Fascination with ears.....

My daughter has an odd fascination with her ears. I don't even know WHY!!! Moms - do any of your kids have this issue? She will try to stick ANYTHING in her ears. I mean a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. 

Today, when we got home and I got her out of the car, she had a tissue she had ripped into tiny little pieces and stuck in her ears like mini cotton balls. I have no clue what started this obsession. She has always been a baby who played with their ears. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I have taken her to the Dr. suspecting an ear infection - to find out nothing was wrong. They finally gave her "numbing" ear drops (the same you would get if you had an infection and the pain that comes with it). The Dr. suspects it's her allergies - which she has a hard time with.

As a baby - and even now as a toddler, she plays with her ears when she is sleepy. Some kids suck their thumbs, but my silly little girl rubs her ears.

The scariest problem I have encountered with this, was her old daycare. Let me say she was only in this daycare for a couple of months....and this was one of the last straws I had with this place. I had called them just the day before, to warn them of her new obsession (sticking stuff in her ears). The very next day, I show up and my baby is in a corner by herself, sticking a piece of ripped cardboard in her ear (probably the size of half of a dime). Now, had I not warned the center of this, I wouldn't have been so mad - it would have been my fault. But, knowing I had specifically called to warn them of this - it really pissed me off to see this - lets just say this daycare was short lived.

Anyway - does or has anyone else experienced this weird fascination their kid may have?! If so - what age will she outgrow it!! She's almost 2 and we are still struggling with this.