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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:46:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: we currently have a life size stormtrooper ballon floating in the house, I hate that fucking thing. I am also sad to admit I have seen just about every fucking episode of Curious George  Quote HistoryQuoted: we currently have a life size stormtrooper ballon floating in the house, I hate that fucking thing. I am also sad to admit I have seen just about every fucking episode of Curious George  |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:48:56 PM EDT
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my son is allergic to dogs  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My five year old son did this for a while, now my 95lb lab sleeps beside his bed every night and all is good in the world. Maybe something hypoallergenic like a poodle, a big tough poodle of course
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:50:58 PM EDT
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I like Curious George. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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we currently have a life size stormtrooper ballon floating in the house, I hate that fucking thing. I am also sad to admit I have seen just about every fucking episode of Curious George That's pretty good for a City Kid. I hate that smarmy son of a bitch. At least you haven't had to deal with Peppa yet. Although hearing your kid talk in a british accent is pretty funny. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:50:58 PM EDT
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A real relationship with the Lord. Tough at this age but get started.
And a dog. Get him a poodle if he is allergic. And I was once considers an expert on this subject. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:54:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe something hypoallergenic like a poodle, a big tough poodle of course Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: My five year old son did this for a while, now my 95lb lab sleeps beside his bed every night and all is good in the world. Maybe something hypoallergenic like a poodle, a big tough poodle of course |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:56:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A real relationship with the Lord. Tough at this age but get started. And a dog. Get him a poodle if he is allergic. And I was once considers an expert on this subject. edit I asked the allergist "what about a dog that's not really bad with allergies?" She yelled at me |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:58:03 PM EDT
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You know, it occurs to me that it sounds just a tad more like a separation anxiety that a fear of the dark.
edit: as to the dog thing, shih tsu, maltese, and a few others have "hair" not "fur" and are generally considered hypo-allergenic. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 4:59:25 PM EDT
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Our babysitter told my son she was going to church the next morning and my son said "church?" and looked at me like "What the fuck is that?" I don't think she caught on that he had no idea what a church is. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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A real relationship with the Lord. Tough at this age but get started. And a dog. Get him a poodle if he is allergic. And I was once considers an expert on this subject. You should tell him that he shouldn't be afraid of the dark, because if there was something in the dark and it killed him then it's all over and he'll feel and know nothing. *tips fedora* |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:12:20 PM EDT
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We just gave our boy, same age as yours, a harbor freight led flash light, showed how to use it, and told him to turn it on and shine it on anything scary at night. I think he's used it twice, and now turns off lights in the house claiming he "likes the dark."
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:19:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We just gave our boy, same age as yours, a harbor freight led flash light, showed how to use it, and told him to turn it on and shine it on anything scary at night. I think he's used it twice, and now turns off lights in the house claiming he "likes the dark." I will get him another one on the way home though, thanks |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:23:08 PM EDT
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It doesn't matter what he sees on TV.
Humans are engineered to be afraid of the dark, because that's when we used to get eaten and stuff. Do you ever see these ghost hunter shows looking for ghosts or bigfoot in the daytime? Of course not. Everything that scares us comes out at night. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:26:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It doesn't matter what he sees on TV. Humans are engineered to be afraid of the dark, because that's when we used to get eaten and stuff. Do you ever see these ghost hunter shows looking for ghosts or bigfoot in the daytime? Of course not. Everything that scares us comes out at night. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:40:53 PM EDT
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Every letter I ever got from the IRS or NY State Dept of Taxation arrived in daylight Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It doesn't matter what he sees on TV. Humans are engineered to be afraid of the dark, because that's when we used to get eaten and stuff. Do you ever see these ghost hunter shows looking for ghosts or bigfoot in the daytime? Of course not. Everything that scares us comes out at night. Don't pay and see if they come back during the day or night. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:45:42 PM EDT
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Fucking werewolfs, gave me a hell of a time when I was a little kid
I used to think they could climb up the side of the house. Buy him some night vision. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 5:51:45 PM EDT
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Quoted: My son has been old enough for awhile that he has a normal fear of the dark, I think pretty typical for a three year old. I think he is worse about it when either my wife or I am working late and only one parent is home. He's obviously much happier when everyone is home, who wouldn't be, but you have to do what you have to do in life. I'm very careful about what he sees on TV, really he doesn't watch any TV but we do let him watch some stuff on Netflix, mostly Curious George and Winnie the Pooh. He will stop watching shows that seem scary on his own. I've also sent a few books back to the library that someone else got out that I thought were a little too scary. So we are pretty careful about what he is exposed to. He's not having night terrors and it's no big deal really, just curious how other people deal with it. Last night I got up and went to the bathroom. I just walked to a downstairs bathroom completely in his line of sight, but he was watching Curious George on my ipad and gets way too engrossed in that stuff (grumble grumble but he was really well behaved yesterday all day). Anyway he must have noticed I was gone without realizing where I went and started running through the house yelling for me (of course while I am on the terlet as Archie Bunker would say). When I have told him I am going outside at night time to get the mail or get something out of a car left in the driveway he runs and gets one of his flashlights and shines it out the door on me to make sure I am safe  I did have him get his wiffle ball bat and his flashlight and had him come outside with me and told him to stand guard while I got something out of the car, he laughed and seemed to like that. I don't think my wife will go along with me taking him out and blowing some bear to giblets to instill confidence in him hard to find a god damn bear to blow to pieces around here anywayHave a 4yo who has a fear of the dark as well. It's gotten better. First I tell him that "I am the scariest thing in the house, monsters won't even come here because they are afraid of me" Then We just slowly darkened the room. Door open with Nightlight Nightlight Dimmer nightlight. I usually tell him that "If he keeps calling out I'll turn off the light" and that usually keeps him from protesting the darkened room (With dim light).... That's how I worked him down. Stop complaining about the dark or I'll make it darker ... little by little.Takes time, and will.... Don't let the wife turn on the light after you turn it off... then he'll just know he can get his way by getting her to do it |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:06:00 PM EDT
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We got my two and a half year old one of these. It lasts for about ten hours on a charge, and lights up when they tip it over. It's a night lite they can keep in bed with them.
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/philips-disney-minnie-mouse-softpal-portable-led-night-light/ID=prod6289433-product?ext=gooBaby_Kids_ampersand_Toys_PLA_Stuffed_Animals_ampersand_Plush_prod6289433_pla&adtype=pla&kpid=sku6244406&sst=2160f1d4-f17e-4b6d-a3e7-4e580464a578 
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:07:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We got my two and a half year old one of these. It lasts for about ten hours on a charge, and lights up when they tip it over. It's a night lite they can keep in bed with them. http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/philips-disney-minnie-mouse-softpal-portable-led-night-light/ID=prod6289433-product?ext=gooBaby_Kids_ampersand_Toys_PLA_Stuffed_Animals_ampersand_Plush_prod6289433_pla&adtype=pla&kpid=sku6244406&sst=2160f1d4-f17e-4b6d-a3e7-4e580464a578 http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/549457/450.jpg edit my son has this thing-it's a toy turtle and it shines like a nightlight. it projects star patterns upwards in various colors. I think one broke, not sure if he got tired of the second one or that broke too I did go buy a new night light this afternoon |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:09:34 PM EDT
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I slept with a night light until I was a older kid. Nothing wrong with it. I now can't sleep unless it's pitch black.
He'll grow out of it hopefully. I would tell him angels are watching. With angels watching he bad dark creatures can harm him. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:13:25 PM EDT
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The baby was sick so I took both kids to the doctor's office earlier this week. You have to go through two sets of doors. I held the door for one guy walking out. I guess he left and felt bad watching me manuever the two kids through the lobby so he ran back in to open the second set of doors for me.
The guy ran back in and past me to get the door, so I spun around to look at what the fuck was this guy doing running past me and it was like my son disappeared in a puff of smoke. I looked at that guy involuntarily for like two seconds, realized what was doing on and wtf no toddler? The doors were all glass I looked around and around, looked at the guy like "Does this fuck have my kid under his coat?" and started to charge out the door, thinking my son ran outside. When I started to run I stumbled. My son had seen the man charging inside and had run behind me and grabbed my legs. I actually told him once to do that when he gets scared. He was standing behind me the whole time. I was amazed at how fast a little kid could move. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:21:30 PM EDT
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I was still somewhat scared of the dark up until a few years ago.
Now I own that bitch 
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:33:57 PM EDT
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This is easy...
#1 
#2 Then a few nights in the closet to wrap it up 
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:34:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's not a terrible idea. They make cheap CCD ones that use IR LED's for illumination for kids. Seeing the room is the same lights on or off might help. http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Clops-Ultra-Vision-Goggles/dp/B007TG2POM Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: NODs It's not a terrible idea. They make cheap CCD ones that use IR LED's for illumination for kids. Seeing the room is the same lights on or off might help. http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Clops-Ultra-Vision-Goggles/dp/B007TG2POM
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:37:19 PM EDT
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NOT like this ...
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:38:08 PM EDT
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thanks edit my son has this thing-it's a toy turtle and it shines like a nightlight. it projects star patterns upwards in various colors. I think one broke, not sure if he got tired of the second one or that broke too I did go buy a new night light this afternoon Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We got my two and a half year old one of these. It lasts for about ten hours on a charge, and lights up when they tip it over. It's a night lite they can keep in bed with them. http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/philips-disney-minnie-mouse-softpal-portable-led-night-light/ID=prod6289433-product?ext=gooBaby_Kids_ampersand_Toys_PLA_Stuffed_Animals_ampersand_Plush_prod6289433_pla&adtype=pla&kpid=sku6244406&sst=2160f1d4-f17e-4b6d-a3e7-4e580464a578 http://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/549457/450.jpg edit my son has this thing-it's a toy turtle and it shines like a nightlight. it projects star patterns upwards in various colors. I think one broke, not sure if he got tired of the second one or that broke too I did go buy a new night light this afternoon My daughter has one of those as well (its a butterfly and plays music). The minnie nightlight is much brighter and was made for them to hang on to. They can also turn it back on if they wake up in the middle of the night just by tipping it. It worked well for us when we moved her to a different room. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:45:06 PM EDT
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Flashlight and/or night lights
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:45:58 PM EDT
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Give the kid NODs?
ETA: or are those banned in NY?
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Posted: 2/25/2016 6:58:51 PM EDT
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My brother and I were about 12 and 14 and our 2 cousins, maybe 6 and 8 came to visit. My brother had dressed up in white sheets with this mask thing we made. He hid in the back yard at night and I walked my cousins around the house, he jumped out and scared the crap out of them. I think they cried for and hour. Dad was not happy. They both turned into raging liberals.
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:01:40 PM EDT
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I would tell my little one, the monster under the bed fears me and she has nothing to worry about. She used to say you better hide monster my dad is coming. Kids are two much.
Now she is 9 and the other day we had a mouse in the house, and she told me not to worry that she could kill it. All while telling her mom the mouse fears her. Guess it worked then. That is awesome. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:04:07 PM EDT
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Buy your kid a pistol-grip LED spotlight. Tell him it's a monster gun.
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:04:36 PM EDT
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My father used to say that there is nothing out there that isn't more scared of you than you are of it. Then he would go make me water the cows late at night, after a while you just got used to it. My dad would take me coon hunting. As we would be listening to the hound figuring out the trail we would often snack on sweet corn. He would send me to get a few ears with out a light and when I would try to take them from the first row he would tell me to keep going, the corn is better a few rows in. One time I had to feed and water the hound and wouldn't go out in the dark without a gun. He handed me his 1903 Browning and a 12 gauge shell. 
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:11:19 PM EDT
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Maybe play a little Iron Maiden for him?
A.W.D. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:17:24 PM EDT
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Play this before bedtime. Might help.
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:19:59 PM EDT
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I was super afraid of the dark when I was little. Nothing my mom said or did helped, but my uncle fixed it for me when I stayed with him.
When he figured out I was scared of the dark, he said "Hey, let's fix that", and sat with me in the dark just having a conversation. He made it gradually darker until we couldn't see anything, but we sat there talking about stuff and he'd make me laugh. I was asleep before I knew it, and even tho once and a while I'd get freaked out after that, for the most part it was behind me. He was a good guy, a father when I didn't have one. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:26:05 PM EDT
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I was super afraid of the dark when I was little. Nothing my mom said or did helped, but my uncle fixed it for me when I stayed with him. When he figured out I was scared of the dark, he said "Hey, let's fix that", and sat with me in the dark just having a conversation. He made it gradually darker until we couldn't see anything, but we sat there talking about stuff and he'd make me laugh. I was asleep before I knew it, and even tho once and a while I'd get freaked out after that, for the most part it was behind me. He was a good guy, a father when I didn't have one. I used to be afraid of the dark because I saw on the news once some story about night-terrors and how they're caused by demons who come into your room at night and try to steal your soul. I got over my fear by talking to my brother about stuff when we were going to sleep. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:26:09 PM EDT
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Our babysitter told my son she was going to church the next morning and my son said "church?" and looked at me like "What the fuck is that?" I don't think she caught on that he had no idea what a church is. edit I asked the allergist "what about a dog that's not really bad with allergies?" She yelled at me
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A real relationship with the Lord. Tough at this age but get started. And a dog. Get him a poodle if he is allergic. And I was once considered an expert on this subject. edit I asked the allergist "what about a dog that's not really bad with allergies?" She yelled at me
I didn't say anything about church 
But trusting that your higher power has your back was the fastest way. Teach him to own the night and no nods. Start teaching him his Indian name of Bear that owns the night
Time to move from pray to predator. Make a fun game of it. Good luck OP. ETA. I would test him on one of the hypo allergenic dog breeds as everyone is different. I am considered an expert by some in that to. |
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Posted: 2/25/2016 7:33:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistorySOB that thing gave me nightmares as a kid.......scared the piss outta me. I was that way for awhile...longer'n I'd like to admit. I got over it when I started packing toy guns and convinced myself they'd work against stuff as well.... THe edginess didn't go away until I started leaving .45's and .357's in my headboards though
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