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Why is my 2 y/o scared of everything now and never used to be?
My daughter used to never be scared of anything. Last year during Halloween and Christmas the decorations and everything never scared her before she even wanted to check the decorations out. Now Halloween decorations scared her even the cute little stuff. It seems as Christmas stuff is coming out now she is scared of that stuff too. Trick or treat night she didn't get scared at all but the decorations at stores scared her. My husband even experimented once at the store. We went to the pet section at wal-mart and showed her a stuffed animal that dogs play with and she screamed and didn't want to be near it. Now tonight my husband's guy friend stopped by and she started screaming and went and hid in the kitchen. She has seen this friend about 2 months ago and was even climbing all over him playing around but now she doesn't even want to come near him.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your daughter is learning two things - (1) The world can be a painful/frightening experience and is reacting to that fear and (2) The value of her action in the reaction it solicits in others !
She should be weaned through this learning experience for both the understanding of what is truly harmful and the appropriate response to that fear.
A tantrum or an over reaction should be discouraged by gentle persuasion of an appropriate response !
- bluetopazLv 61 decade ago
Two years olds can develop a fear of just about everything it seems (thunder, costumes, stuffed animals, etc. and the list goes on). If it's an object she's afraid of, the best thing to do is distract her and help her focus on something else that you know she likes. This is typical for 2 year old, so don't worry about it. If your daughter is afraid of a certain person, then don't ever make her stay by that person and respect her wishes. She may have reason to not like a certain person and this is something that may indicate something or nothing at all.
- 1 decade ago
make her face her fears, even if she probably don't want too. that's the only way shell ever get over it.
