The doctors are totally wrong, as you clearly know Pat. Not only do children
remember things very well from birth, they remember things from before birth
too (mostly chemicals (eg mother's smell and taste) and sounds). Some light
therapeutic playwork around deflection should see her right. You just need
to get her to associuate some really pleasant or interesting things with
tables to get those into the 'table' pattern in her mind. This kind of
phobia is very common. You have evidently done well with the paper phobia.
Stephen Rennie
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> Pamela not really.
> Here;s another brain teaser my great niece has three surgeries in the
> first week of her life and also spent the first two months in the
> hospital.
> Well come Christmas she was afraid of paper tearing noise and now has
> gotten phobic about tables. She is just coming up on a year. The doctors
> said she would never remember poooh pooh on them I say she does remember
> the three heart surgeries and is frigtened. She is doing better with the
> paper since she knows suprises are inside. The other could be a problem.
> Pat
>
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> Pat
>
> Do you know something Pat on my recent childcare course thats just
> how they train children.
> Rewards when you are good.
> Time out when behaving badly
> Like I said whats different
>
> I suppose I will have all the behaviour therapists on my back now
>
> Pamela and power
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