2yo fears

These past couple of weeks Iris has been afraid of the rain, thunder and lightening as well as the noise of motorcycles (which we hear often from the street outside the house). She immediately wants to climb on to my lap and holds on for dear life. I'm wondering if your 2yo also have such fears and what you do when they are scared.
I have a feeling that she's out of sorts these days because the teachers at her daycare have gone on holiday and there are new faces there she's not used to but maybe it's just part of growing up?
Thanks so much.

 

I do think it's normal, or hope it is. My ds is now fearful of bees. He keeps telling me they are going to bite him or are biting him and will only pass by the mailbox {which had a hive under it :bad:} if I hold his hand. He's also become fearful of thunder. I'm not sure how this is all handled. I just hold him and tell him it's going to be okay, it's only raining, etc. and I'm hoping it will pass. ardon: I hope others with experience respond.

 

My ds is terrified of thunder/lightning. We had a really bad storm about a month ago & he buried his face in my chest & didn't move for about 1/2 hr after the storm was over. He also seems a bit chlostrophobic.......just loses it in elevators & public restrooms.

I asked the pedi once & he said it was probably just a phase & he'd grow out of it......that was probably around their 15 mos checkup. He is getting better about the elevators & restrooms, but I'll warn him when we're about to go in one. I try to talk him through it, hold him close & reassure him it's ok.

 

My DD just turned 2, and is going through a fear stage. I am a stay at home mom, so I can tell you it's not due to a change in routine, I think it is just a little developmental stage. Loud noises are suddenly an issue, the dog barking, loud vehicles etc...she will run to me and cling and say..."scary scary!" In response to that I typcilly say, "It's not scary, it's just the dog"...or whatever....So now she has taken to asking me when something scares her, "It's not scary?" Ha...cracks me up. I think it is totally normal.

 

One of my DD's just went through a stage when she was afraid of shadows, yes shadows. She was waking up in the night freaking out and kept asking me what was on the ceiling. The shadows came from the night light in the room. We had to spend a week just pointing out all the time we saw a shadow or we could see her shadow until she was finally comfortable. She also doesn't like the noise from helicopters either.

 

It's totally normal at this age & they will usually outgrow it. Still, I always feel bad for them because they are obviously really scared. Luke went through a phase recently where he was afraid of sunscreen. Yes, sunscreen. Why? Who knows, but it scared him so bad, he would just see the bottle & he would start backing up & crying. He is getting over it now, but loud noises have become a bit of a problem. I think maybe they are just becoming more aware of the great big world & it's a bit overwhelming for them so they get scared of things. ardon:

 

Both of mine are starting to fear things that they've always enjoyed looking at. For example, they love big trucks; however, when they see one they'll start saying "No, no." If we're outside they'll even walking quickly toward me. I just tell them that they're fine and the truck won't get near them and then I just ignore it. I'm trying to act like it's not a big deal so they won't worry so much.