Comments | attachedparents: Is this what they do?

carbonatedsass in attachedparents

Is this what they do?

Sep 08, 2009 15:40

My 18-month-old has a tendency to not pay attention to where she's going and she's always tripping over things in her path -- toys, books, our limbs, even her potty. If there's a clear path, she won't walk through it, preferring instead to step on everything around it. Sometimes, it's a matter of her running, rather than taking her time, but more ( Read more... )

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cindyleed September 8 2009, 19:50:18 UTC

This all sounds pretty normal to me. My son used to trip over things often. Not really so often that I would say he was a clutz really, but often enough for me to try to clear a path for him. He was like that from the time he started walking (10 months) until around 18 or so months. Now (he's curently 25 months) he surprizes me often times by how aware he's become. I guess I noticed really because I'm used to moving things out of his path and now I don't really need to.

And as far as routine and everything thing has it's place...this is my son all the way. He has many routines that he likes to go through. He'll give out assigned seating to me, hubby, and anyone else who's around at the time. He always has a specific plan in mind and he makes it well known when we don't follow his 'plan' for how things should be.

amberskyfire September 8 2009, 19:54:23 UTC

My 17 month old does the same thing with stepping on everything in her path. If there was a field of razor blades with a path going around, she'd try to go straight through the field.

She doesn't have issues with where things go, but maybe she's still not reached that point yet.

babygoose85 September 8 2009, 19:56:07 UTC

Totally off topic but I love your icon. Are those all of you or stock images?

amberskyfire September 8 2009, 20:33:14 UTC

They are stock images. You can find them by searching websites that offer free breastfeeding images. Oh, they have the most beautiful photos! :)

little_kitteh September 8 2009, 21:09:26 UTC

My almost 15 month old does the same exact thing and has been that way for a few months now. LOL.

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carbonatedsass September 8 2009, 20:02:09 UTC

I worried about that too! Of course, it didn't help that I'd just read an article about childhood schizophrenia.

aelphaba September 8 2009, 21:00:47 UTC

My son is 17 and still does it. Its a sign of a kinesthetic learner which is great to know so you can prepare them for school.

sukidee September 8 2009, 19:59:16 UTC

My son is 4 and still weird about certain things being in their place. If we have company over, he melts down if someone sits in HIS seat at the table, or even hangs their jacket on the back of it. He puts his cars away in a certain order. He got upset because I wore a shirt with buttons (he is weird about buttons!) and said he didn't want to look at me. But then he is completely carefree about other stuff. It's strange.

mybabythomas September 8 2009, 20:11:46 UTC

Yes this is normal. It is the reason why children this age are referred to as "toddlers" and not "steady walkers who don't stumble over every obstacle in their path".

And yes, the being neurotic about where things belong is also normal toddler behaviour. They generally exhibit the kind of behaviour that, if it continued into adulthood, would be called OCD, but for a toddler it's just a normal stage of development.