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Does this mean something? Creepy baby behavior?

My baby cousin (adopted by my mom) just turned 2, and for her birthday I gave her a color wonder coloring book with Diego (Dora's friend). We put her in the back seat and gave her a marker and let her go at it. After we arrived to dinner, we pulled her out, and at dinner I looked at the pictures she colored. As I flipped through the pages, I saw that she had turned to each page and scribbled in all the eyes. Diego's, his cheetah friend's, and all the other animals. Nothing else, just the eyes. I really didn't know what to make of it, but it was kind of creepy! I know that when kids are young they first learn to draw they draw the eyes and mouth because those are the things that they are drawn to. What do you think? Creepy? Normal?

Update:

Woah woah! Hold up! I'm not saying she is insane NOR did I tell her she did anything wrong! (In fact I praised her and told her she did a good job). Geeze people! YOU are the ones jumping to conclusions! I was actually asking more like if there was a psychological reason that she would only do the eyes like kids look at people's eyes first or something like that.

Update 2:

Oh and by creepy I meant that in the moment it seemed like something ominous that would happen in a horror movie before the ghosts started attacking, lol.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    its not creepy at all!!!

    its 100% normal. She just wanted to color in the eyes. That's all. No need to fret!

    i did the same thing at her age!!!

    :)

  • 1 decade ago

    Its not creepy at all. Maybe the child likes the eyes, and it is the only thing that keeps her interest. Maybe she will be a makeup artist! Nothing to worry about....seriously.

    Why dont you take a page and color, and let her observe you...and then she will know its okay to color other things too.

    Never make her feel as if what she did is wrong. She is only two...and at this age they are still learning, exploring, and discovering. If after she observes you, and still doesnt color, dont worry about it...she is a child.

  • 1 decade ago

    It's normal for a child of two years-old to focus on a certain body feature. At that age, children start to develop more and more attention to detail. The average child starts to become alert to his/her environments and what they are seeing at a very early age (usually around 4-5 months), but attention to details grows as the child gets older.

    Perhaps your cousin is focusing to the eyes in the coloring book because in real life, eyes catch her attention. This is perfectly normal. Don't worry about it at all.

  • 1 decade ago

    No it is normal she is young and just being a toddler, don't let it bother you or the next thing you know you'll be finding all kinds of things wrong if she was adopted by your mom then she is going to be around 24/7 so you need to bond with her and stay close to her

    Source(s): mommy of three
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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She's 2 years old!! You're jumping to conclusions completely.

    EDIT: Now you're backtacking a little lol. Sorry we didn't agree or tell you what wanted to hear, but you asked "what do you think? creepy? normal?" and we told you it was normal and not creepy at all. Problem solved, question answered. No need for the angry rant.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    She's perfectly normal. My son colored in only small parts of pictures around that age, and now colors every part, with different colors, and does almost perfectly well coloring inside the lines.

    Each child does things differently, it does not make them crazy.

  • 5 years ago

    No, this is not weird. The bruises are not tmi, it's actually vital to know about them. He may be abusing her physically or sexually. If you think there might be a problem then I would suggest telling someone you trust other than your parents. Like a teacher or even the police if you feel it is right.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I'd say it was normal. When they are that young they don't know what they are doing so they can't be creepy like that. Now if she was like 5 then that would be creepy.

  • 1 decade ago

    Wow you are reading way too much into this! It's no big deal, she colored the eyes. Don't let it keep you wake at night.

  • 1 decade ago

    ahes only 2! maybe she just found the eyes interesting or found it easier to draw there, encourage her to draw she is still developing fine motor skills

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