Little Fears

Sweet Adilyn all of a sudden has gotten scared of many things lately. All of these things just popped up out of nowhere. She gets scared when cars drive down our street, when our dogs bark, when she hears the gate open. I feel so bad for her. She used to be such a tough cookie, now she gets frightened and runs into my arms. Today when I picked her up from school, one of the ladies said, "I scared your daughter today." I asked her what she meant, and she told me that she tried to give her a balloon. I said, "So what?" She said, "Well, I didn't know that she was scared of them." I told her that I didn't know that either. Anyway, I told her to go get the balloon, and I tried to give it to Adilyn. She was terrified! It was the strangest and saddest thing! She was gripping my shirt so tight, and her little legs were squeezing around my waist. So, my daughter has developed a fear of balloons...birthday parties are going to be rough until this is fear has been overcome! =)