Phobias

Julia is going through the fun stage of irrational phobias lately, and it is honestly starting to feel like she's afraid of everything. While she has always been a fearful child, she is definitely taking things to a whole new level lately. Her list of objects that she's currently terrified of includes, but is not limited to: anyone's pet (especially dogs and cats), insects/spiders of any sort, construction vehicles under operation, cars that happen to be driving in the parking lot we're walking in, motorcycles, helicopters, the cut on her knee, the water in the bathtub as it goes down the drain, Maleficent when she's standing in the fireplace on Sleeping Beauty, sweat (usually on Mommy or Daddy if we've gone running), and as of yesterday, her Easter egg after playing Chingity-Mingity. (Chingity-Mingity is a family tradition - a game we play on Easter in which each player has an Easter egg and the object of the game is to tap another player's egg without breaking one's own egg):


She did explain to me why she was afraid of her egg after losing the game: "Mama, I just didn't want to touch my egg, because I'm scared of my crack."