Can Kids Have OCD?

I've been wondering since 2 nights ago, when hubby and I awoke in a daze at midnight to find Beth busy emptying drawers and sorting the contents while talking to herself! After that, she came round to tuck US up in bed, making sure the blankets were covering us completely and kissed us, before she sat down in front of the toilet (the only lighted area in the room) to READ her Mr Men books.

Last night, after I'd finished throwing out unwanted brochures and rental listings and restored some semblance of order to our Centrelink, Family Assistance and other bureaucratic mishmash, Beth took over as I crawled into bed. Again, emptying drawers, laying the contents neatly on the floor in a pattern (so each item had a partner, she explained), getting ready for when we would move out from this place. I had to explain that we were moving out only in a week's time, but she stubbornly hung on to my earlier comment about not packing at the last minute, and kept right on with what she was doing.

This morning, Daddy had to vacuum the room, so now all the drawer contents (CDs, books, toys) are neatly arranged in a row on our bed...pending further rearranging.

When we were inspecting houses, she crossed off all those that weren't little red brick houses or that didn't have tidy front lawns. I reckon she got that from me, since I have a fondness for neat little red brick houses (contra white weatherboard ones) with manicured front lawns. But still.

I have a girlfriend who confesses to a serious case of OCD (she gets up in the night, every night, to inspect the light switches and make sure they're really off), but for Beth to start at 4...this is scary.