Zoey seems to have developed a freakish fear of her own sock fuzz floating in the bath tub.
Yes, you read that right.
I noticed last week that she seemed a little disgusted with her own toe-jam that would dislodge in the bath water, and point out "ickies, Mommy", then wait patiently as I tried to sift them out. And now we have crossed over in to the realm of shrieking and trying to climb up the side of the tub if ANY floaters are discovered in the "tub-tub". Not sure how we made the leap from being semi-grossed-out to all-out-freaking-terrified, but here we are.
(Tonight it was so bad I thought for sure Bryan must be drowning her in the tub. As I wandered back to the bathroom to check out the scene, I found Zoey in frantic claw mode while Bryan teased her, in typical man-fashion, saying "oooh, Zoey, they're gonna get you!". I was most unimpressed by this horrible display of parenting, and said as much to my husband, a man who CLEARLY logs no hours per month reading Parents and Parenting magazines.)
So, um, is this normal? Maybe not the sock-fuzz fear, per se, but fears in general at such a young age? Are monsters in the dark next on the list? I thought we had AT LEAST until age four before dealing with irrational phobias. Guess I was wrong.
Again.
3 comments:
I should ask my Mom how old I was when I started to show my anxieties. I think it might have been around 2? Apparently I had lots of fears and was anxious about lots of things. I will ask her and find out....that is, if she can remember that far back!!!
dude, it could be SO much worse. i mean, at least she's so wrapped up in sock fuzz she isn't obsessed with smearing her boogers on the wall. right?
One night Finley just decided to be very afraid of the dark and of monsters just out of nowhere about 5-6 months ago. Be prepared to get a good night-light and read some good advice from books/internet so you don't instill a complex
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