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Q: 22 mth old obsessed with order

asked by: binxeo on March 18th, 2008

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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

replied on April 24th, 2008

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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.

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