Wearing her "Brave Hat"

Little miss Kadence has been having a hard time separating from me and doing things she normally did without hesitation.  It all started a school when she began crying when I left her and not wanting to go in the first place.  She would wake up and ask if she had school and cry on and off all morning until she got to school where Miss Heather would have to take her from me bawling.  It was so odd since she had never done that at school and she has been going for 8 months now.  Once we figured out there was nothing major wrong, we started talking about facing her fear and being brave.  Unfortunately, it didn't really work.

The next week was swimming lessons and she started doing the same exact thing.  It was so frustrating to see her so upset and to try and get her to do the things she normally loved.  She had a well check up with the Pediatrician (will post blog soon) and I had a chance to visit with her about the new actions.  She seemed to think that it is just a phase and proceeded to tell Kadence that she needed to wear her "brave hat."  Something must have clicked in Kadence's head when she said that because it has worked!  Kadence has since then been good at school and was great at the dentist as well.  She is so funny about it.  She takes her pretend brave hat out of her pocket and puts it on her head before we leave.  Thank goodness for the brave hat.  I sure hope it is waterproof for swimming lessons tomorrow...