My 19mo old is suddenly afraid of the smoke detector. Any suggestions?

you are doing very well now. talking with him about the smoke detector is wonderful. this is a good example of him being able to learn to trust things. just give him time to get used to it.

You've done all the right things. Talking about it, touching it, listening to it. Anything you can do to reassure him is perfect. (And the fact that he's reassuring himself too sounds really promising.)

My baby girl is 13 months and is currently having a love/hate relationship with her PlaySkool Glow-Worm doll. (I can't tell if she loves it and is sad when it stops playing, or hates it. Either way she won't leave it alone, drags it out constantly, has finally learned to make it play by herself and halfway through each song starts crying.) I asked about it on Y.A. yesterday and as much as I didn't want to remove it and run the risk of "over-sheltering" her from something (I really wanted her to sort it out on her own) it's gone on for 2 weeks so I put it away yesterday and will take it out again in a couple days. She's my first and doesn't talk yet so she can't explain herself.

If temporarily relocating your smoke detector isn't an option, what's the language level of a 19 month old? Can he explain at all why it bothers him? Did he dream about it? Did one go off somewhere else that he was visiting?

Other than that maybe make a game of it??? Tell him to cover his eyes when he walks by it? "Look away! Look away!!" "Hurry past, hurry past!" Maybe it'll get him over his fear of it if you're always laughing about it and playing a new game with it??

Good luck!

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My daughter was afraid of the coffee bean grinder - the noise it makes and I would smile at her every time I ran it and eventually she smiled back. Now she thinks the noise is OK and smiles when I turn it on.

sounds like your doing all you can, its just something new to him, maybe he just little afraid now but i am sure he will be ok. try to find some books about it or better check the web. for some storys the curiouse george books may have one it. goodluck and dont worry.

Is it possible that you could move the smoke detector to a different location---a place where it will be hidden from your child but still effective?

Make some felt ears and put it on them, or a beard. Just make sure it doesn' t block the sensors/buttons.

I wonder if there are any books related to this topic??? Something to check Amazon or Barnes and Nobles for picture books relating to this type of issue!

I think your doing just fine with it talking with him and telling him that it helps us and letting him touch it. That's about all you can do to help him. I'm sure he'll eventually get over it.