Anyone else have a baby afraid of thunder?

Question

My daughter is terrified of thunder. When it is thundering she screams and it is hard to calm her down. Of course there is a storm right now, during nap time, so she won't get her nap in today and will be terribly grouchy the rest of the day.

Anyways, if you have a child that is afraid of thunder what do you do to try to calm them down?

Answer 1

My 13 month daughter goes into a fit when there is a thrunder storm. It's called astrophobia. My daughter will panic, scream and break out into hives. We put a very loud fan right next to her and turn on every light in the house, even have tv's turned up loud and she still hears thunder that we can't. It's very sad because she is otherwise the happiest baby around.