dd is 18mo and absolutely petrified of flies, spiders, ants and anything else that crawls. Even small black blobs or bits of grass totally freak her out. She gets really upset, crying, shouting 'out' (to me and the sipder) and jumps about. A couple of times one has crawled on her and she got into a real state. They never used to bother her; she used to find it entertaining when ants crawled on her shoes in the garden. Now she doens't want to play on her slide until she's checked for spiders and races about the garden contsantly shouting 'fly, mummy' (her word for all insects) every time she sees anything.
I'm also not too keen on them but I've tried hard not to let her see this. I tell her every time that they won't hurt her and have even tried coaxing one onto my hand (urgh), saying 'awwww fly, nice fly'- what we say to her dollies and teddies- but it has no effect.
This is probably a stupid question but is there anything else I can try? Will she grow out of it? Nothing much else seems to phase her.
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18mo really scared of insects
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Hayls · 07/08/2005 19:13
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