My 3.5 year old is repeating the same word A LOT, and when I say A LOT, is really a lot.
She is constantly asking for chocolate milk, over and over and over.
Is not only when she wants it, it seems like a security blanket (if that makes sense?).
I have never see this or deal with it with my older, no sure if normal.
She would wake up and the "first" thing she would say is "Chocolate MILK!". Ok normal, she wakes up hungry, we eat. she goes to play, she hits a toe, she runs to me and cries "chocolate milk", every time she hurts her self OR she gets angry she would ask for it.
Some times she would have her milk in her hands and would ask me for it!
I barely give her chocolate with her milk, but is not about the chocolate, she wants milk, or sometimes not even nothing at all but she would ask and then drink a sip and let it down.
I also don't give it to her all the time, specially after the doctor told me that too much milk could actually be bad.
But then, she would start to make her point (my daughter).
She would:
-Sing chocolate songs
-She would say it in different accents
-She would read a book and make the story about chocolate milk (like "and then, the cat in the hat ask for chocolate milk, and the would go and get yummy chocolate milk, and bla, bla, bla chocolate milk, etc)
-She would try to trick me: "Mom, do you like chocolate milk?" I say yes, she would say: "Ok mom, WE can have some", OR "is chocolate milk yummy? yes, it is. "let's go have some!"
-She would do something good and then ask for chocolate milk!! (like cleaning her toys, etc)
And the list goes on and on and on, until I say is enough, if you say one more time chocolate milk I am going to have to put you in time out, then she would cry, go to her sit and cry, then she would say, "be happy mom, I am sorry" then I would say ok baby, then she would say, "let's have some chocolate milk?!"
Is this a sign of something bad or just a kids phase?
Some times it worries me and others (like when she dance and sings chocolate songs) just makes me laugh and I think this tho should be pass and I better enjoy and film before it is gone.
What it is? Do you went through the same? Does it goes by itself? Normal for a 3-4 year old?
EDIT: When she is not asking for chocolate milk, she talks normally, she has a good vocabulary and in any other aspect she is average, with the exception that she is always on the move which may link to the chocolate milk?
sounds pretty familiar to me. When my daughter was about that age, she was obsessed with milk...everything was milky this milky that...drove me crazy.
Then it was pink...pink this pink that...pink all over, drive me crazy all the conversation was about pink. really, pink. yep, pink. if I tried to talk about purple, it was changed to pink.
I think it is a very normal part of growth. It seem a bit obsessive, however, it probably isn't. If it becomes a part of her life that she can't live without and becomes "crippled" by or so comsumed that she cannot function without chocolate milk, then there might be an issue and I would seek help. But if it is just a constant talk about it within normal daily activity, it will soon pass and you will be on to the next obsession. :-)
Hang in there!
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B.M.
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I think it's normal and has nothing to do with chocolate milk. My 3.5 year old son does that too, with either chocolate milk or something else he really wants. She's just upset about whatever is hurting her and she asks for what she likes or what makes her feel good. Chocolate milk, yum. Usually, if he hurts himself, I can just hold him and he forgets about whatever treat he's asking for.
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M.P.
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A proven way to stop a child from doing or saying something is to completely ignore it. By responding to her words, you're giving her the attention she wants. Give her attention at other times.
She probably just likes the way the words sound. And she's unconsciously learned that you will respond when she says it. It's normal.
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M.T.
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1. She is at the imaginative stage, so that could be her pretending or acting out her circumstance
2. She is also used to getting you to take action when she says "chocolate milk" so she uses it to get your attention
3. She could genuinely like chocolate milk and just finds it fun to say it.
You can try to determine under what circumstance she might be asking for chocolate milk instead of assuming she wants it for food all the time and just play it by air. Ignore it if it seem like play/pretend, or if she is doing it for attention and act upon it when she is hungry.
