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Fear of squirty bath toys!

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Tissy · 14/01/2003 09:19

Can anyone explain this?

My dd (1 on Friday )has for several months enjoyed playing with an old squeezy bottle in the bath. She loved squirting us, being squirted herself and trying to catch the water in her mouth(!). For Christmas she was given an ELC set of six squirty bath toys, made of soft plastic, bright colours, different sea-related shapes. Again she seemed to love playing with them and as the toys are very soft squirting Mum was much easier and even more fun. For the last two nights she has screamed at the sight of them- won't have them in the bath, gets hysterical if she is squirted and won't even play with her much-loved squeezy bottle. I can't think what has happened to affect her this way; the night before this happened she was playing happily as normal. The only one of the set she does not appear to be frightened of is one that I found under her cot this morning. It had been there about a week, so does not appear to be associated with whatever scared her.

Any ideas?

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aloha · 14/01/2003 10:38

Don't know, but I'd just put them away and not worry about it. Certainly, I wouldn't push it at all. Happy Birthday!

mears · 14/01/2003 10:49

Maybe she got an inadvertant quirt in the eye or something and it has put her off. Babies are strange

Chinchilla · 14/01/2003 19:07

Mine is the same about the Tweenies' theme tune. I have to put the sound on mute until it is over, and then he will happily watch the programme! I agree to put the toys away for a while. Maybe in a couple of months she will have forgotten the fear. Incidentally, my ds has the same set as your dd...I can't stand that horrible vanilla smell can you!

SoupDragon · 14/01/2003 21:47

Is she scared of the one-under-the-cot if it's in the bath? If not, hide the rest and re-introduce them later. Or put them in with her other non-bath toys and see if she plays with them.

As Mears says, babies are indeed strange

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