Freaking out over dirty hands?

Spencer does this to a degree depending on what else is going on. Playing outside he generally doesn't care what gets on his hands but sometimes if he falls he will then moan about something on his hand. He sometimes doesn't like messy food or food getting on his hands and other times he doesn't care.

I think just don't make a fuss when he is complaining about dirty hands and clean them up quickly and then encourage messy play as much as poss, that's what we do and he doesn't seem to have an issue as such just sometimes doesn't like stuff on his hands.

Alyssa has never liked having dirty hands..even while eating, if she gets food on her hands she will insist they are wiped clean before she will keep eating. When she was younger she used to just cry or get a little hysterical when they were dirty and now that she is over 3 she will just whine until they are clean (I don't know if that is any better, haha)

I always thought that she is like this because when she used to go to nanas house for the day, my mum would always tell her how her hands were dirty and wipe them after she did anything.. who knows though?

Emily gets a bit funny like that sometimes. Although she will quite happily push her hands in the dirt outside, eat messy food with her hands etc - but at some point if it gets too much for her she holds them out and wants them wiped. So usually I just keep a muslin cloth on hand for her to use when she wants. A couple of weeks ago though she freaked out when she was drawing on some paper with a pen, then decided to draw a line across the palm of her hand. She ran over holding her hand out shaking and screaming - I'd never seen anything like it. I quickly rubbed it off no prob and she calmed down but it hasn't happened again. A lady at my work was saying her niece used to hate her hands getting dirty or anything stuck to them - I think it may be just a toddler thing that they eventually grow out of. Maybe it's just a learning/discovery thing?