Apparently, enough time has passed since Bean’s phobia of air and she’s decided she can’t go another day without pinning her fears on something.
I shouldn’t be surprised that it’s bugs. She’s always been pretty darn afraid of them, but in the last 24 hours it’s taken a severe turn for the worse. She can barely go 5 minutes without seeing a bug, imagining that she sees a bug, mistaking something for a bug, or anticipating that a bug might come. And whenever that happens (any of the above – you pick) she erupts into uncontrollable screaming. And screeching. And crying. She needs to be carried (which is hard when I’m 35 weeks pregnant). She also needs the complete undivided attention of anyone within a 5 mile radius. (Do you live in my zip code? You’d be able to tell because you would have heard her screeching once every 5 minutes or so today.)
Let’s see… the air phobia only lasted about 2 months. I’m not sure what brought this one on, except maybe the arrival of spring brought out bugs that she hasn’t seen in many month. But what’s a mom to do as spring continues on into summer and the bugs become more prolific?
Little Man is catching on too. He’s starting to do what Bean does, excusing it with the statement, “Fade layboo!” (translation: Afraid of ladybugs!) I could point out that ladybugs have yet to make their appearance, but I don’t think that would really solve the issue.
Here’s hoping we get over this one in under 2 months.
readthemanual said,
March 4, 2008 @ 9:07 pm
Let’s keep her out of the garden. Not that I’ve seen it. I’m just sayin’.