Re: Obsessed with playing in/with water

[Guest guest]

Hey ,

Ruby went through this about a month or two ago. She asked for a bath

at least twice a day and wanted to play with the water from the taps

in the bathroom all the time. I have no idea why. It stopped for some

reason just over the past month. I don't know if it was chelation that

stopped it or not.

I just rode it out. I have no advice sorry! I just wanted to tell you

that Ruby went through this too. Now it back to fussing over having to

have a bath.

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> The last several weeks, we cannot keep our son out of the water. He is

> either standing at the kitchen sink or wanting to take a bath. It's

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> so bad that we are turning our water off 6 or 7 times every day. He's

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> Mom to - 4 years old - recovering from PDD-NOS

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> Our recovery story: http://www.recoveringnicholas.com

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[Guest guest]

Yes, my son can stand at the sink for hours if I let him. He likes to fill a cup

and pour the water out continuously. We have begun to lessen the time at the

sink and will hopefully eliminate it soon by replacing with something else. The

key is interchanging things so they don't become obsessed but it takes a lot of

work. When I am trying to get him to stop playing with the water, I have to draw

him away with a food or object he enjoys. The problem is that there is not a lot

he an do alone so he needs someone working with him all the time.

 

 

From: <hisblueeyes@...>

Subject: [ ] Obsessed with playing in/with water

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 11:30 AM

The last several weeks, we cannot keep our son out of the water. He is

either standing at the kitchen sink or wanting to take a bath. It's gotten

so bad that we are turning our water off 6 or 7 times every day. He's

always loved to play with water, but this is seriously over the top.

He's not perseverating or obsessed with anything else - just the water.

Does anyone have any ideas? Or has anyone gone through the same thing???

Hope this helps,

Mom to - 4 years old - recovering from PDD-NOS

Our recovery story: http://www.recoveri ngnicholas. com

[Guest guest]

, we had the same problem but it really was a phase. I started

adding more fun things to his water play like bubbles, water toys,

squirts, sponges, etc and soon we turned it to a learning thing.

Maya

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> The last several weeks, we cannot keep our son out of the water. He is

> either standing at the kitchen sink or wanting to take a bath. It's

gotten

> so bad that we are turning our water off 6 or 7 times every day. He's

> always loved to play with water, but this is seriously over the top.

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> He's not perseverating or obsessed with anything else - just the water.

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> Does anyone have any ideas? Or has anyone gone through the same thing???

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> Hope this helps,

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> Mom to - 4 years old - recovering from PDD-NOS

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> Our recovery story: http://www.recoveringnicholas.com

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