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<blockquote data-quote="Hopeforbetterdays" data-source="post: 133894" data-attributes="member: 4790"><p>Thanks for all the responses. My son is 5 years old. He has always been very terrified of costumes and characters. Even if someone just had their face painted he still freaks out. We have no pictures of him with Santa, The Easter Bunny, or anything. We don't do Halloween either because he doesn't even like the other children dressed up. I tried one year to dress him and his brother (who is 3) up as vampires and paint their faces. It just didn't work. I think I will just let him move at his own pace with some attempt to get him to dress as a super hero or something and see if we can get him to slowly to understand that this is fun and their is nothing to be afraid of.</p><p> </p><p>I agree a month is a long time for him to get over it but he still talks about the Curious George that was at his school and that was last Halloween. He just doesn't forget anything like that for a while</p><p> </p><p>We are planning over the summer to try to visit a police station and a fire hall to see them dressed in their uniforms and see how he react to someone dressed up but their face isn't. Wish us luck.</p><p> </p><p>I feel somewhat better now. Everything just seems so overwhelming when it hits all at one time. It just seems like there is never a dull moment with my little boy. A dull moment would be welcomed occassionally. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hopeforbetterdays, post: 133894, member: 4790"] Thanks for all the responses. My son is 5 years old. He has always been very terrified of costumes and characters. Even if someone just had their face painted he still freaks out. We have no pictures of him with Santa, The Easter Bunny, or anything. We don't do Halloween either because he doesn't even like the other children dressed up. I tried one year to dress him and his brother (who is 3) up as vampires and paint their faces. It just didn't work. I think I will just let him move at his own pace with some attempt to get him to dress as a super hero or something and see if we can get him to slowly to understand that this is fun and their is nothing to be afraid of. I agree a month is a long time for him to get over it but he still talks about the Curious George that was at his school and that was last Halloween. He just doesn't forget anything like that for a while We are planning over the summer to try to visit a police station and a fire hall to see them dressed in their uniforms and see how he react to someone dressed up but their face isn't. Wish us luck. I feel somewhat better now. Everything just seems so overwhelming when it hits all at one time. It just seems like there is never a dull moment with my little boy. A dull moment would be welcomed occassionally. :happy2: [/QUOTE]
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