When your baby gets scared, make sure that you comfort him/her to reassure them that they are safe. If it was a loud jet flying over head, point at it and tell them what it is. Then say something like "shew, that jet is load! There are pleople flying around the world on there" with a smile. This way then they see or hear it again, they will know what it is, and since you are not scared it will help them to calm down.

Another common fear is the vacuum. If the first time you use this and your baby gets freaked out, turn it off and let them look at it, touch it, and just figure out that it is safe. Alex was a little scared of this at first, the vacuum is twice the size of him! So what I did was have him help me push the vacuum, and then when we were done, he inspected it to make sure that he was OK with it. Now it doesn't phase him one bit, he still wants to be a little helper! Let them learn from their fears!

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