I have a 3 year old female that is obsessed with the telephone. From the house phone to our cell phones she's always carrying one around. This all started about two weeks ago. I didn't think anything of it at first but now I'm starting to wonder if there is a problem. It started with the house phone. We have a cordless phone that we keep in the bedroom on top of my desk on the charger. I thought at first maybe it had fallen on the floor and she just picked it up. So I took it from her and placed it back on the charger. As soon as I came back downstairs she went right back up into my bedroom and brought it downstairs again. For over 5 minutes I kept walking the phone upstairs and she brought it back to me every time. I thought it was cute at first until she started with the cell phones. We have three different cell phones in our house and she's been caught carrying around all three. She does not chew on the phones, just carries them around. When any of the phones in the house start to ring Abby runs right over to it and picks it up. We tried replacing the phones with a small stuffed animal but she goes right back to carrying the phones. I thought maybe she was in heat but she just went through her cycle about 5 weeks ago and I'm 100% positive that she's not pregnant. When I catch her with the phone I make her sit down and I take the phone from her and give her a stern "NO". And like I said before, we've tried giving her something else to carry around but she wants nothing to do with it. Why all the sudden telephones? I'm completely puzzled and I hope this forum can give me some help.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post,
Becka
Mom to Abby 7-25-04
Thanks for taking the time to read my post,
Becka
Mom to Abby 7-25-04