Help! 28 Mo Old Scared to Sleep in His Room After Multiple Nights of T-storms

Try getting him a stuff animal that "protects kids from storms." Pick something snuggly he can sleep with and tell him it will help the storms be less scary. At our house, Pooh Bear has been "guarding" our son at sleep times for several years... and it works.

You might also try sleeping in his room for a night or two. It will make the transition back easier. You can give him little rewards for staying in his bed while you are there (stickers, etc.) and slightly bigger prizes for staying in there alone.

Good luck! He will grow out of this eventually, but I know it seems rough right now!

I know this might sound crazy, but do you have another room that you could tempary use or use permantely to move him too, until he gets over the scared feeling. It seems to me that he has associated his room to be the scary room. He is too litlle to realize that the t-storms is an outside source. If you move him to another room tell him that nothing is going to happen to him in that room that he is safe.My grandbaby is 1. When we take her to see her doctor and she sees that room or that white coat they wear she starts to cry. They remember.

Why not let him sleep with you? It makes him feel safe. Maybe put a little bed in your room for him to sleep on. Lots of people co-sleep with the kids and have happy, healthy, well adjusted kids.

Is there anything you can add that would maybe make the bed more appealing to him again and help him get over his fears? Like a CD player playing soft music or a flashlight he can take to bed?

What if you tought him what thunder and lightning were and got him a noise machine for his room
Would it be terrible if there was a mattress on the bedroom floor for him to sleep on as opposed to being in your bed