If you ask Jake what he is scared of he might tell you bones (which he actually LOVES), or dinosaurs, maybe monsters or scary ghosts. He might. One thing for sure that he is always always scared of?
Butterflies.
One of his first sentences was "Don't cry butterfly" and he would say it every time he saw a butterfly or a picture of one. I thought it was so cute that he was being all rhymie and sympathetic to sad butterflies everywhere. No. Turns out he was telling himself not to cry.
When I was at my mom's house a month or so ago, I cut Jake's sandwich into four triangles, then set the triangles into little butterfly shapes. Jake took the plate from me (two hands!), looked at it, screamed, threw it, and ran to the living room underneath a blanket. He sobbed "i so sowwy mommy, i so scareda butterfwies. i go pickit up". Really?
Really?
This morning we read The Hungry Caterpillar. As we got closer to the end, Jake started backing away. From four feet to the side he said "oh! a butterfwy! a beautiful butterfwy! a beautiful SCARY butterfwy!".
Seriously, how do you break a kid of such a ridiculous fear? I work with two girls who will lose their schnikes if they see so much as a moth. They say that butterflies are just creepy bugs with pretty wings. I say that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Jake is mildly afraid of bugs, but I just tell him that bugs are so little and he is so big and there is no reason to be afraid. Then I turn to the side and puke while my brain screams.
What is your kid afraid of? How about you?
Me, it's severed heads and firey autocrashes. But you knew that already.
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I am afraid of flying palmetto bugs (very common here in Florida - imagine roaches w/wings) and fleas on the dogs - because then I imagine them ALL OVER THE HOUSE and I can't turn off my ocd brain. My kids, not so much.
we get a palmetto up here from time to time. people call them "water bugs".
no dumbasses, it's a palmetto. it's a giant roach. you can't shine it no matter how hard you try.
JT is scared of jumping spiders because he's been bitten twice or thrice. I've lost count. He's allergic to stings like me -- ants or anything else and he's got a huge swollen spot for two days.
To tell the truth, I'm a little skeered of butterflies myself. Fly around me over there but don't get too close.
I agree. You don't fool me with your waterbug trick. I know what it is. Just let me out of the room before you crunch it under your shoe. That creeps me out.
Liam is scared of the dark. He must have his night light on and if he is about to enter a dark room he ask us "monsers in dere?"
Kennedy is TERRIFIED of ladybugs. Hayden loves them but always manages to kill them while trying to play with them. Hayden is scared of all fury animals, dogs, cats, ect
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