Toddler assigns ownership to everything
My 22-month-old has recently taken to assigning ownership to everything. She'll grab whatever she sees laying around - books, clothing, whatever - declare whose it is ("it's daddy's", "it's mommy's"), and then insist on giving it to that person (even if the person is not present). She doesn't seem to understand that the owner of an object may want the object to stay where it is. :)
This is out of curiosity and not worry, but do most kids go through a phase like this? I'm trying to figure out if it's widespread, or if it's just her nature (there's a pretty strong "meticulous" streak in my family).
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All three of mine did this, and I think all the kids I have babysat for did as well. It is a useful development milestone which seems to fulfill some of the learning points around giving up an item you hold, which can be very difficult for a toddler at first.
Encourage this behavior, and steer it constructively: we incorporated it into helping with tidying up, and being enthusiastic when they correctly identified who owned an item and where it should go.
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