Pediophobia: (n) The fear of dolls.
Not pedophobia: the fear of children. Related, but different.
Tonight we took the girls to Target to pick out new baby dolls, their "reward" of choice for doing so well with "schoolwork" this year and doing so well at potty training. There were soooo many to choose from: babies that cooed and crawled, babies that drank and wet, babies that cried and giggled, twin babies that carried on conversations with each other. The girls had to push all the buttons and try them all out in order to make their choice. Suddenly I was in the aisle, surrounded by baby dolls, cooing and crawling and giggling and talking and crying. I started to sweat a little and I would have taken off running if it weren't for the responsibility to stay there and guard my own real children (whom I'm not scared of). I'm fine with a baby doll or two, but now I know that a room full of dolls is just flat SCARY. I might have nightmares tonight.
To save the day, both girls picked (without my encouraging them...much) itty bitty baby dolls which cost $3 each and make no noise. Aaaahhh...sleep in heavenly peace.
3 comments:
LOL. Clown dolls are super scary, too!
Funny! That would scare me, too. Kind of like going to my friends' (or sister's) homes where I start to panic & wonder if I'll ever be able to adjust to having children...and multiple children. Then I just breathe & remind myself that I will ease into one, then two, then however many more. (Hopefully, it's a gradual process anyway.) And the deep breathing on my way home helps, too. ;o)
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