My daughter loved balloons as a baby, she gets really excited chasing and squeezing balloons until the age of 2.1/2. My oldest, age 5 has been invited to a few birthday parties and I always bring my daughter along. She didn't mind the balloons until the bigger kids started popping them which scared the life out of her! She was crying, and refused to go back inside the room. I stayed outside and asked my husband to collect her so I can stay with my son inside. Anyway, since then she's been mentally scared. She refuse to go in McDonald or toy shops as there will be balloons. If we are in the same room with balloons, she will go petrified, shaky, clingy and fusses. I know this is not her fault but I find it very embarrassing as she cannot attend parties, leave quickly from people's houses if there are balloons, she clings on to me and wont relax around balloons. We tried to help her by leaving deflated balloons around the house which she doesn't mind and even pretend to blow one up herself. I even have 2 blown up balloons near the celling but she told us to take it down. We showed funny video clips and cartoon with balloons on 'you tube' which she likes. If there are balloons outdoor she likes them and even touch or stroke it. She hates balloons indoors. I really don't know what to do. We've seen the HV about this and suggested using the techniques I used already but it's not working! Has anyone has this 'ballon' problem?
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