Re Pointless Surgery

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>The poor kid is obsessed with having clean hands, and it is

impossible to get

>him to play with paint, or anything that might make him messy!

>

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't all kids go through a phase of this? DD (2y

1m) is at the moment and demanding 'wash hands' at every oportunity (as soon as

she discovers the food she has been eating has left a residue on her hands, half

way through painting, or suddenly when she decides the sand in the sandpit is

too damp and sticking to her hand). I think it has something to do with the

smart step we got in Ikea (it was very cheap) and is just the right height so

she can reach the taps and the soap.

Miranda

www.twinkleontheweb.co.uk

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In a message dated 04/08/2001 21:59:55 GMT Daylight Time,

miranda@... writes:

> Forgive me if I'm wrong, but don't all kids go through a phase of this? DD

> (2y 1m) is at the moment and demanding 'wash hands' at every oportunity (as

> soon as she discovers the food she has been eating has left a residue on

> her hands, half way through painting, or suddenly when she decides the sand

> in the sandpit is too damp and sticking to her hand). I think it has

> something to do with the smart step we got in Ikea (it was very cheap) and

> is just the right height so she can reach the taps and the soap.

>

> Miranda

> www

>

> Its more than just washing hands, he is 3.5yrs and screams if he gets so

> much as a piece of grass stuck to him, he has to change if he spills food

> on his clothes. He wont paint, draw, play with play doh etc, all because he

> is scared of being 'dirty'. He prefers to just sit next to you all day and

> be very quiet! Its not normal, and he starts nursery in September, which

> he will find hard if he wont join in.

>

> He goes to childminders at the moment and they comment to my DH about his

> obsessiveness, so its not just me!

>

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