Toddler won't stop screaming about nightmare - please help!!!

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My daughter is 2 and a half. Last night she had a nightmare as she woke screaming and shaking, she briefly said it was about a monster but when I ask her other questions she just replies 'I don't know'. I comforted her when she woke but all day she has been having random bouts of screaming. For example, when I go to the toilet or even out of the room she screams the house down and says 'no, no. Please, mummy'. And keeps asking me to save her from this monster. She hasn't been herself all day. I've tried to reassure her as much as possible but I'm out of ideas. She's even had a nap and woke up screaming from that too. Any thoughts and help I would be really grateful for, thank you :(

Has she got a temperature coming?
Can you make a game of getting rid of the monster by putting him the dustbin?
My son suffers from night terrors. He knows nothing of them the next day though. He also wakes most nights at the moment and next morning can only remember little bits of coming into me.

Is she over tired?

My dd who is 6 messes about alot in the evenings and its usual for her to still be awake gone 9.30pm.

However when she does this too many times she starts to have nightmares. When i read up on it, the main cause for nightmares is lack of sleep.

Do you have an empty spray bottle around? Put some water and maybe a few drops of scented oil or conditioner in it, and a label that says monster spray on the outside. Tell her it will keep them away. It's only water so she can spray it as much as she likes, go up with her before bed and spray it around, into wardrobes, under the bed etc. Give her back a feeling of control over her space and helps her feel safe.

@MrsRubyMonday - that's exactly what I was going to suggest! Worked a treat for DS when he became really scared of monsters after MIL read him a bedtime story about some . I made the sprayer and put it in with the shopping so DS thought it was the real deal. No monsters since.