Not afraid of anything.....?

Question

My 21 month old is a tiny thing, yet she isn't scared of ANYTHING or ANYONE!! Well, I take that back, the vacumm scares her SLIGHTLY, she has gone as far and touching it while it is RUNNING. Before she would burst into tears unless I was holding her, which meant only daddy could vacumm.

But now she isn't afraid of ANYTHING or ANYONE, is this NORMAL???

Thanks,
Belinda

It isn't that I WANT her to be afraid of things, but I remember my sister being scared of everything from bugs to the dark at this age and my daughter is a dare devil.

Example, the other day she climbs into my bed and takes the pillows to the living room. She lays them out on the floor between the couch and a HUGE beanbag chair in the living room about three feet apart. Wondering what she is doing, daddy (my fiance, her daddy) tells me to leave her alone. The whole time she ignores us laughing at her serousness(spelling?). When she was done carrying the four pillows to the living room she climbs on the couch and leaps for the beanbag chair!! She misses and lands on the pillows, I run to make sure she is fine. SHE IS LAUGHING, laughing so hard that WE starting laughing and my fiance falls out of the computer chair. When she proceeds to try again, I try to stop her and daddy tell me to leave her alone and let her do what she wants.

Knock on wood, the worse she has had so far was a small bump on the forehead and a nice (and I do mean yucky looking) scrape to the knee.

She is a bright little girl for her age, at least she used the pillows. One day we forgot to put up the side to her crib, walked away for 10 min to get her a cup of water and in that times she throws her stuffed animals, pillows, and blankets out of the crib and proceeds to climb out. The ONLY time she has succeeded in climbing out of the crib (so far, knock on wood).

LOL!

Then again her daddy DID fall off a 15 foot slide in the first grade and broke both arms and then three days later proceeded to ride his bike!! LOL!

Answer 1

22 years later and I still am not afraid of anything, I'm not normal but your child is. Just kidding about me but your little girl is just fine. A lot of children go through this and outgrow. Most will use Mom and or Dad as a point of strength though. If she comes to you every now and then it is normal for her to be fearless. She makes sure you are there and then braves the rest of the world because she knows mom is there to protect her. It's really quite beautiful in a way.

Answer 2

My son is exactly the same and is 13 months. Even the vacuum story. He could care less now. Even during Halloween when stores had scary things up. He walks right up to and touches it and when it talks or moves, he doesn't care. At first I was concerned but think about it would you want a child that will cry all day being afraid, holding on to you or a child that likes to have fun? I take it as a blessing and I enjoy his curiosity and enthusiasm and let him explorer as much as he can. It will be a time when she will be afraid and you will be right there to help her and she will get over it and move on. Enjoy this is normal. Just watch her because since they aren't scared they will do ANYTHING whether dangerous or not.

Answer 3

Yes its normal. Children that young cannot understand reason. That's why its called the terrible 2's and also why so many accidents happen to toddlers. You really need to watch her and always keep her close in public. Just by saying stop wont work on a wilful child that young. But don't worry they will outgrow it at around 3 1/2 when they become a bit more fearful of things. Good luck.

Answer 4

My son's been a daredevil since he was born. He was climbing the big slides before he could even walk. He's willing to try anything!

I even took him in the haunted house for Halloween and he talks about the "scary house" a lot.

He has 2 chipped teeth from running like 2 days after he started walking

Answer 5

All I can say is make sure you always have GOOD medical insurance. I was like that & low & behold, my daughter is JUST like me. Scares the livin' bejesus right outta me. We went to the lake, out on the dock. All the kids had on life jackets before we even got within 100yds of it, we step onto the dock & hear a splash. My daughter has jumped into a murky lake, NEVER having swam by herslef before & just comes bobbing right back up with a big ol "Hi Mommy !!!!" I about s**t purple bricks with pink inners. She's never stopped. We've been to the ER twice for xrays & stitches. And those times were just simple events where she was standing in front of us & fell. All I can say is I really feel for ya, & best of luck, just try to keep your little evel kenival safe !!!!!!!

Answer 6

Don't worry...just know that you will worry about this one! My 5 year old has never been afraid of ANYTHING....she loves to try things, and yes we have already had stitches 2 times! Let them explore...as long as they are not going to get hurt too badly. Just know that there will be alot of bruises and cuts and yes...possibly stitches, but it is good for them to experience things. Don't feel bad though...mine is 5 and is ready to go sky diving! Also, mu daugher has no fear of people either. Teaching her about strangers is very difficult. She always tells me "I met them...they are not a stranger anymore"...so just keep a close eye on her...and make sure you constantly tell her what strangers are!

Answer 7

Considering the fact that until about 2-2 1/2, babies know absolutely no fear of anything. They are interested and curious of new things. It's really nothing to worry about, you just have to be a tad bit more careful of what your baby is around or what they are doing

Answer 8

my son is the daredevil and I'm just waiting on his broken bones to begin. At 2 he was doing the monkey bars and climbs anything. Some forms of Autism or ADHD is fearlessness but I wouldn't worry about it. The first time she gets seriously hurt she might rethink what she is doing!

Answer 9

yea mine too! and its funy cuz some of the strangest things scare kids, but then like you said things like people she isnt scared of.

my son hates the garage door going up... go figure. but he says hi to EVERYONE, ANYWHERE, i find its a fine line, I mean you want them to be friendly and all yet at the same time have a bit of fear in strangers so they are not too trusting and get hurt.

I think it is a normal phase they go tru and grow thru, at least I hope it is.

good luck

Answer 10

I was always like that too. I don't know how I'm still alive. My husband says I'm freakin' crazy, but I sure make him laugh a lot. I wouldn't worry as long as they are not deliberately putting themselves in danger. I've had 5. 2 of them are crazy too, but they're still alive, and not in jail.