My Scaredy Cat

There is a scaredy cat in my house.  My son seems to be afraid of everything right now and I have no idea why.  He's waking up crying at night, he's having screaming fits when he hears noises, he won't go downstairs without someone to turn on the light (it's not a dark basement at all), he has decided he does not like water any longer and bugs... forget about it!  He wouldn't even put on his suit when we were hanging out around my cousin's pool.  He did warm up to it a bit and got quite soaked splashing around the sides with toys but he never was quite brave enough to venture in.  Even little kiddy pools bother him for a while until he sees all the fun his sister is having and then you can't get him out hardly. 

It is a very different situation for me to deal with a child that is afraid.  My daughter has never really been scared very easily although she does over think things like loosing teeth and death.  She's a worrier but she isn't exactly fearful. 

I was never scared of much as a kid either.  I didn't mind the dark, I loved (and still do) thunder storms and scary movies were my favorite.  In fact my father let me watch Alien at the age of 5 and it is still one of my favorite films to this day.  My mom might have almost killed him for that though and I'm sure he must have been on nightmare duty after that.  Not that it ever bothered me.  I can remember sneaking downstairs and watching the Twilight Zone a few times.  I also somehow managed to force my younger brother to watch It at quite a young age.  I don't know how I was able to do that but it has resulted in a fear of clowns that exists to this day.  Sorry Bob! 

This is to say I don't have much experience with fear.  My greatest "phobia" is walking on things I can see through.  I will avoid them as much as possible but if it is something that is unavoidable I know nothing will really happen.  I just find it creepy.  Grates and glass floors just don't seem like they would really be supportive.  That being said I would be just as bothered by a grate about a foot of the ground as the glass floor in the CN Tower.  So I do know that some "fears" are illogical.

I'm pretty sure that my son will outgrow a lot of these issues.  Right now however I'm a little out of my element.  I'm usually able to calm him pretty quickly and I don't have problems squishing any bug that looks at him the wrong way.  Water we have been easing into and his sister has been helpful with switching on lights.  I would definitely prefer that he wasn't waking me up most nights crying but I suppose he'll grow out of it.  It might be a little bit of pay back for all the times my brother must have woken up my mom after a particularly frightening Twilight Zone. 

Note to self:  Don't watch It with the kids. 


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