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Originally Posted by Wallee  I know many people who have frightened animals in the thunderstorms. 2 of my 4 cats hide under beds. When I first got Wallee we were entering thunder storm season. We have a covered balcony on the front of our house so we mae sure we took him out there during the thunder and played with his toys. He was stil only 14 weeks or so so was so wrapped up in the toys that he never really noticed. I am thankful now as we had a very big storm the other night and the loud thunder woke me. I looked down on the floor at Wallee an he was laying upside down sleeping away oblivious to what was going on outside. I remember my parents always doing stuff like this with my siblings and I when I was little and practiced this with my own kids and thank goodness never had any of them wake during storms nor be afraid of them. |
You know we did much the same thing with our kids. I remember being so afraid of thunder storms as a kid that I decided I did not want my kids to go through that. I would make a big fuss when a storm came but I would tell them how beautiful the lighting was and we had a game of counting to see how far the lighting strike was. It was all a good time and games when we had storms. I remember my kids thinking their little friends were a little strange when they would act afraid during a storm! In my kids minds storm times were fun times. It's worked well with Gracie, too.
I have to add that we do not live in an area that is tornado prone so we can have a different outlook.