It started off with spiders and has so far progessed to all bugs, except butterflies, castles, snakes and the woods.
If he sees a spider or bug then his eyes go wide open, he screams and tries to get away. This has led to a couple of moments where he has almost ended up in the road and almost off a cliff. I don't think he thinks, he just runs.
We've recently been on holiday and he didn't want to go into a castle which had previously never been a problem. We live near a forestry commission and have got a yearly pass as we went a lot last year. Now suddenly he is scared of going for a walk in the woods.
He completely freaked out at a runner bean plant last week but with the help of his nursery teacher we worked out that there was a little cobweb on the pot it was in.
What can we do to help him? Most of the time he is a very happy little boy and it is horrible seeing him so scared.
He's 4 and goes to nursery every afternoon. His teachers say he is very happy and gets on well with everyone.
Thanks.
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DS2(4) has become terrified of loads of things. What can we do to help him?
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McKayz · 03/05/2013 17:36
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