Our 2 year old (28 months) has developed a fear of tight spaces in particular with trains and planes. Loves to visit the train station and see all the trains going past but the minute we went on, he had an absolute meltdown and tried to run off. The same happened today when we boarded our flight (he has flown 4 times before but before he was 16 months). It is also different to a toddler tantrum, this seems to be a genuine fear. Has anyone experienced this before? No previously trauma or anything, just happened all of a sudden. Also worth noting he has a similar reaction when he sees a full room i.e. a sitting room in a house. We feel we need to keep doing the train journeys etc to show him that there is no need to be scared, Mum/Dad are there too etc etc but it feels cruel putting him through it.
Thanks so much in advance!