Our Little Miss has developed the strangest phobia I have yet come across. Currently she is living in terror that the toilet in going to run out of water.
Each time she is going to the toilet she needs to be reassured that it does indeed have water in it, hasn’t run dry and nor will it. Which is kind of amusing given that one of her main fears when transitioning from a potty to the toilet was the fact that there was water in the toilet - so we have gone a full 180.
It is now to the point where you have to go with her and lift the lid to check that the water level is acceptable.
It stems from our recent plane trip. Little Miss decided that she needed to go to the toilet mid air so we dutifully marched up to the front of the plane, waited our turn and entered. I will never forget the look of horror and confusion that crossed her face when she noticed that plane toilets have no water in them. Needless to say we beat a hasty retreat back to our seat and ever since then the conundrum of the waterless toilet has lead to an ongoing fear that our own toilet is about to run dry, and that would be a sure sign that civilization is coming to an end…
In other water related news, our goldfish has died - not that I am particularly concerned with that, let’s be honest they only cost $1.95 each or something.
But I want all the parents to spot what may be wrong in this sentence, when uttered to a highly sensitive and highly strung 3 year old. ‘Fish has died, it’s like he’s gone to sleep, but he won’t ever wake up’ - I am willing to be even some of the none parents can spot where things have gone wrong……
Oh great. Thanks to your fish related comments I have to go and write a whole different blog post to the one I had staretd to prepare…
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oh…the confusion of the toilet bowl! As it is it is difficult enough to get them to sit comfortably and do their business!!!
When i was young, for the longest time after watching the flush system work…I was very fearful that if I accidently press the flush while still seated, all my innards will also go down the system….and then what would become of me???
Fish story…..waiting to read both versions of the story!
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Well, Little miss sure is observant, and sensitive to change. My boys don’t bother: potty, toilet bowl, bathroom drain hole, anything goes. Maybe because they are boys.
I was starting to tell you our fish story…but I guess I’ll just post it on my site, so that you can have a look at our fishes. hahaha…
Cheers!
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Hi,
Just wondering… what other phobias does Little miss have before this toilet thingy? My little one is also going through a phobia…
I am surprised Little Miss was more concerned about the water in the bowl, or lack of.
When Caitlin flew, she was more worried about the noise the airplane toilet flushing makes… you know, that super sucker flush which vacuums everything in the bowl? She’d wince each time she knew I was about to flush, preparing but not wishing for that “horrible” noise…
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@Jlow - we didn’t even get to the sound the toilet made as it was declared a crime against humanity that there was no water and we had to leave the are straight away.
As for other phobias:
She hates taps being left on.
Cars driving past.
Our car being left idling.
She is afraid that the car battery will be flat in the morning
The list is endless - I can see the OCD from here