Obsession with one topic OCD or Aspergers?

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Hi everyone,

I posted here several months back when my 3 year old was diagnosed with OCD. It

started when she had/has this obsession with her fingers and toes to the point

she became non functional in everyday activities. Check/re-checking, constant

asking for reassurance her toes/fingers were going to be ok. She would need

re-assurance once every 30 seconds.

She started checking all the other kids fingers/toes in pre-school and her melt

downs got so bad at school we had to pull her out.

The DX never came as a shock to us because we have had problems with DD since

she was born. She never slept through the night for years, extremely

fussy/colicky baby, always had problems with her. She'd scream about anything.

If I changed my hair or appearance she'd melt down. If her dad tries to brush

her teeth or do ANYTHING for her she goes nuts. Everyday has always been a

struggle.

Anyway..

We got her into play therapy where she was introduced to " Mr. Worry " but then

she became obsessed with Mr. Worry. She started repeating " Mr. Worry go away "

over and over and over! But, finally after 6 months of constantly talking about

her fingers/toes she has gotten over it a bit. I still catch her checking her

toes all the time but she's at least not verbalizing it like she use to.

My main worry at this point is her obsession with her specific toy. She's always

had obsessions with certain things (at 2 years old it was her crayons, but she

never used them to draw she would just carry them around everywhere/line them

up/divide them by brand, then by color, etc)

For the past 7 or 8 months it's been the Littlest Pet Shop. It's literally the

ONLY thing she talks about now and I am afraid it's the only thing she knows how

to talk about. The first thing out of her mouth every morning is something to do

with her pet shops and it's the last thing before bed. All day long she is asks

repetitive questions about them which ones she likes/doesn't like. She won't

talk about anything else! I don't think I can stress that enough.

Also when she earns enough money to buy a new petshops (we give her little

chores) that day she will repeat nothing but " When are we going to buy the

petshop? " and I will say " 2:00 " and she will ask every minute or so the SAME

question even though I already answered! It drives me crazy!

I started getting worried about it when I noticed she would talk to other kids

her age about them and they would tell her " I don't like petshops " and my

daughter wouldn't get the hint and she would keep talking about them and then

the other kids would then start ignoring her. Once my daughter was pestering my

neighbors kid about petshops and I heard the kid go up to her mom and ask why

the little girl (my daughter) won't stop talking about them. And she told my

daughter to her face she hated petshops and my daughter didn't get it and

carried on as usual. Even though the little girl JUST told her she hates

petshops my daughter would ask her what petshops she has! My heart broke into a

million pieces that day. Now that OTHER kids are noticing she is " different "

it's a new can of worms for me.

Also, there are these youtube videos about petshops she watches. My daughter has

memorized each 10 minute episode and she will sit on the couch and say the whole

episode out loud. She knows every word of them. She will just sit there and

stare off into space saying the dialogue.

I am wondering if there is something else going on besides OCD. I am starting to

wonder if the obsessions she has could be due to aspergers??

But if she had aspergers wouldn't someone (her pediatrician or therapist) would

of said something by now?

Do the things I mentioned just seem to fall under the OCD diagnosis or does

anyone here think there could be something else going on?