Attachment to Objects

[Momof4]

Daycarewhisperer, I can't keep this to myself because I really don't think it's very nice of you to tell our forum members that their children have mental illnesses. I highly doubt that is true.

Anyway, Ladyjbug, I agree that a photo album is a fantatic idea.

[daycarewhisperer]

Daycarewhisperer, I can't keep this to myself because I really don't think it's very nice of you to tell our forum members that their children have mental illnesses. I highly doubt that is true.

I didn't and I don't. Another poster brought up the possibility of anxiety disorder and OCD. Those are very serious mental disorders especially if diagnosed in such a very young toddler preschooler.

My point Is that I wouldn't deal with this behaviour under the assumption or fear that the baby is mentally ill. I would first go to the obvious simple response that the child needs to stop involving herself in adult decisions, the adults get to make decisions about what is kept and not kept, the things that are given away or sold need to be done right up front without considering how she will react, and telling her "no" and to "stop it" when she is interjecting herself into situations that are beyond her scope or overreacting when she doesn't get to have or keep stuff.

We don't have to walk around on eggshells with our babies. We are the adults and we decide. It's okay to go forward with parenting and be the leader and the one who decides. We don't have to make decisions on the very very low probability that a child/toddler/baby/preschooler is mentally ill. We can assume that they are behaving badly and say no to it.