It started this week, she woke up and said "oh no, I'm scared!". I thought maybe she had a bad dream and gave her a hug and said that sometimes we get scared and that's ok and that she can tell me what she's scared about, but she's two. She kept coming to me and wanting to lay down or sit on my lap and say that she was scared. I kept telling her not to worry, that mama was here with her. When she was taking her bath I had to rush because she was scared, we are talking about a girl who would take three baths a day if I let her. I think it's been 3 or 4 days now of the whole "I'm scared". Could this be a game? We play pretend a lot and always act like we're feeling certain way, but we're just playing. I always think that she's a little actress because she loves showcasing many different emotions. Maybe the feeling of fear is something that developmentally sets in at two? She just turned two on May 8th. The only thing she's ever been scared of before has been loud humming noises (vacuums, air conditioners, etc), she seems to be very sensitive to those for some reason, but that's been going on forever. The being scared doesn't really bother me, but it does make her very clingy, if anyone else experienced something similar I'd like to know what you did or didn't do .
Probably just a little phase. They go thru so many phases as they grow. I'll bet in a week or so she'll be on to another little phase. Two is a sweet age ,isn't it? I'd say just adapt to each little situation that comes up and if she knows she's loved--she'll be fine.
Stop feeding in to it. She found a way to get attention and it's will continue until she learns that it doesn't work. Tell her the story of the boy who cried wolf.
My little girl did that at two, it will go on for a little bit but it will stop. Make a joke out of things, pretend to beat up the vaccuum if it scares her, make a few goofy noises and get her to laugh and she will be good.
Haven't really dealt with the whole "scared" thing, but I think part of that is because we always said "Whoa!! That startled me!" whenever something was loud or should've scared him (Thunderstorms, dogs barking, etc.) I kind of agree with Jharyn, but definitely show her you're sympathetic with her emotions. It's kind of hard to explain to a two-year-old the ramifications for "crying wolf". Good luck mama!
