DH and I have been talking about DD and in the past few months, she's been kind of "OCD" (at this time, we're just joking about it), but there are times when things REALLY REALLY get to her and she'll start crying. I rarely give her slice cheese now because if I do, she'll hold the whole piece in her two hands and if it breaks, she just looses it. And the fact that she can't put it back together, makes it even worst. And then the more she cries, the more the cheese starts to fall apart and then she cries more. I reassure her that it's okay and you're suppose to bite the cheese and it doesn't matter that it breaks. Same goes for napkins, if the napkin is missing a small piece from it because we tore it wrong, she'll lose it.
I know that stacking and sorting her toys are normal for this age and it's not consider OCD or anything, but what I listed above are some of the other stuff that concerns me. I'm not sure if this is normal toddler tantrum or if this is something else...
Re: Can toddlers become OCD that early?
Ditto KKMMex.
Kaitlyn has slowly stopped being so particular about things and the tantrums are getting less dramatic. (don't get me wrong, she still has them, but she doesn't throw herself on the ground as often any more... She just pouts. lol) (She just turned 3 on Saturday)
That sounds about right for her age. Maren was the exact same way - even down to the examples you posted. I also got concerned for awhile, because it did seem she was just overly obsessive about things being a certain way. There were times when she would turn into a sobbing mess because we gave her a yellow plate and she wanted the green one. Or if she got her hands messy, it would be all over for her. But her ped assured me it was normal, and it did start to wane as she aged.
She's still particular about certain things, but I attribute that to her inheriting her mommy's Type A personality.
We've both received a crash course in lightening up since Blake came along. Nothing stays in one place (or piece) since he came along!