My DD (6) is quite a sensitive little thing. She is going through a phase of being scared of ‘baddies’ at night and has a particular fear of robbers breaking into the house. She has soft lights on, plenty of things to cuddle, door open etc. Sometimes I sit near her door for ten minutes or so to reassure her but last night I had to lie in her bed holding her hand until she fell asleep (two hours after she had gone to bed).
I going to try playing an audiobook to her tonight when it’s time for me to leave her room. Any suggestions of books that might help take her mind off her fears, without scaring her any further? She is fine with comedy baddies/naughtiness but any hint of a proper villain scares her (often have to subtly modify bits of books we are reading together for this reason!). Any suggestions appreciated!