How can i help my poor DD? Recently she has started to develop a phobia/fear of flying insects. I'm not quite sure how it started, it might have been something as simple as a bee getting stuck in the conservatory and my teenage DS having to rescue it.
I think she's worse if she's stuck somewhere and a fly appears, i.e. if she's in her highchair. Tonight, just as she was dropping off to sleep in her cot, the teeniest tiniest fly was in her room and she started to really really cry until i picked her up to comfort her.
I feel really bad that i may also have passed this phobia onto her because i have a phobia of wasps and basically anything that makes a buzzing sound. I am aware of passing on my phobias and therefore try my hardest not to react to anything i am scared of when she is around, but sometimes my reflexes take over and i have to brush it away and normally end up jumping.
How can i help her undevelop this fear?! She loves playing outside so much and i would hate for her to end up like me and not want to sit or play outside just in case there's a wasp!!