I wanted to share with you one of his fears and how we were able to help Owen get over it. Owen has always loved the bath. I mean you could not get him out. All of a sudden he became scared of the drain. When he would hear the sound of the water going down the drain he would cry and freak out. I knew that we had to figure out a way for him to get over it. The easy thing for me to do would be to just take him out of the tub before I opened the drain. But I did not want to reinforce his fear. I tried a couple of things but was not able to find any thing that worked. Walking to our truck one day Owen was saying good bye to everyone he saw. That gave me an idea. That night when bath tine was over I told Owen I was going to open the drain and he had to say good bye to the dirty water. It worked! Owen yelled " bye bye water" we also say " see ya later dirty water".
Now when it is time to get out of the tub all I have to do is tell him that it is time to get out. Owen yells " bye bye water, see ya later" he even helps me open the drain.
Do you have any tips on how to help our little ones get over a fear?
That is a really smart idea. I'm so glad it worked. Mom told me that we were scared of the drain too when we were little. I will have to remember your idea for when my are bigger. You are such a smarty sis
ReplyDeleteMy little ones both became scared of the dark and would scream when bedtime came. So my other half decided to go play tag in the dark with them (we turned out all the lights in the house except a bathroom in the far back of the main hall). It worked! They started associating the dark with fun instead of fear. :)
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