Does anyone have advice for mother w/child terrified of weather?

Question

I have a beutiful 5-year old daughter who is terrified of wind/rain/storms. I have tried everything I know of to help her. The fear consumes her at all times. She ask dozens times aday about what the weather is today. Her teacher has had to call me several times to pick her up from school. She vomits, has potty problems and will not sleep in her room if there is so much as a cloud in the sky. any advice would be appreciated.

she was never in a tornado or such. husband was in hospital and she had to spend alot of time with her nana. while there lightning struck her phone, it has been worse since then but I dont know how to make it better.

Answer 1

Poor thing! That is terrible. Do you have any idea why, did she see a movie or something that stuck with her? My son saw War of the Worlds and now he asks if the aliens are coming. I would try this, get some paper, cotton balls, glue, let your daughter glue then to the paper and tell her to draw lightning, rain, etc... Try telling her she can see different things in the clouds, puppy, cat, etc....
I am just trying to help I am not sure about her vomitting and having sleep problems, bless her heart. Good luck
THis could be a phase if anything, just try to make it fun for her and see if it helps

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Give it time. I have a 4 yr old foster child who is totally INFATUATED with the weather. He doesn't like rain / wind / hail / you name it. Our sirens went off here about 2 months ago, and he has been wanting nothing since but to watch the weather to see if a tornado is coming. I totally understand how you feel, but this is what we do...

Rain - means that God / baby Jesus is crying cause their is a little boy / girl who made him sad...that and the grass / flowers / trees...etc need the water to grow.

Thunder - Jesus is clapping his hands / the angels are bowling


Wind - Jesus is blowing bubbles...etc.

It took a while, but he is finally not asking (as much) to watch the weather.

Answer 4

the first thing I would do is sit your daughter down and tell her exactly what causes a rain storm. She might be associating the storm with her daddy's health problem. When I was little and I was scared of the storm, my dad told me to count the seconds between the flash of lighting and the sound of thunder. The longer it is between those two that means the farther away the storm is. But I would see her doctor, and good luck. poor little girl :(

Answer 5

I'm sorry, I don't know. It sounds awfully extreme, I wonder if it could be a phobia instead of just simply a fear. I think you should talk to your child's doctor about it and if he or she does not take you seriously, talk to a different doctor until you find someone who addresses your concerns. I think sometimes things like this are dismissed with advice like, talk to them about the weather, read them books, etc....this sounds a little more serious than that.
Especially with the vomiting and the potty problems. Talk to a doctor.

Answer 6

My advice to you is to get some books on the weather. Show her all the neat things that weather is about. Tell her that, that is God's way of making the grass grow. If she like a certain kind animal or insect tell her how the weather helps them to survive. I did this with my little boy and he didn't get over his fear but it helped him to understand. After that it was a little more tolerable for us. It took time but he knew that it would be over and that it would not hurt him. Also check what he is watching on tv my son would watch twister with my mom and that had to stop. Hope this helps and if you need more advice I am at

Answer 7

The fact that she is only 5 years old will make it even harder for you to help her. With a grown up, you could just explain how weather works. Trying to explain this to a 5 year old will be harder because children learn differently from adults.

Try to explain to her how the weather works with a nice story, like with animals and things like that. Is she afraid of the sounds? Is she afraid of the rain? Or what it can do to her?

Link weather to nature to her in a very obvious way. It's NATURAL! It's nature's way of equilibrating... not everyday will be shimmering sunlight but she can learn to like windy days and rain. I personally love strong winds, storms, and heavy showers. Love em!

Hre, try a few experiments with weather:

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/WxExperiments.htm

This is a nice article on about.com

http://weather.about.com/od/hurricane1/a/kidsandkatrina_2.htm

Good luck with that!

Answer 8

WOW! Never heard of this before. I don't know if you're religious or not but for me when my son was scared of thunderstorms I would tell him that God was bowling with his buddies the sound of thunder was just the pins falling down, and the lightning was when they would get a strike. Maybe you can tell her that when the wind blows God and his angels are blowing her kisses. Other than that you may need to seek medical help. Maybe hypnosis. Good luck!

Answer 9

My grandson has just the same phobia he is just 4 and is terrified of heavy rain and thunderstorms and every time he sees black clouds we have to reassure him it is not going to thunder ,and as we are having such freak wheather here in the uk at the moment it isnt always true,we just reassure him as my son who is now in his 30s used to throw up and sweat violently every time there was a thunder storm ,he was ok by the age of 6,just be there when you can and when she is at school like my grandson is now make them aware of this phobia but dont dwell on it,at school they told him thunder was elephants stamping around and the rain was the elephants squirting water out of there trunks .the school said there are a lot of children there like that.

Answer 10

My son (who just graduated high school :)) was afraid of anything that made noise (from birth), thunder, heavy rain, wind - trucks going past - anything. He'd make himself sick. I was accused of being an abusive parent!! Then I was told it was a form of anti social behavior that he'd outgrow. Then school problems started. Finally after much aggitation and fighting with the school system we found he had ADD (not as common in boys). I wouldn't worry too much right now - but watch her (as I'm sure you do). And do speak to a doctor and if you don't like their answer - find another one. I wish I had.