My son.........?
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Was there stairs at the previous house? I I am a child therapist and it seems normal that a two year old child might freak out for no reason after this big change. You have to make him feel safe by keeping his routine the same and being there for him as much as he needs you. I won't rule out the sixth sense thing though, only he will know what truly scares him.
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He is just scared...don't let him start freaking you out too!
He is probably just "out of place"
Moving is alot on a child.
6th sense, no....normal fears and feelings of a 2 year old, yes. Kids go through fears hearing the toilet flush, it doesn't mean they anything supernatural. It's normal, a new place, new stairs, I think I would be scared too =) I think your son is just hasn't yet adjusted to a new environment. Give it time, and he'll grow out of it.
Besides, I'm sure you'd notice any paranormal activity if there were any.
you are just freaking the hell out of us as well! walk up the stares with him or ask him what does he see up there or what is scaring him at the top of the stares.
Sometimes they just get freaked out at the thought of something being there. But kids are sensitive when it comes to the spiritual. Talk to him try to see if he tells you in any way or give you a clue to what he is so scared of.
Be scared if you ask, "What are you looking at?" and his reply is, " I see Dead People."my dog sits on the end of my bed in the middle of the night and growls at my closet for hours on end. it doesn't mean anything. he's probably just adjusting. give him time. A new home, quiet an adjustment for even your 2 year old. I would say that maybe he had a bad dream or maybe he is afraid of heights. He is a child. Have you tried asking him why he is doing it? Do you hear/see/scared/high up/etc...
I think that your son might have a problem to help fix this problem you should go to the doctors. To make him feel safer you should go up to the top of the stairs turn on a light and show him that there is nothing there (unles u r scared yourself) or always leave the light on by the stairs.
moving is very hard on children. and you have to remember that children are VERY smart no matter what their age. this might be his way of letting you know that he's not happy w/ the move yet, or he feels that you somehow 'abandoned' his needs by moving - not that you did!!!!!he's just feeling confused and is trying to get attn from you - remember that he needs more attention now than usually until he gets used to his new environment.
if this goes on for a long time - cpl of mths - talk to his pediatrician or even a child psychiatrist. if he's in daycare or preschool talk to his teachers and ask if he's acting odd there too.
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degree in early childhood education
Its normal He will get use to the new house is this a previous own home, or is it a brand new home? is he scare at heights? maybe is surprise to have a big home? may is surprise to the steep of the stairs? maybe he felt from a stairs without you notice and might be scare to fall again? have you or your husband have practice any type of devil things like read of the palm of your hand, or something of that nature.....? cause it could be a demon molesting your kid or something...? why don't you talk to the kid maybe he can point or show you something he sees or detects.
i think he's not use to the house yet even he's young he could feel the changes
Youre in a new environment, chances are he has started creating little memories and they have probably only involved one place. Plus, if he is around other kids, or in a day care he's old enough to maybe have over heard somethng from other kids about the upstairs being scary.Its the part of the house that feels the most separated from you and the living areas. Theres these taller than life stairs that are like climbing a mountain and once he gets up there he might feel that he's so far away and in such a forgien environment.
I have lived in a few houses with stairs, either to the upstairs or into a basement. and in all those houses i have taken care of small children, and there never fails to be one or two (either as old or even up to 5-6) who have been afraid of the stairs, or the rooms beyond them.
I also have a wicked memory and can remember being two, we lived in a house with an upstairs. we rented it and were not allowed to go up the stairs into that part of the house, even though the steps were in our living room. i was always terrified of them, since i had no idea what sort of things were up there while i was not.
I think its a totally normal thing, esspecially at that age. I could encourage him to come up often with you, and spend time playing up there with him so he can build some good memories and experiences up there. Eventually he will grow out of it.
Two year old is the time children realize there parents are not part of them (separation anxiety) and so they often develop fears, some rational, some not. As far as a sixth sense, I doubt it, but hey anything is possible. Were there stairs in your old house? Does he have trouble navigating the stairs? Does he get migraine headaches? Are his powerful jaw muscles fighting the natural tendency of his head to grow as he matures? (ask the pediatrician about the head-size correlation to early childhood neurological disorders.) Is there something about the lights, or the pattern of the lights? Has the boy ever had a seizure of any kind, even a brief, nonviolent one? The subdivision is new, so there can't have been anything there before that the boy is sensing. Even increased sensation or heightened perceptivity in one are may be an indicator of something unusual. I wish I could be of more specific help, and I hope this doesn't alarm you. Be sure to talk to the pediatrician. Good luck!
two options...one he could just be scared of the new place and the height of the stairs...the second... kids can see a sixth sense...my niece she's way older than your son,she is 7 years old and when we go to her house, sometimes just out of no where she'll say who's that man or lady standing out side and when we go look,guess what...there's nothing and she Say's that every time she See's that man he's just smiling at her... so is that a coincidence or is she just making it up...never ignore what's not there.
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i have experinced it.
He's only 6 months old so imagine how th top of a stair case might look.
Your baby is getting better at spotting very small items and tracking moving objects. He may even be able to recognize something after seeing only part of it. This is evidence of his budding understanding of object permanence (knowing that things exist even when he can't see them at the moment), which is why he loves to play peekaboo. He can probably distinguish between similar bold colors and will start working on more subtle differences in pastels.
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http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/baby/babydevelopment/6508.html?binky=MSNFAM:EDI:ART&refid=msnfam
At 2, children develop an imagination. There is nothing at the top of the stairs, but he thinks that there is. Also, moving is a big change on a little one. Give him some time and lots of TLC.
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BS Child Development, my own 2 year old and his fears
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