Guest guest Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan behavoir. At least i hour a day. Thanks Annel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Hello Annel, Yes, there can be symptoms of OCD from infancy - two of mine were doing compulsions before 18 months - the third was a little closer to 2 yrs old!! What you may want to try is changing how you react and move him along. When he says " blue car " ackownledge him, and then say something like " let's leave the blue car here and go play in the sand " or something else that brings him pleasure. Ignoring is also a good tactic. What you want to rememeber is that each time you reinforce the behaviour (telling him to stop, repeating yourself to him, etc.) its like adding yeast to dough! What you might want to try is keep track of how many times a day this occurs and what you/your family do as a reaction to his repetition. Good luck - btw, my son did this at 2 - his word was 'kaka' which he delightfully repeated at the end of every sentance! take care, wendy, in canada --- agf_ocd <agf_ocd@...> wrote: > Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just > gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, > it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan > behavoir. At least i hour a day. > > Thanks > > Annel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Hello Annel, Yes, there can be symptoms of OCD from infancy - two of mine were doing compulsions before 18 months - the third was a little closer to 2 yrs old!! What you may want to try is changing how you react and move him along. When he says " blue car " ackownledge him, and then say something like " let's leave the blue car here and go play in the sand " or something else that brings him pleasure. Ignoring is also a good tactic. What you want to rememeber is that each time you reinforce the behaviour (telling him to stop, repeating yourself to him, etc.) its like adding yeast to dough! What you might want to try is keep track of how many times a day this occurs and what you/your family do as a reaction to his repetition. Good luck - btw, my son did this at 2 - his word was 'kaka' which he delightfully repeated at the end of every sentance! take care, wendy, in canada --- agf_ocd <agf_ocd@...> wrote: > Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just > gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, > it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan > behavoir. At least i hour a day. > > Thanks > > Annel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Yep, my boy was the same exact way at age two. You think it's kind of cute for a while and then later on, when you look back, you see early signs. I agree with to try and change the attention or activity to something else. in TN w birkhan <birkhanw@...> wrote: Hello Annel, Yes, there can be symptoms of OCD from infancy - two of mine were doing compulsions before 18 months - the third was a little closer to 2 yrs old!! What you may want to try is changing how you react and move him along. When he says " blue car " ackownledge him, and then say something like " let's leave the blue car here and go play in the sand " or something else that brings him pleasure. Ignoring is also a good tactic. What you want to rememeber is that each time you reinforce the behaviour (telling him to stop, repeating yourself to him, etc.) its like adding yeast to dough! What you might want to try is keep track of how many times a day this occurs and what you/your family do as a reaction to his repetition. Good luck - btw, my son did this at 2 - his word was 'kaka' which he delightfully repeated at the end of every sentance! take care, wendy, in canada --- agf_ocd <agf_ocd@...> wrote: > Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just > gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, > it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan > behavoir. At least i hour a day. > > Thanks > > Annel --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? Check outnew cars at Autos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Hi , it must be hard with 3 OCD? I will certainly follow your advise and not add gas to the fire, who does so is my 7 Y.O. OCD he keeps asking you want this... and so on it is really no heil. When you ignore them do they keep on crying or yelling? sometimes it is pretty easy to change their atention, others (usualy at sleep time) he will cry half an hour. How do you manage? Regards Annel > > > Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just > > gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, > > it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan > > behavoir. At least i hour a day. > > > > Thanks > > > > Annel > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2007 Report Share Posted May 3, 2007 Thanks , doing that. Annel > > > Does any have expirience with a 2 y.o. ocd. I am not sure, he just > > gets " stuck " for a while repeating the same thing " blue car " ,,,, > > it's hard to get him out of there... looks irracional morethan > > behavoir. At least i hour a day. > > > > Thanks > > > > Annel > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell? > Check outnew cars at Autos. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2007 Report Share Posted May 4, 2007 Annel, I do not engage - I will not participate in things related to ocd. What I do is tell them that its an ocd thing and walk away. If someone was so bothered and they start yelling, crying or hitting I would go in another room, sit in my car, anything to be away from them! We had extreme violence from our son, but Tom is doing excellently now. Before we learned that 'helping' was wrong, I used to stand beside Tom while he counted the electric plugs in his room - 1 hour and 45 minutes 2-3 times a day! When I stopped cooperating, everything changed. In theory, we should have done this slowly by setting limits of how long we would cooperate and then reduce regularly, but we didn't know that and stopped all of a sudden! He yelled for a few hours, but that was it - we never had to help again. Tom was 12 at the time. What we learned to do was set limits. We would reassure once. The second time we would ask: What did we say? The third time was you and I have both answered, so lets move on and ... (do something else). All 3 kids and hubby were reassurance seekers I once counted 50 questions in one day from Tom - I was too exhausted to count the others! Bedtime rituals will become longer if you participate. Earlier in the day, explain that you are available only for a few minutes(set a timer) and that everything must be done during that time. When the timer goes off, you will leave the room. Explain to your son that he will feel anxious, but he will be ok because you don't let ocd run your life. Each time you reduce your participation you are proving that he is able to fight against his anxiety. Try to externalize the ocd. Call it a bully, or anything that pushes people around! Help him to understand that you love him with all your heart but you hate ocd and what it makes him do and that you are a team against this monster! good luck, you will survive! wendy, in canada --- agf_ocd <agf_ocd@...> wrote: > Hi , it must be hard with 3 OCD? > > I will certainly follow your advise and not add gas to the fire, who > does so is my 7 Y.O. OCD he keeps asking you want this... and so on > it is really no heil. > > When you ignore them do they keep on crying or yelling? sometimes it > is pretty easy to change their atention, others (usualy at sleep > time) he will cry half an hour. > > How do you manage? > Regards > Annel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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