink bears! When I was child I loved red toy cars, but where is the problem? It would be worse if she liked violent cartoons! However use every diapers, and if she doesn't want, talk her explaining that she musn't be so selfish and racist: blue bears must have the same rights of pink ones!
2006-08-30 05:14:25 · answer #10 · answered by alb86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋