Fears of a 2 Year Old

Isaiah's started getting to the age where things scare him. Did I mention when we went to the zoo and the monkeys terrified him? This is the boy that LOVES anything monkey...shirts, toys, books. I guess just not the real ones, even the little spider monkeys freaked him out. It's random stuff, too. A bear on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (he LOVES that show), spiders. One night he was talking about "Scary Guy Gumbo" and I have NO idea what he meant! I'm wondering if he's also scared of the dark now. He woke up THREE times the other night crying, but went right back to sleep when one of us went to check on him. Last night he insisted on going to be with a flashlight on (but under the covers...?). He even brought it with him when he climbed in bed with us. I woke up with it under my back. Ow!

But the fears seem totally random. We watched The Princess and the Frog the other night (the new one from a couple years ago) and it was Disney, but I worried the bad guy would scare him. Nope. Didn't have any trouble with that.

We did get him a new night light, so we'll see if that helps tonight. I also have tried convincing him that Ruff will chase away scary/bad guys. And he's started telling me that, so maybe he believes him. We did try to get Ruff to eat a spider the other night. Dumb dog didn't see it but Isaiah thinks Ruff scared it off so I think maybe that helped him believe in the dog's protection a bit more.