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Toddler Scared of the Bath.
Asked by M.S. from Albuquerque
on September 5, 2009
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My son is 2 1/2. he has always taken a bath or shower (with me) fine. About a week ago he started to protest about it. He says the drain is scary. He is very verba...
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- Try to work around the fear of the drain. Figure out a way to neutralize the fear the drain causes. (Block it...cover it up...use magic or a spell to put it to sleep...
- Have you tried the color tablets you can find in the bath area for babies? My son will go running for the bath when I ask him what color he wants to make it and let h...
- It's possible that he's just scared of the unknown. Where does the water go? Maybe you can explain to him where the dirty water goes (and just the dirty water and noth...
71/2 Yr Old Son Afraid to Sleep in His Room
Asked by C.Y. from San Diego
on September 1, 2009
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I have two boys ages 5 and 7. Within the past two weeks my older son has been crying everynight before he goes to bed that he doesnt want to sleep alone even though hi...
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- It sounds like he is afraid of the dark, which is pretty normal for a 7 year old. At that age, kids become increasingly creative and imaginative, but they do not nece...
- Could he be worried about the new school year? Kids often internalize their fears. Nightmares often comes with fear.
- It seems out of the ordinary that only in the past 2 weeks... hes has been crying every night before bed and seems afraid to be alone and will need to sleep with his l...
Three Year Old Suddenly Very Attached to Me and Having Many Fears
Asked by T.P. from Boston
on October 1, 2008
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Lately my normally happy go lucky, independent, second born daughter has suddenly become afraid of everything. She is always crying now, at school, at speech class, e...
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- My son (who is 6 now) went through the same thing about the same age. He had always been quite sensitive and preferred "Mommy" to others, but his fears and attachment...
- Yes, it's a phase. Very frustrating but there may not be much you can do about it. If she can verbalize anything, you can address that. For example, I've seen paren...
- T.: I would love to hear the feedback. I am dealing with a very similar issue with my daughter, who turned 4 in April. She is not crying but all of a sudden she has...
How to Recover from a Bee Sting?
Asked by M.B. from Denver
on July 2, 2008
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Our son was stung by a bee this last weekend and now he is traumatized of any flying insect. He even freaked out at a blade of grass flying in the wind the other day. ...
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- Do you have a copy of the Bee Movie? Maybe he might enjoy seeing the "human" side of bees.
- IF you can find the answer to this let me know. My 9 year old was stung in the you know where. when she was 1 1/2 she had just started wearing panties. She was sitt...
- Give it time. My daughter too at that age was stung. It was only until like last summer did she start liking to look at lady bugs, butterflies again. Explain too th...
10 y.o. Fears Someone Is Watching
Asked by M.S. from Dallas
on May 12, 2008
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My 10 y.o. daughter says that she usually feels like someone is watching her, esp. at home. She said it got worse when we moved about 15 mos. ago. It's especially ba...
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- M., I have always felt this away and therefore I have nice curtains in my house. I have a dog to! Watching R movies with my family growing up didn't help. Now that I a...
- Try putting curtains up. Heavy ones that make the room dark. Then you might need to find someone for her to talk to. That way you dont feel like you are letting her ...
- My initial feeling about this is that she is experiencing some anxiety issues, and doesn't know how to describe that feeling inside to you, other than it feels like so...
Fear of Shadows at Bedtime
Asked by S.D. from Victoria
on April 8, 2008
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Hi Everyone!
My 5 year old is beginning to sleep in his own bed while sharing a room with my 9 mo old. He cries at night before going to bed (just after dinner) about...
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- I didn't get a chance to read the other responses, but I tried something that worked well for my girls. I went to Walmart and found a purse-sized spray of OUST air fr...
- I had the same problem with my boys. The oldest was easy because him and daddy were buds and he would go in with him and read to him or tuck him in bed and he liked t...
- S., I'm sorry that you are having trouble with your five year old at night. You could try to make shadows more friendly by playing a game with them. Create or find a ...
8 Month Old Scared of Balls
Asked by J.E. from Orlando
on August 21, 2006
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My 8 1/2 month old son just recently started acting scared of balls (any kind). He has never been hit with one and there is no obvious reason for this behavior. Has a...
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- Hi, Just don't push them on him and he will get over it. My son did this at 7 months old with the vacuum and it only lasted about a month. Now, he loves the vacuum!...
- Hello, My daughter did the very same thing right around 8 months. What we did was buy several of the small blow up balls and left them around the house...not near he...
- I can't tell you if it is normal or not, but your question made me giggle...you see, for some strange reason, my daughter too was afraid of balls around that age! Ter...
Heart Just Not in It
Asked by J.C. from Anchorage
on August 17, 2009
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Last year my Husband had a 3 month affair with a co-worker. 8 years ago he did the same thing for a shorter period of time. The first time he told me himself, and wa...
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- It sounds like you are not really dealing with the pain that this betrayal has caused. And what has your husband done to show you that he will not cheat again? If th...
- Perhaps I could forgive this the first time, and move on, but not when it's happened the second time. No wonder you feel that you can't connect with him. As for ...
- I believe really really strongly that what is bad for the Mom is not good for the kids, no matter what the first glance would show. I think your kids would benefit fa...
2 1/2 y.o. Son Afraid of the Drain
Asked by J.R. from Denver
on January 11, 2008
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My son, who is getting close to his third birthday, has developed a fear of drains. We mistakenly watched Finding Nemo and the scene where Nemo goes into the drain ha...
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- We found a book in the library about it. It's been too long, so I don't remember the name, but it talked about how drains work. Our son thought it was really cool to...
- does he understand the logic of big things not fitting into little things? (as in, you won't fit down the drain even if you wanted to?) perhaps you getting into the tu...
- We had this problem for a short time, except we didn't have the toilet issue. However, we made it a game. When it was time to pull the drain, my son got to do the hon...
Looking for Any Positive Feedback to End My Apprehension and Fear...
Asked by L.P. from New York
on April 4, 2007
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My son is about to 18mos old on the 11th. He has had a very bad winter (and year) with constantly getting sick. Colds, sinus infections, stomach bug, ear infections ...
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- L., apprehension is normal, I have had two cousins (each undet the age of 5) and have a friend whose nephew was about 2 and another girlfriend whose granddaughter didn...
- My daughter had tubes placed in on December, so I know how you are feeling at this moment. When you go in to the hospital they will change him into a gown and you will...
- Hi L., It's not my child that has ha dthe tubes but myself, 3 times, it's really not a big deal, and it will help so much. Your child may have an ear ache after...
