To be a bit freaked out by DD2 saying this

[Tigrela]

Tonight when I was putting my 2 year old DD to bed she told me that 'the man was going to get her, she didn't want him to get her' when I asked why she was saying that she said, 'the man wants to snatch my nightdress off me, he wants to snatch the princesses off my nightdress' (she was wearing a princess nightdress). When I told DP he said that earlier today she kept talking about a man. DP works away usually and I am on maternity leave just now so she is with me all the time and never alone with anyone else but it's still freaked me out a bit though. Is this just the kind of random shite that 2 year old hit out with?

I know it sounds really stupid but I've been reading the ghost experiences thread and I think that's just got me a bit spooked 😂

There are a lot of very creepy things about Disney though.

My 2yo used to creep me out telling me about an old man who watched me all the time apparently, and once he told her 'the bodies are under the floor' which she related perfectly matter of factly. 'The man says the bodies are under the floor'...Luckily she just grew out of it!

It was defo my brother and it was really funny!

Yeah beauty and the beast isn't good for 2 year olds, maybe just stick to YouTube clips on the songs! It's actually really scary! No wonder she's saying this like that

Paw patrol! Regular eagle antagonists for Skye

It seems really stupid that I didn't even think of them being too scary. I'm really careful with TV as well in terms of time and content that isn't over-stimulating but certain things just don't come into my head sometimes. She once asked to watch something with dinosaurs in it and I stuck on Jurassic Park! That one got turned off swiftly though because as soon as a scary bit started I realised that it was too much. We don't generally watch much TV anyway but recently have been watching more than I would like as our house is on the market and DP works away so I've been putting it on while I tidy and clean for viewings. Will cut back again but also cut back to things that won't scare her.

It was my own mother who used to frighten me at bed-time. I don't know how old I would have been but definitely no older than 4 as I wasn't in school yet. As I was drifting off she'd not towards the wardrobe and say 'don't forget to watch out for Old Granny Grey Hips', put her finger to her lips and then leave the room. Sometimes it would be 'Here comes Janey With The 19 Teeth'.

Could it be something she has seen on a TV programme, a story or something her older siblings have said that she was misunderstood.

I think it is quite common.

My very sensible and level headed 8 year old is convinced he sees 3 men shining a torch on him during the night before walking out of the room.

My long ago two year old happened to see the Boxing Day tsunami on the news. For months after she was traumatised of being washed away. It really made an impression on her, and I will never forget it. It only takes a minute for something to take hold.

@Tigrela I think it's easy to forget how things come across to very small children.

Beauty and the Beast is one of my favourite Disney films but there are definitely quite a few dark scenes - the bits in the woods on the horse, Belle being locked up by a beast, Maurice being taken away to the asylum and the castle being invaded - that's a lot for a two year old!

Next time if she wants something with dinosaurs, try The Good Dinosaur on Disney.

I find it unbelievably tedious, but my DC love it.

My daughter was traumatised by sleeping beauty having her hair cut against her will. Huge fear someone would cut her hair without her permission for 10 plus years would sleep with her hair tucked into her hoodie

I think the wolves from Beauty and the Beast kick started my life long phobia of dogs (and wolves) 😅
But equally my sister watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer regularly at 6 and seemed unbothered 😅

Makes me laugh that people's first thought is that there is a ghost in the room rather than they have been watching unsuitable tv.

My 2 YO regularly wakes up and shouts “no eyes” while pointing at the wall, I hate it. I was alone one night with her and she had a similar night terror so I bought her in with me and then there was three knocks as if someone was knocking on the door. Checked the doorbell and no one was there.
I don’t tend to buy into supernatural stuff but it freaked the hell out of me

We've actually not watched any Paw Patrol yet. It's very hard to encourage him to watch anything that isn't to do with either sharks, or dinosaurs😄

Bambi.

Got back after an afternoon/early evening out to find DS (about 6) in floods of tears and wailing, and DH looking guilty. Turned out he had put Bambi on for DS and then wandered off to do something else, completely forgetting about the scene where the mummy deer dies.

DS is now 22 but still remembers that and still says Bambi should be an 18 cert.

My husband's mother 'banned' Bambi - he and his siblings weren't allowed to watch it throughout their entire childhood!

It doesn’t stop. 5yo DD1 woke up screaming last night utterly convinced that a grasshopper was coming to chop DH up. Had to have a long conversation about how grasshoppers really honestly aren’t strong enough to wield large sharp weapons.

So many Disney films, old and new, feature tales of parents dying or kids getting separated from their parents.

DS was completely fine with Moana age 2 (there's a mountainy monster for all of 2 minutes at the end, and a large cranky singing crab), but I rather regretted saying he could watch some of the 70s and 80s stuff. The Rescuers being particularly harrowing!

I remember lying in bed convinced my bedroom was haunted from about age 8/9. Never had an issue before that, in a different house.

I had bad dreams in the previous house though. I was taken to day care nursery (60 years ago) and it was under the sea and we were on alert for big fish. Sometimes my parents didn't collect me. Throughout my life if I have been having a difficult time, bad dreams have involved water.

There must be a message there.