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Experience I have worked with Infants & Toddlers of teen parents, single parents, parents, alternative caregivers & grandparents raising grandparents. I was trained as an Infant Massage Instructor and in the Nurturing Parenting Education program. I have raised three children of my own successfully and am very actively involved with my grandchildren. I have knowledge of breastfeeding, developmental play, intuitive parenting, appropriate boundaries and rule setting with toddlers, potty training, and developmental stages.
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Expert: M Kay Keller Date: 7/8/2008 Subject: Toddler with compulsive jumping
Question My daughter, Jenna, is almost four years old now and is jumping all the time it seems. It started since she was about 8 months old and learned to stand on her own. She jumps for periods of anywhere from a couple minutes to half and hour on average and it's usually every day she does this. I'll ask her why she's jumping and she'll say I don't know or just because. It doesn't matter what her mood is, the jumping is an all mood thing. She'll do it when she's happy, sad, angry, stressed, or tired. She has a younger sister who doesn't do this, Jenna is the only one. Their is a history of mental disease in both mine and her father's family, her paternal grandmother is schizophrenic and has more OCD's than I can keep track of and I was just wondering if this could in fact be an OCD, or an early warning sign of something worse? Also, she is currently visiting her father in another state and he told me she just started jumping for the first time in almost a month...which I find hard to believe considering her history with it. I just don't believe it's something that she's going to just stop one day. And comments or advice is greatly appreciated.
Answer Dear Kali:
It could be an ocd but unless she is harming herself or someone else, it appears to be harmless....it is a form of exercise....
Kay
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Dear Kali:
I was affirming what you said about it being an OCD, would you prefer I disagreed with you?
My point was not to make a big deal out of it unless she is hurting herself or someone else. Whether or not it bothers you is not the point. It is a form of exercise and as long as she is not doing it to the point of harming herself, just let her be.
If you can't let it alone then by all means do consult a professional licensed mental health expert and be kind to your daughter by not diagnosing her yourself.
I don't pretend to tell parents what they want to hear, I tell them the truth.
