18 June 2007
Raina played inside of a clothes basket today. Sam, in a joking manner, said, "Raina, looks like we'll need to put you in the washing machine." Raina responded by scampering out of the basket as quickly as possible, saying "NO! No washing!", and then crying a lot. To console her, we said, "You're right, Raina, clothes go in the washing machine." Raina then repeated, "No washing. Clothes go in washing machine" to herself over and over again until she felt better. Wouldn't you be scared if someone put you in a washing machine???
This was one of many "Raina is scared" moments of the past two days. She is terrified of moving cars (which is a good fear) but it does mean she stops in the middle of the road and screams and demands to be held if she sees a moving car. (This causes lots of problems when the adults are carrying groceries or library books, and there's a large vehicle approaching.)
A big thunderstorm rolled through yesterday when we were driving along, and Raina looked panicked. When asked, she said "scared, mommy." Admittedly, parts of the storm were really scary -- even for the adults.
Today, Raina was staring out the front window, waiting for daddy to come home. Suddenly, she jumped up. screamed, immediately cried, ran away from the window, and leapt into Sam's lap. What caused all of this anxiety? She saw the orange kitty outside.
All in all, she's a pretty brave kid, but there are some things that completely unnerve her.
This was one of many "Raina is scared" moments of the past two days. She is terrified of moving cars (which is a good fear) but it does mean she stops in the middle of the road and screams and demands to be held if she sees a moving car. (This causes lots of problems when the adults are carrying groceries or library books, and there's a large vehicle approaching.)
A big thunderstorm rolled through yesterday when we were driving along, and Raina looked panicked. When asked, she said "scared, mommy." Admittedly, parts of the storm were really scary -- even for the adults.
Today, Raina was staring out the front window, waiting for daddy to come home. Suddenly, she jumped up. screamed, immediately cried, ran away from the window, and leapt into Sam's lap. What caused all of this anxiety? She saw the orange kitty outside.
All in all, she's a pretty brave kid, but there are some things that completely unnerve her.
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