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3YO suddenly scared of themepark rides

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Jannt86 · 10/06/2021 22:15

My 3YO has been to themeparks in the past and genuinely loved the rides with not a hint of fear and would say 'again' after every ride. Today we took her on a much anticipated trip to a theme park and nearly all the rides she was looking worried on them and saying 'i want to get off' I feel awful as I feel like her day was ruined by us takkng her on rides we thought she'd like but just ended up traumatising her instead but she's literally gone from fearless to nervous wreck in the space of a few weeks. This is part of a more widespread issue too. I feel like I can't do anything with her any more without her either refusing to do it or needing to be bribed to do it. Eg she learned to ride a bike but now refuses to get on it at all. I know she can't help it but it's really devastating me as I try so hard to enrich her life and I feel like I can't do anything for her without inadvertantly putting her under pressure. I'm really not enjoying parenting her atm I must confess as I feel like I can't get anything right Sad How do I support her through this? I just want her to be happy and confident

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FortunesFave · 11/06/2021 01:15

They sometimes just gain more awareness...in your DD's case she might have suddenly realised how potentially dangerous theme parks are.

KangarooSally · 11/06/2021 04:07

I don't think it is unheard of - my 3 year old niece used to love going to a dinosaur garden (loads of big realistic dinosaur statues) and would cry when it was closing time, but one day she refused to go in and wouldn't even pat the triceratops outside the entrance 🤷‍♀️

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