Needing Help with 7 Year Old Daughter with OCD

First, I'm so sorry that you're struggling with this - you are not alone, though. I recommend you read (and re-read) a book by Ross Greene, The Explosive Child. It deals with these exact situations. Also, I'd consider counseling - for the family as a whole. It is likely that the 10-year-old has some feelings about her sister's issues (e.g., mistakenly believes her little sister always gets her way). Good luck.

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get her a set of bowls and plates just for her and you won't have as many problems. as far as the sister, give her something of her own as well dealing with the issue. hope this helps. if not, let me know.

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I am sure this is very challenging. A year ago, I finally found a term to my problems with this, I did not know I had OCD, I just thought I was "anal" about alot of things. Well, now that I know it is OCD, I understand alot more, I try to work through it. I have 4 children and all of them have signs of it. My cleaning has to be done in a certain way, Things have to be just right, Organization can take me forever and ever, I eat off of a certain plate, I have to have a certain fork, My mom is the one who told me that I eat my food in order (ie; whatever i am eating i eat from the outside in, like mashed potatos never just dip into them I start from the sides and work my way into them that way, or I eat french fries then some of my burger, more fries then I take off the bun and eat the lettuce, pickle, tomato, meat ect... my husband knows exactly what i am going to do and eat next when I do this, he is the one that brought that to my attention)(which I never seen that myself until she brought it to my attention, My Father did these types of things when he was alive, Apparently this is where I have developed it from)My laundry has to be folded a certain way, my children clothes have to have to be organized. My 16 year old son and my 4 year old(the youngest) daughter are the worst with it. My son if anything has been moved in his room he knows just by walking in there cuz he is that organized and he knows exactly what has been moved. My 4 year old she gets very angry over not having a certain thing, plate, cup etc... she has to have her hair a certain way or she is just really angry that day(not kidding about that )Things have to go just right! with all of us it is never good enough and we will do over and over until it "seems" right. We are in counseling as a family, its a hard slow process and I don't know if we will ever find a peace with it, but we are trying. OCD is really hard for me at 35 to stop being the way I am. I do hope it helps my kids though.

I have to enter this as well, right now as I am typing this my 4 yr old is putting some boots on, she is playing dress up with her sister (9 yrs old) These boots are just wrecking her nerves, if they do not zip for her all the way up she just goes insane if someone will not get them exactly how she wants them. The Tantrums come out etc.... on that note I need to attend to her. I hope this helps to know there are alot of us out here. I honestly understand!

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I was told about a lady over in Millington who deals with kids, she is a counselor. Not sure of her name but the center is Professional Counseling Services, the number is ###-###-####. I guess she specializes in helping young children.

I know what your going through my 5 yr old is going through it. Its not easy, but with my husband and I telling her everything will be fine, we will make sure of it, seems to have helped a little.

She used to bang her head on the cement floors, the walls, about anything that could be hit, we would just let her go and tell her it will be ok, we will get through it. she did this for about 2 months.

I know my way of doing things, may not be for you, but you could try counseling

Good Luck