However, with this imagination and independence comes some interesting fears. She becomes extremely frightened by random things, such as the lamp in my parent's living room, or the sun when it comes through the front blinds. Our favorite, however, has been "the letter u". Let me tell you the story!
One afternoon, we were reading books in our bed, when Taylor suddenly panicked. She kept screaming "The letter u! The letter u!" and clinging to us as if her life were in danger! We were looking around and couldn't figure out what she was talking about. Finally, we looked out into the hallway, and noticed that our hall closet was open, and on the top shelf was a light bulb box that looked like this:
Apparently, this u-shaped symbol terrified her! We brought her over to see it, and she asked if she could touch it, and now she and "the letter u" are best friends. In fact, we have to open the closet before she goes to bed so that she can say goodnight to it! She also has become quite taken with the "shovel" that is next to "the letter u". She says goodnight to him, too!
We have also had quite a few tantrums at bedtime lately. She goes down fine, but then immediately gets out of her bed, goes to the top of the stairs, and screams at the top of her lungs any combination of the following phrases:
"I'm scared!"
"Dada/Mama, I'm crying here!"
"Just tell me what's wrong!!" (our favorite)
"I need you!"
Here is a picture of her, mid-tantrum, where she brought her stool to the top of the stairs, took off her shirt, and screamed:
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