Hello all.
I have 18 month old son. I recenlty moved from pakistan to canada and ever since my move i ve been noticing my son is extremely scared.
The lightest of sounds (fridge tripping, door opening, phone ringing) startles him. He is old enough to understand what the sound is of but he just gets scared to a point he stops his play n just clings to an adult at the sound. Yesterday my nephew opened the door to enter the house n he got scared to a point that he started crying.
He is not iust scared of sounds. He is scared of other things too. He usually points at corners or in space n gets all scared n clings to me but i never see anything in the direction he points at. I sumtyms recite ayat al kursi n blow in thatdirection n at him. He calms down.
Last night at around 3 am he woke up screaming and tried to make a run n banged his head in the wall. I dont know if they dream at this age or he was scared of sth before falling asleep. He was clinging to me just before going to bed as if sth was scaring me but there was nothing there.
I live with my parents currenlty and its always a full house MA so he is never alone. In pakistan i was in joint family and i never left him with anyone other than my husband or an adult who i could trust and that too rarely ..once or twice. So i really dont know how he has developed this fear.
Can you guys advise?