Little Fraidy-Cat

So I have a little fraidy-cat on my hands!

Hannah was scooting all over her room, playing with her toys while I was putting away her laundry. At some point, I had her closet door open, and she immediately made a b line towards the door. Since it's not quite baby-proofed, I shut the door before she could make it there. She was easily distracted, though, by the springy door stopper. I thought since most kids like to play with door stoppers, it would be fun to watch her discover it for the first time.

Well, she tugged pretty hard on it and pulled the white stopper off of the spring, and of course the stopper made a huge noise. She looked back at me and let out this little wail as if she were saying, "Momma, come save me!"

So I went and sat in the floor behind her to show her there was nothing scary about it. She stopped whining and just stared intently at it as if she were expecting it to make another sound. After a few minutes, I got up to finish putting away the laundry. She started whining again, so I tried coaxing her away from the door to come play with her ball. She really wanted to play with her ball, so she turned to her belly and began scooting towards it. But she stopped after one scoot, turned and stared at the door stopper and whined at it. I would call her again, she'd scoot once, then turn again to the stopper and whine. This happened five or six times before finally I went and stood in front of the stopper so she couldn't see it, and she eventually made it to her ball and forgot all about the scary door stopper. :)

The end.