Monsters

[Yorkiegirl]

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[Yorkiegirl]

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[bebby]

Hi Yorkiegirl, my ds had a bad time at night after watching Scooby Doo of all things! When I watched it with him I had to admit it was a bit scary, has she seen anything that could get her imagination going?

[Yorkiegirl]

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[phatcat]

yorkie - there was a really good thread on this a few months ago and it stuck in my mind for some reason - here it is

[bebby]

stumped for an answer then, best just to reassure her, put the lights on check there is nothing around. The only other thing I can tell you is that my dd used to say that there was a 'creature' in her room, I insisted that it was her imagination, she was 5 at the time, it turned out that we had a small field mouse and it had made its home at the back of her bed! I felt really guilty for not believing her, don't think this sounds the same in your case but I do think we should trust them when they tell us things. I got really cross with my dd and told her not to be stupid (bad mummy), there was a 'creature' all the time and I just didn't believe her . Lots of cuddles, reassurance, and treat her seriously whilst keeping an eye on anything that may be feeding her imagination. Good luck!

[MeanBean]

How about giving her a special bed time toy like a teddy and saying that monsters don't like teddies and don't come near any room that teddies are in? My two have got things they call snugglies, which protect them from the large violent bears which apparantly stalk the rest of the house (remarkably quietly, as they've escaped my attention). There's only one downside - they have to have the snugglies to sleep, so you can't afford to lose them, or all hell breaks loose.

[GeorginaA]

What helped us was to imbue one of ds1's toys with super monster fighting powers and also to give him the magic words "One... Two... Three .... BOO!" which is guaranteed to scare away any monster within a 100 mile radius. Could you perhaps purchase a new (small) cuddly toy that could possibly have this status?

Something else I seem to remember someone recommending was to make a big song and dance about rewarding their dh with a slab of chocolate for every monster he finds and tosses out of their child's room. Dh then wanders around the room looking in every drawer and under the bed etc, getting increasingly and melodramatically despondent that he can't find ANY monsters so won't earn any chocolate. Don't know if it works, but it's always appealed to my sense of humour/drama!

[mamerin]

When I was young I was convinced we had ghosts. Mum used to go round the house with db and myself and look in every cupboard etc to make sure there were none. Think the idea with your dh having to look for them and not finding them is very good as we all know that daddy is sooo brave and strong that monsters wouldn't dare to come near. Also a protective teddy. I was so convinced we had wolves in the house I was too scared to get out of bed and used to hide under the blankets. Remembering how scared I was as a child I have every sympathy with your dd.