Anyone's child obsessed w/ the trash can?

[clycleader]

My son is obsessed with the trash. He runs to the diaper pail, the kitchen trash or a trash can anywhere we go. He can spot them a mile away and won't play with anything else once he sees it. We went to the park and all he wanted to do was pat the trash can like it was his long lost friend. Is this odd??
Anyone else have a child who likes strange things?

 

[JulySheMustFly]

My daughter was like that. We had to hide it. She would dig through it and then sit in the middle like she had made a nest.

 

[katelyn]

My daughter likes the trash can, but maybe not quite as much as your son. Mostly she likes throwing things away. If a wrapper is left sitting out, many times she will pick it up and throw it away. Occasionally with small trash cans she will pick them up and carry them around - I find that a little weird, and wonder what she plans to do with it (usually I can talk her into putting it back before she starting sifting through it or something).

She will also stuff her clean diapers and wipes (we use cloth) into the diaper pail.

 

[Beth1231]

*holds nose* Ewwwww! Stinky! Dirty! Yuck! *walk away*

That's what I did with the little girl I was a nanny for when she developed an obsession with her room's trashcan and the diaper pail. She liked the overemphasis on the words and my facial expressions. Maybe you could try it?

 

[jgonz]

Yes! Every single one of my kids was obsessed with the trash for awhile. Some longer than others. The only thing I can tell you is that they all Did grow out of it eventually.

 

[~RENEE~]

Cecil is very interested in the trash can to no matter where we he finds it.

 

[clycleader]

LOL, I'm so glad I'm not alone. I really loved the "sitting in it like it's a nest" That's great! He hasn't done that.... yet!

 

[PegasusOnFire]

Christian likes the trash can, though she likes it because she can throw things away in it. I mean every thing, we have to fish stuff out after she goes to bed.

 

[Surrender2Win]

My oldest son was like that...I had forgotten how many times I had to chase him out of the trash until I read this, lol.

Maybe the fascination with the trash can is because it's also something they can actually reach...

By the time my second child was born, we had moved and there is a closet in my kitchen so I had put the trash can in there.

 

[rocklife]

My son is obsessed with the trash. He runs to the diaper pail, the kitchen trash or a trash can anywhere we go. He can spot them a mile away and won't play with anything else once he sees it. We went to the park and all he wanted to do was pat the trash can like it was his long lost friend. Is this odd??
Anyone else have a child who likes strange things?

Just don't let the park trash can's contents become his playtoys, never know what kind of things can be in there

a little bit of trashdigging maybe that isn't disgusting is no biggie, just need to exercise caution