Amanda, I blame you...

for your niece's OCD. There have been several things over the past few weeks that have led me to believe Kaitlin is a little obsessive-compulsive, and tonight was the icing on the cake. Ever since she has been mobile, she has made sure to shut all doors around the house. If we leave the room, the light must be off and the door shut or else she goes back and does it for you (or whines until you do it since she can't reach the light switch). That was cute and very helpful in keeping Bud out of rooms, etc. But this past week it seems to have jumped to another level. She is very particular about how baby is put in her stroller when we go for walks, so much so that it has led to more than one meltdown when I can't get her in there right (whatever "right" may be - it changes day to day. Sometimes it's swaddled and with the seatbelt on. Sometimes it's naked and upside down. God help you if you don't know what the order for the day is.) At night, when I've been putting her to bed, she has repeatedly jumped off my lap during story time (normally a sacred, uninterrupted time) to go to the door and push on it and say "shut." She's just making sure. Like 3 or 4 times. Yikes. And then tonight, I put her in her crib, said goodnight and walked out. She immediately started crying but it wasn't a "Momma come sing one more song cry," it was a frantic cry and she was yelling something. So I opened the door and she's standing there, pointing at her nightstand and yelling "DRINK DRINK DRINK!" I had left her water cup on the nightstand. Heaven forbid. I picked up the cup, kissed her one more time on the forehead and walked out, while she cheerfully said "night night" and not a peep was heard again. Apparently there are several house rules that I am obviously not aware of. Lord help me. Help us all.