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BriBri2u
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5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
In the past 2 weeks our 5 year old has started to be very obsessed with certain things. Not objects per say but just little cracks or marks that he finds on the floor or the table or on his toys. He will ask us over and over again if the marks are suppose to be there or if the toy came from the store with that spot on it etc.
This weekend was even more obvious - for example:
He was calling for me to come into the other room to show me something, when I walked in he was on the floor and pointed to 4 spots and asked 'are these suppose to be here?" I said yes and he said 'these spots? right here,' pointing to them. I calmly answered yes and walked out of the room.
Last week he was concerned about a hole in a lego piece and whether or not he put it there by dropping it on the floor by accident. I had to explain to him how hard it is to make a dent in a lego, much less make a perfect circle. The next day he came to me and said 'I know I didn't make the circle in my lego piece because it is too hard to that, so it came like that'.
My mom walks him to school and she called me this morning because she said he seemed so 'absent minded' when she was trying to get him ready to walk out the door. Then he dropped something under the table, went to get it and noticed a piece of tape stuck to the underside. He would not get out until he got it off. Mind you at this point my mom was yelling because they were going to be late.
No matter how many times we answer his questions, he is rephrasing it and is looking for us to reassure him. I'm a bit worried - should I be?
ETA: I did call our Pediatrician and he asked me if he was having trouble listening at home and school. We just had PT night for school on Friday and his teacher raved about how well behaved he is, how attentive and eager he is and his willingness to participate etc.
At home is a different story - I feel like we are constantly yelling because he will not listen to us when we ask him the first 5 times to stop or not do something. He suggested we ease up on the yelling for a awhile and input a lot of positive compliments and praise (which we do to but not often because I feel like he does not listen enough to warrant it).
He said if things don't get better within a month that we will look into a psychologist or neurologist regarding OCD.
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Re: 5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
I'd keep an eye on it, but I'm not sure it's cause for concern yet.
DS is 3 and he's similar (though maybe not to the same degree). I think it's more about him learning what's right and wrong. For example, this morning DH must've pushed the bed a little and it was touching my nightstand. DS made me go upstairs so he could show me the bed was "in the wrong place."
I think as long as it doesn't prevent him from doing things/get in the way of his life, I'd let it go a bit and see if it's a phase. If it start to interfere with his daily life, I'd probably have him evaluated.
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hidingin1516
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5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
I think it's a pretty common thing. They get curious and worried. You can read wemberly worried by Kevin Henkes. It's a good book
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| Posted 3/21/16 8:35 PM |
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kn2011
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Re: 5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
Did he have Strepthroat recently? There is something called PANDAS that brings out OCD tendencies, and its caused when strep goes into the blood stream. THey can test for it!
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| Posted 3/29/16 12:52 AM |
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ali120206
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Re: 5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
Posted by BriBri2u
ETA: I did call our Pediatrician and he asked me if he was having trouble listening at home and school. We just had PT night for school on Friday and his teacher raved about how well behaved he is, how attentive and eager he is and his willingness to participate etc.
At home is a different story - I feel like we are constantly yelling because he will not listen to us when we ask him the first 5 times to stop or not do something. He suggested we ease up on the yelling for a awhile and input a lot of positive compliments and praise (which we do to but not often because I feel like he does not listen enough to warrant it).
My son (who just turned 6) is the same way - great at school but, I feel like I have to repeat something a ton of times at home.
I spoke to his teacher about it at the beginning of the year since I was worried he was acting out at school too and she told me that sometimes when kids concentrate so hard at school - they act out when they get home.
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| Posted 3/29/16 8:41 AM |
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BriBri2u
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Re: 5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
Posted by kn2011
Did he have Strepthroat recently? There is something called PANDAS that brings out OCD tendencies, and its caused when strep goes into the blood stream. THey can test for it!
I read about this when I was researching for some answers and can't believe this exists. He has not had strep throat recently.
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| Posted 3/29/16 8:48 AM |
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BriBri2u
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Re: 5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
Posted by ali120206
Posted by BriBri2u
ETA: I did call our Pediatrician and he asked me if he was having trouble listening at home and school. We just had PT night for school on Friday and his teacher raved about how well behaved he is, how attentive and eager he is and his willingness to participate etc.
At home is a different story - I feel like we are constantly yelling because he will not listen to us when we ask him the first 5 times to stop or not do something. He suggested we ease up on the yelling for a awhile and input a lot of positive compliments and praise (which we do to but not often because I feel like he does not listen enough to warrant it).
My son (who just turned 6) is the same way - great at school but, I feel like I have to repeat something a ton of times at home.
I spoke to his teacher about it at the beginning of the year since I was worried he was acting out at school too and she told me that sometimes when kids concentrate so hard at school - they act out when they get home.
That is good to know. I did speak to his teacher and she said that she has not noticed any of the things we are noticing at home. She did say he is very detailed oriented in everything he does but not in a bad way. She said that he is always focused on every little detail of their lessons and points things out that most kids his age would miss. For example: they had to draw their self portraits at 100 years old. She said he was the only one who drew wrinkles on his 
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MrsB12614
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5 year old has sudden OCD tendancies
That's not OCD- younger children have a tendency to fixate on things and want their world orderly- they are learning about the world and figuring how things work and how they are supposed to be. I would be concerned if he literally cannot function without completing the rituals or becomes aggressive when interrupted. While you may think he doesn't deserve positive praise- it's needed, if only negative statements are there and yelling, there's no motivation to do good. I would find something, anything positive. To be honest, the fixation and wanting to "fix things" could be his way of looking for positive praise. Feel free to FM me- I am a behavior specialist
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