toddlers and monsters
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Topic: toddlers and monsters
Posted By: Kazzle
Subject: toddlers and monsters
Date Posted: 17 April 2009 at 7:36am
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last night was horrible, miss 3 woke up about 9.30pm and came out of her room screaming and shaking, telling us that a monster was trying to get her.
we calmed her down went to take her back to her room and she started crying and shaking and clinging to daddy and even though we turned on the lights, checked the wardrobe, beside the bed, under the bed, and all the draws she just wouldnt settle, we even put a night light in her room and she fell asleep but as soon as we moved from the bed (she was gripping our hands tightly) she woke up....she ended up sleeping in the my bed with me last night while hubby slept in her room, but man what a night she tossed and turned, yelled out about monsters. (apart from the fact we have no idea where she has picked up about monsters), i dont know how to handle this, im not looking forward to tonight.....any suggestions/ideas would be great ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 17 April 2009 at 7:48am
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I'm unable to offer any suggestions I'm afraid. Just sympathy. Michaela has asked for me to leave the light on the past 2 nights (she's always gone to sleep in a darkened room without a light) and she won't go into any rooms or into hallway if it's dark because she says they're "spooky". Like you I have no idea where this has come from but I'm going to buy her a night light this week as I don't want to leave the lamp on all night and I'm hoping a night light is going to prevent the recent 4am visits to our bed. Have you thought about letting Rhiannon watch Monsters Inc or something similar where the monsters are nice? You might want to watch it yourself first though as IMO Randall is a bit scary. -------------  
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 17 April 2009 at 8:33am
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ive seen monsters inc and think that will be a great idea...thanks jo ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 21 April 2009 at 9:55am
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Hows miss 3 Kazzle?? -------------   
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 6:42pm
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when sarah started this she was about 3 i think so we got a little spray bottle & filled it up with some lavender water and gave her some glittlr then we walked around her room and sprayed the " no monster potion" all around the room and under the bed & in the wardrobe etc then sprinkled the "fairy dust" around, while singing "monsters monsters go away dont ever come back any day" we told her the monsters etc dont like the smell of the potion so they stay away as if they smell it it makes them die and that the fairy dust will make the fairys come and look after her, she made us spray every room in the house for a few days, but it worked :) ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 7:34pm
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We have had Leah waking screaming and being hysterical almost every night since December.......don't know why or what started it but she has to sleep clinging to me in our bed most nights. She was only just 2 when it started and she has never said anything about monsters but now also wants the night light on all night and her door open as well. The last 2 nights she has woken but i've been able to calm her and shes gone back to sleep in her own bed and slept through till morning so we are hoping that maybe we are coming to the end of it now. We let her come in with us as she is so upset to make her stay in her own bed by herslf seems mean and cruel, but I know others who have told me to make her stay in her own room and get over it....we just couldn't do that to her, and yes we have to deal with her wanting to sleep in our bed but its what works for us. We had a phase of this where we couldn't even get her to go into her room and the only way she would go to sleep was either falling asleep while having her bedtime bottle or one of us sitting in her room with her till she fell aslepp, but that wasn't for very long and she is now happy to go to bed and fall sleep by herself again, it just the waking during the night we have to deal with. Some nights its 8.30 and others its 3.30 or anytime in between, there doesn't seem to be a pattern to it. The only thing is that she dropped her day sleeps at the same time it started happening. Once she is in with us she generally goes to sleep and stays asleep as long as she is holding me, but occasionally she starts kicking out and crying in her sleep to get away. Sorry for the novel, and I hope you get it sorted a lot easier than we have had it! -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 8:31pm
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we have told her that no monsters can get in the house and that the fairies are looking after her (into fairies in a big way), and we have put a night light in her room as well, and she is sleeping through again ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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