Can a 2 year old have OCD?

DisneyFreeek

So my DD just turned 2, and is VERY bright. She knows SO many works and can already form long sentences, and loves of course to do everything herself. She remembers everything. Once we went to get my mother from work and my mom brought her a cookie, and a month later we did again and she asked, "Nonni, cookie?" This was when she was 18 months old too! She has never used a baby fork and spoon, pretty much from the day she wanted to handle them, she has refused them and wanted ours. Now lately she has been very clingy to me, to the point where she will only want me to get her a drink, or only let me change her diaper or even just hold her. She will tell Daddy to "go away" and push him. Grandma came over the other day and because I didn't let her answer to door, she cried for 10 mins about it. She always has to turn off a light, or push the garage door button, and gets mad when we do it. Now is this just a normal 2 year old stage, or is there something else going on? I have never seen 2 years olds act like her. Maybe it's because she's so smart, she is over emotional too? I remember as a kid being very emotional, like no one understood me, but my mom says I never acted like this. Please any insight would be wonderful.

wedsept

Other than the clingy part and the baby fork/spoon comment, you just described my 2 1/2 year old.  Sounds normal to me. 

JulyBebe27

Sounds identical to what I'm going through right now with my 26 month old son.  It's like the littlest things will set him off into a crying spree in situations like you described (such as not realizing she wanted to open door).  It's such an interesting and challenging stage where they are realizing that they can do so much, and want to do it on their own.  It's as if they have a set idea in their head of how they want things done, and if it's not done that way then it's the worst thing ever to them!

 

TriciaandSean

It is very common for toddlers to have OCD tenancies.  They like order and they like things done a certain way.

It "bothers" my son when the cupboards or doors are left open.  He is constantly the one closing the cupboards behind my husband and I, or fixing a drawer that isn't closed all the way.

bunny731

What 2 year old does not have OCD? I have never raised one without OCD tendencies.

 

saturdaynightdoubletree

Totally normal.

megann831

sounds like my DD, and as far as I know, she's no genius.  If we go out with DH she flips out if he tries to get her out of the car, she flips out if someone else pushes the elevator button, she gets upset if someone cuts her pizza, when she has on a jacket ever button must be buttoned, clean up time at dance she goes around and makes sure all the girls have put away what ever they were using at that moment.

TMDMJAOCT07

Totally normal.  My dh and I joke that I have OCD tendancies and that she picked it up from me, but her OCD triggers are different then mine.

If we are in the toy aisle at the store my dd lines up every car in a certain order and will not walk away until its done (like the little people wheelie display with the single cars).  She sets the table before dinner, but if I move something she put down she moves it back to where she put it.  She gets mad if she asks dh to do something and then I end up doing it instead, it has to be who ever she asked.   All part of being 2!

 

DisneyFreeek

Well alright then. I guess I shouldn't be so worried lol. 

mamainseptember

DisneyFreeek:

So my DD just turned 2, and is VERY bright. She knows SO many works and can already form long sentences, and loves of course to do everything herself. She remembers everything. Once we went to get my mother from work and my mom brought her a cookie, and a month later we did again and she asked, "Nonni, cookie?" This was when she was 18 months old too! She has never used a baby fork and spoon, pretty much from the day she wanted to handle them, she has refused them and wanted ours. Now lately she has been very clingy to me, to the point where she will only want me to get her a drink, or only let me change her diaper or even just hold her. She will tell Daddy to "go away" and push him. Grandma came over the other day and because I didn't let her answer to door, she cried for 10 mins about it. She always has to turn off a light, or push the garage door button, and gets mad when we do it. Now is this just a normal 2 year old stage, or is there something else going on? I have never seen 2 years olds act like her. Maybe it's because she's so smart, she is over emotional too? I remember as a kid being very emotional, like no one understood me, but my mom says I never acted like this. Please any insight would be wonderful.

This is my DS to a tee! My DS is not overly emotional, but when we break the "routine" or things don't get "as he remembers" or "as he thinks they should," he gets very upset. DS has also been overly clingy to me lately as well. Sounds like normal 2 year old behavior to me. 

FancyFrenchie

Nobody ever mentioned anything like this, so I thought it was just my DS! I'm glad to see it's a normal part of toddlerhood. My DS doesn't like to see the bathroom door open and will close it everytime he walks by if it was left open. He lines up his plate, bowl, cup. Lines up all his cars, etc. Remembers things exactly. Takes the same path exactly to the park to go over certain "bumps", etc.