My Child Is Obsessed with the Color Blue

For NOW he likes blue.
Its a phase.
It changes.
He has a sense of self... and is choosing... his preferences versus Mommy choosing for him.

My son had a thing about wanting to wear the SAME shirt, EVERYDAY. Would not want any other shirt.

LOTS of phases.... and always changing.

He likes blue.
It's his "blue phase". :)

I don't think you should be too worried about it.
Much to my brother in law's dismay, my nephew was obsessed with pink around that age. He wanted everything pink. He grew out of it.

Barring any other concerns, I think he's just fine.

Thats my four year old son!! No kidding, he literally has a melt down if he can't have the blue cup.
I think it's just a phase..

Sounds like maybe he was inspired by Picasso.

I still get into color phases. I only want to wear, use, decorate or paint using a specific palate.

Honestly, I would say indulge it. Teach him about the different variations of blue. Allow him to just go for it. Nothing like blue to get blue out of your system!

He likes blue. A lot.

For most of my oldest son's first year of preschool (age 4), he wouldn't get dressed for school unless he had a shirt with a picture of a dinosaur.

And at 5...he also liked blue. A lot. All of his school paintings were completely shades of blue as well. I decorated 2 rooms of my house in all blue too. ( I like them. )

He's 6 now. He still likes dinosaurs and the color blue. He also like Legos and Star Wars.

He keeps adding interests and he tends to be passionate about them as they are added. So, based on my experience, I think you have a kid who gets passionate about things. It's a wonderful quality.

Cool. I once only wanted pb & j sandwiches. After a while I became tired of it and wanted tuna fish like everyone else. He'll get over it. Right now, though, it's easy for you to know what he wants. He wants blue.

: ) MD

Totally normal, just go with it. Buy him blue stuff and say, "I thought of you when I saw it because it was blue."
Many kids get "obsessed" with a particular item, fabric, color, food, tv show, etc. at this age. Don't worry he won't be 30 and only wearing blue.

You should ask him what is up with the blue color?It might be simpler than you think.Any favorite characters that he like that might be blue?How long have this been going on?If it's not more than 6 months to a year than nothing to worry about.But if it was for longer than that,you might need to ask your doctor which I see that you are doing next.I have a nephew that love red color but it lasted only 3 months then to the blue for 4 months to green for another 2 months.But the last obsessions would be a little longer since he is still in love with the orange.I mean everything in orange.Even food!Doctor says it's healthy for him to find and express what he likes and comfortable with but you should see my sister's face,not as convinced.I think it's harmless and if it became neatness too with his toy then maybe OCD comes to mind but you just talk to your doc and I think he can help solve the issue better..

My two oldest sons (almost 3 and almost 5) both have favorite colors, too. I make sure everything is yellow and blue, respectively, so I can avoid meltdowns. What does it really matter to me what color plates, shirts, crayons, etc. are? I take them to a gym class once a week, and their instructor has learned that he needs to give them the right color balls or scarves or whatever they are using that day. I asked the teacher once whether all kids were this fanatic about their favorite colors and how he could possibly keep it all straight. He said a lot of kids are particular, but not all of them. So I agree with all the other posters -- just go with the moment and wait for the next fanatic phase to replace this one :)

honestly it is probably just a phase. my 4 year old girl is all about pink. i finally gave in and went to old navy & purchased 10 pairs of pink socks, some pink leggings. i even got pink shoes at target for $10. it is much easier to get out the door in the morning! i can say that she perfers pink in her everyday life but it is mostly related to clothing.

Ahhh...we went through the yellow phase or as my daughter said "lellow"

Hopefully it will pass soon. :)

Just saw the new show "Timmy Time", I think, on Disney channel about a sheep just starting school - there's an episode that your story reminded me of, where Timmy wants everything blue. Perhaps you could find it online and show it to your son. My 5-year-old likes it.

I absolutely wouldn't worry about it. My daughter liked green. Anything at all that was green - she would LOVE it. There maybe is a possibility that he is partially color blind, so that reds and greens look just more muddy colored and blue really pops out at him as nice, but if so, so what? An optometrist would have an easy test he could give - but why bother? There's no real issue (except when he learns to drive, and then he has to know to look at the position of the lights instead of whether it is "red" or "green") My guess is that he just likes blue.

my oldest did this with green everything had to be green and he still will pick green for dishes and cups if offered and he is 9, I had a cousin that did this with the color pink, and I have noticed my 3.5 yr old starting to do this w/ the color blue.

I think every kid goes through an obsession of some kind. With my son it was animals -- everything animals. We also went through the daily battle over animal shirts (we now have a closet full so I didn't have to battle). We have animal toys, animal plates, etc. At three he was obsessed with the color purple. At four it was red. Now at six he loves blue. With my niece it was princesses and the color blue. With my nephew it was trucks.

Kids at this age are really just learning that they have the right to choose and be obsessed with things like this. It is good that he has opinions and is learning to share them. Go with it. If it becomes a bigger issue behaviorally then maybe talk to the doctor, but in my opinion this is totally normal.

It's a phase - give it time and it will pass. In the meanwhile, I would just make sure he always has his favorite blue things available.

My 2 year old is obsessed with green. If she has any say in cups/plates/shirt/toys it is always green. When she paints or colors its all green. The green is completely gone in her watercolor set. I think its probably a phase like anything else.

I'm trying to buy more green clothes because most of her stuff is pink so she'd wear the same green shirt over and over if she could. She also loves cats and has two shirts with a cat on it and would wear those every day too, even when its 90 degrees out (they're long sleeves). When kids like something, they LIKE it and want it all the time! (At least he's not obsessed with pink, lol).

I think in a few years you will look back upon this as his blue phase. I would try not to worry and just let him roll on with his blue self! :)

When my son was that age he would only wear a collared shirt. Didn't care what color it was, but it had to have an actual collar. Then it had to be a button up collared shirt. In kindergarten he wanted to wear a tie everyday as well. Last year he was in 2nd grade and did not want to wear shoes. I would get notes home saying your son did not wear his shoes again in class, how bizarre and a bit funny. He even had a chart at school and would get a smiley face or frown depending on if he kept his shoes on. I think it is more about the child having some control over something and seeing how far they can get. My son was also obsessed with The Beatles for year and years. Everything was the Beatles, clothes, his room, music, that's all he would talk about for years. The collared shirts are gone, he now keeps his shoes on everyday, and he asked for a Beastie Boys album for his birthday, so hang in there, they grow out of it :)

We went through the black phase with my son at 3-4. Everything was black! He got over it and then decided he wanted more color in his life. He went from black to black and white then on to blue and green. Now he likes all colors although his favorites are black, white and blue.