Just So

I think that this is a normal stage of toddler development, but it took us by surprise that Eva wants the things just so. She gets a particular idea in her mind of who should carry her or put on her clothes or even push her buggy and protests loudly when things do not go according to plan.

The highlight of this behavior was when Eva saw Oma put on my hiking shoes. Eva cried and screamed and yelled "mommy shoes" "mommy shoes" until I took her downstairs to get dressed and distracted. We were standing by the door to leave to go to the zoo when Oma walked downstairs and Eva trecked all the way back to double-check the abomination of somebody else wearing "mommy shoes". At least she is sane enough to understand when to call it quits because things are just not going to chane (Oma kept wearing my shoes and eventually Eva accepted that aggregious breach in behavior).

On the positive side she puts her toys away just so and she pretend changes her toys' diapers and NEVER forgets to smear "butt loddie" on. It is fun to watch. She reaches around and unfastens the flaps, throws the diaper out, gets the lotion, uses on finger to spread it on around their private parts and then reaches to grab a new diaper and fastens it around. Mind you, this is all pantomimed - there are no actual things involved.