My ds who is 2 is totally obsessed with Humpty Dumpty - no idea why or how it started but it has been going for about 2 months now with no sign of abating. He talks constantly about Humpty, when we are walking points out every wall, plays at falling off walls himself, pushes all his toys off walls, thinks that almost every toy is Humpty (e.g. Mr Potato Head, Uglidoll, Mr Men) and will only build walls with his lego. We frequently sing it 200 times a day, and his favourite treat is watching various Humpty Dumpty versions on YouTube. When he draws pictures, he always says they are Humpty. He came upon a statue yesterday in the park of a person sitting on a wall and immediately said 'Humpty'! When he sits in his buggy talking to himself, it's about Humpty. He sometimes wakes in the middle of the night and shouts 'Humpty', and also sometimes says it in his sleep.
Is this normal or should I be worried (I keep thinking about obsessive interests in autism)?
And does anyone have any ideas as to how we might start to move him on from it? We've tried refusing to talk about Humpty but somehow before we know it we are singing the song for the 100th time...
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2-year-old completely obsessed with Humpty - is it normal?
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nesomja · 14/07/2010 22:19
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