It happened in one night! Hubby and I put him to bed as usually and after about an hour he started to cry saying he saw "something standing by his bed, then swooped under his covers:)" Since then, he doesn't even like to play in his room during the day without mommy or daddy to be in there with him! He will turn four in one month. How can I help get over his fear!
Some other info is we recently found out we are expecting our second:) Do you think this is a way for attention? Like he's trying to show us he's not as much of a big boy as we think he is and he is still a baby? I don't know! I don't want my baby to scared of his room! We never had a problem until now!
2006-11-09 02:55:11 · 10 answers · asked by Dolphin 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
workingclasshero- That is really cute:) We might try that one:) He has a lamp that we leave on and I've always left the door open for him. I'll try the other ideas- hopefully something is bound to work!
2006-11-09 03:10:56 · update #1
Do what my parents did. Does his bed have a headboard with a flat surface? My parents stuck decals on my headboard and told me they would protect me from the bad things when I was really little. I totally believed them. It got me to leave them alone and sleep in my bed peacefully. Maybe you can do something like this or come up with something else (a special new toy soldier or something?).
2006-11-09 02:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by SNK 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My daughter started to be afraid of the dark and the monsters at about that age. We told her that nothing bad would ever happen because her Teddy Bear protects her when she sleeps. We'd even pretend that the Bear could talk. She's 10 now and still likes to "talk" w/ the bear. And if you think Bears are powerful, well, Stuffed Bunnies are fantastic at keeping monsters away. Monsters Hate Bears & Bunnies - there'd be a Bunny posted at the closet door and under the bed, Teddy Bears at their posts on the bed. We were ready for monster warfare w/ all those stuffed animals that served no other purpose but to collect dust.
2006-11-09 03:07:51 · answer #2 · answered by workingclasshero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand that it is perfectly normal for toddlers around 2 to 3 to get scared of the dark. It can happen suddenly and perhaps you should encourage him with a small night light, an open door, or a light on the landing. Treat his fears as real, but tell him there is nothing to worry about. The very best of luck. Cheers - Chris.
2006-11-09 02:58:56 · answer #3 · answered by Brian_Jacobs 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We had the same problem and we did two things that has helped us tremendously. First we bought a small lamp that has like a 6 watt bulb in it. We put it on his book shelf and every night he turns is on as we put him to bed. The other thing we did was, we bought some air freshener and with out his knowing, we put our own label on it. We call it bad dream and monster spray. Every night we spray his room and outside of his window and he is sleeping through the night in his room.
He knows that with the light on and the room and window sprayed, nothing bad can happen to him. LOL
2006-11-09 03:07:53 · answer #4 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is an older horror movie (early 80's) called "Poltergeist" in which ghosts come out of a TV and kidnap a little girl. Pretty creepy stuff from a 4yo perspective. It sounds like she either saw part of this movie or heard someone talking about it. Just move the out of her room. That should solve the issue.
2016-05-22 00:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Emely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We went through that with every one of our kids. This is what I did. I got a little sack, dusted it with perfume lightly and brought it to the room, saying it was "monster dust." I then took this empty sack of magical monster dust and sprinkled it liberally all over the room and anywhere that there were monsters. Since monsters run away from monster dust, they could no longer even cross the threshold of the room. Just to be sure, we also dusted the front door and around all windows.
And voila! No more monsters!
2006-11-09 02:59:00 · answer #6 · answered by meoorr 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't take what your son said lightly. He believes he seen someone by his bed and I hope you told him you also 'believe' him. It's important that he knows this. If he needs to sleep with you for a bit, so be it...But make it in his bed. I mean to say, lay with him til he falls asleep for awhile. Assuring him that even if he did see someone, or something, there's nothing to be afraid of. Talk about imagination to him. And how dreams work...Then maybe he'll understand that he probably was dreaming.
Poor little guy....Like I said, try not to take this lightly,or he'll be afraid of the dark for a very long time...
Good luck! !
2006-11-09 03:24:21 · answer #7 · answered by Sweetea 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know children can and do see thier sprit gides, ask him about what he saw and tell not to be afraid,if that doesn't work ask him if he would like the light on, if that would show him nothing is going to hurt him. have him pick out a night light that he likes and is proud of. it will take time but he will get to where hes not scared any more.
2006-11-09 03:13:01 · answer #8 · answered by mommy2 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had the same problem with my little girl so one night as soon as she started screaming "daddy" ran in and sayd "ROAR" and turned on the light as he was saying it and then explained that he scared the monsters away and they wont come back when it was light we let her pick out a nightlight and now she sleeps everynight and still about 3 months later giggles when she tells everyone about how "daddy" scared the monsters in her room
2006-11-09 04:46:55 · answer #9 · answered by hedley_20 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
now is the time for you to let him know there is nothing to be afraid of and you need to go get night lights for his room and make sure that his closet door is shut and hell be fine but there are so many diffrent kinds of nightlights you can get and youll see a change good luck
2006-11-09 03:01:25 · answer #10 · answered by lovely_lightskin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋