Monday, May 19, 2008
Scary Ants
Zander is scared to death of Ants! Oh... and he is scared to death of flies, spiders, bees, worms, cotton balls falling from the tree, and birds. I am a proud mother who has a big, tough, large, scared little boy...haha!
I took this video just after Zander had a very emotional screaming outburst when he saw a tiny family of ants on the sidewalk. I wish I could have gotten his first reaction. I thought he had gotten hit in the head with Conner's pick shovel.
At first I thought this new phobia to be very funny, but when he won't even walk from the house to the car or when he can't come in from the trampoline without someone holding his hand, his new phobia has gotten to be quit frustrating. Any one have any ideas?
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Oh!! He is so funny... The things that kids come up with. Maybe you should let him watch A bugs Life so he get a new perspective on Bugs... Laugh
Poor little guy! I guess you just wait and hope he grows out of it .. and that he won't be 21 and going off to college still scared of ants.
I love it! Zander has some personality!
Poor Zander. What would we do without him? I am going to miss him and the boys. It is wierd to think that Garrett won't be coming over during the week. Bryn and I are sad. :(
Poor little guy! It will probably just fade away with time. Speaking as someone with a weird phobia, though, if this is a legitimate phobia, there really isn't anything you CAN do. I'm afraid if it is real, he'll just have to learn how to adapt. He'll never like them, but he can learn to adjust.
PS If he does go his whole life afraid of ants, there is hope. My little sister (who also has a weird but similar-to-Zander's phobia--she is PETRIFIED of moths) is 21 and is still afraid as she's ever been, but has learned how to live in a moth-ridden world. No amount of logical arguments telling her that moths don't even bite people and never hurt anything have never worked, but she has been able to find her own ways of dealing with her fear.
Zander is definitely related to me! My husband said to write and say "He gets it from Emily!"
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