DS will be starring in Hoarders:Buried Alive

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when he grows up. I swear this child is so aggrivating when it comes to his things. He sleeps with every stuffed animal and hard plastic animal he owns. I pull these hard plastic things out from under him every night when I go to bed. He has to take all of them downstairs with him in the morning. I cannot do this with one trip. It is repeated at naptime. There is no room for him in his bed. He is ready for a twin bed, but I don't want more space for him to fill up.

I have tried evrything I can think of. He has to carry them, I just won't carry them, he can't bring them with us in the car, etc. ALL turn into a 30 minute temper tantrum. What can I do? DD had strange needs at 3, but this is way outside the norm.

[AHappierHour]

I give the girls a little bag to take with them in the car. they like to pick out their things or the day. It works for us.

[nicoliae]

It's a phase? When I was a kid, I was a hoarder. Seriously, my bedroom was 3 feet deep of junk and my mom couldn't do anything about it. When I got to the age that I wanted to start having friends stay the night, I cleaned up my room on my own. I remember taking trash bags full of junk out of my room, it was gross.

[pierogigirl]

My DS likes to take a lot of his toys in the car and to bed. We got him a mini LL Bean tote and he can bring 4 things with him in the car. At bedtime, if he tries to bring in too many things, we have him trade out one of the things in his bed with the new thing. So far, it's working.

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He has such a strong attachment to them. I understand they are his security objects. I have tried the bag thing, only so many, but it doesn't work with him. I can tell it truly hurts him not to have them with him. I know it can be a stage, but this seems a tad extreme. I don't know what to do, I feel if I deny them it is damaging his security. But I don't want this to continue on in his adolescence or further. It seems to be getting worse, the numberif animals he needs with him, every day.

[mrsbro]

Does he build a nest of his toys and sit in the middle? Is he 3? Does he need a hoarder BFF?

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Aug 13, 2012 14:42:32 GMT -5 mrsbro said:

Does he build a nest of his toys and sit in the middle? Is he 3? Does he need a hoarder BFF?

Yes
Yes
Not if he is gonna learn new tricks

[mrsbro]

Aug 13, 2012 14:51:00 GMT -5 rehabaddict said:

Aug 13, 2012 14:42:32 GMT -5 mrsbro said:

Does he build a nest of his toys and sit in the middle? Is he 3? Does he need a hoarder BFF?

Yes
Yes
Not if he is gonna learn new tricks

Well they can have a long distance friendship