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Q: Normal Behavior In A Three Year Old

asked by: Roberta777 on May 26th, 2008

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I recently had a lovely couple stay here with their three year old daughter. It has been pretty chilly, down to the 60's and the child was playing in the dirt with nothing on but a diaper. She was barefooted and I was concerned because she was playing beneath a lot of rose bushes. Then, upon my verbal concern, the parents said, oh, we always know where she is. We can tell by her cry of annoyed or concerned. Then the father goes and picks her up. The little girl had gotten into the swimming pool which was cold.

This little girl will not look directly at you, ignores any kind of response to talking to her. Even today when they left, she turns away and will not speak to you. I have never seen a child like that.

What are the symptoms of bipolar disorder? Something seems very wrong here but I do not know what to do. They are very loving parents and treasure this little girl. She is theirs not mine. The mother said that her own mother used to worry about every little thing and was overprotective. Maybe this is her way of not putting that trip onto her own child. I don't know. It worried me.

Does anybody have any advise as to what could be the cause of her behavior?

They also had her in a public park yesterday, again barefooted. I would be so afraid she would hurt her feet. I touched her feet and they were really cold.

Thanks.

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motherofhighspiritedones

replied on May 27th, 2008

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She might possibly have a form of autism. Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder characterized by manic (high)states where you feel really good for awhile and depressive states. As for the barefoot thing, parental preferences vary. I personally would have one of my children wear at least socks while playing outside. At a park, shoes. You could bring the topic up gently by inquiring as to the shoe size of their daughter and buy her a pair of fuzzy slippers and when asked you could say, " I saw these at the store and just adored the little bunny heads, perhaps your daughter would enjoy them as well"

Roberta777

replied on May 28th, 2008

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Thanks For Your Response

I felt her feet and they were really cold. She kind of just drapes herself over her daddy like a little exhaused person. She is so sweet. I really don't know them as they were staying her and met them for a short time.

They call her their little hippie.

Thanks for the information.

motherofhighspiritedones

replied on May 28th, 2008

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no probs

Roberta777

replied on May 28th, 2008

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That is a darling son you have there.

motherofhighspiritedones

replied on June 7th, 2008

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Thank you very much. I will have to change the pic soon to include my darling daughter as well Smile

belita1andonly

replied on May 20th, 2009

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little girl...

It sounds possible that she might have some sensory issues. She may not feel the same sensations that we do and she may also need to feel those sensations to know where her body is...look up sensory integration issues...lack of eye contact does sound autism-ish, can also be a lack of eye muscle control...so could be developmental...sounds like an OT should check her out if the parents were concerned. Diagnosis only qualify as diagnosis when they are disabling. If it is not problematic for the family, then overall it isn't an issue. If it is an undiagnosed true issue then it will come out when she enters school although the sooner you can begin therapy (even for sensory issues) the better. We have two of 7 children with Asperger's (ages 16 and 3), and we have spent years in therapy training them to be socially appropriate for there own survival, even faking eye contact Smile

They both rarely wear shoes, the 3 year old rarely wears clothes, he actually would not go to school yesterday because he says his clothes were hurting him, screaming and pulling them off. Today he is fine. A normal 3 year old you would just force, forcing these little guys just is not productive and they trust you to understand. But to other parents it appears to be just bad parenting. I wouldn't give them up for anything in the world.

ServiceU

replied on June 18th, 2009

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i dont think anything is wrong with her. she is just a terrible two/three. it was hard for me to take care of my son at this stage. theyre starting to learn things but not quite there, that's what make things so hard. you need a lot of patiences.
i had two friends with two terrible two's and three's. one parent would allow her daughter to break things in my house, bite me, chock my cat, rub banana on my pants, doesnt listen when her mom calls, cry when she doesnt get her way, hit her mom in the face and laugh. i had to say "no, stop, no-no" every minute and i had no piece, and the mother just looked at me and smiled.
my son is currently 13 years old, so it was so hard for me to deal with this. i feel like the mom should say something when they see their child is irritating someone.

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