Monsters

I think this is the typical age for monsters. I tell my kids that Elmo and Cookie Monsters are monsters and they are not scary and that sometimes works. We have also used a spray bottle with water in and it monsters away spray and it gets rid of monsters. We have caught monsters with a butterfly net and throw them outside and they can't come back (also worked for bad dreams too)

Good luck!

We told our kids that the reason we had a dog (cat or whatever you might have) was to keep away the monsters. A FEW times my son had the dog walk through his room to check it, but that was it. The dog was clueless so there was no reaction out of her. My son saw that she never changed her demeaner while in his room so assumed his room was totally safe.

The "Monster Spray" and even having the Sesame Street chat should also be helpful. Good luck!

Hi C.,
I just simply explained the difference between pretend and real. I used examples that a toddler could understand. When I was teacher I was very impressed with a preschooler that was in my class. He had a great sense of reality and understood what was real and what was not. I asked his mom and she told me that they just took a real no nonsense approach to teaching him the truth. I have a personal belief that children should be told the truth at a level that they can understand instead of making something up to play into their fears. It helps build trust between parent and child.
Best Regards,
C.

my son was afraid to go alone to the bathroom and to his bedroom because he said there was some kind of monsters ...i was reading this hope it helps you

Preschoolers are often afraid of monsters and other imaginary creatures, whereas older children are more afraid of being hurt by more realistic dangers, such as criminals or a natural disaster
Simply by assuring your child that a spray of "I'm Not Afraid Monster Spray " will make the scary things go away and then spraying where the child imagines the monsters to be (under the bed, in the closet, etc.) will help ward off your child's fear.

To be at its most effective your child needs to believe that monsters (or whatever their fear is) cannot enter the room once the spray has been
used. It acts as a protective shield,and barrier against anything scary
Show the "I'm Not Afraid" bottle to your child and explain that the special mist contained inside frightens all types of monsters away and that because bad monsters cannot stand the nice smell, just one spray is enough to keep them away all night

Here are some other tips:

1. Comfort your child with encouraging words.

2. Obtain a general description of the monster. Ask your child why he/she thinks there is a monster in the room. What is the monster doing? What does this monster look like? Is it a boy monster or a girl monster?

3. Believe what your child tells you. Of course, there's no monster in the room, but its presence is very real to your child.

4. Take down the "Monster Spray" and explain that your mother/father always kept a bottle or can of

Monster Spray" in the house when you were little and had monsters in your room, too. Let your child know that "Monster Spray" always works..

5. Go into the "scary place" and squirt "Monster Spray" under the bed, in the floor area of the closet, and around the windows.
Bring your child back into the room where you can perform a final inspection together. Check all areas where monsters had been hiding.

7. Encourage your child back into bed and remain with him/her for a few minutes. Maybe tell a quick story or sing the child's favorite song. If necessary, briefly lie down with your child until he/she is secure that all monsters, alligators and other scary

other scary things have vanished. (Or until he/she nods off to sleep.)

you can buy the i am not afraid spray at
http://monsterspray.us/testimonials.htm

i made mine with a little lavander oil concentrate diluted in water and i put it in a spray bottle

and put a sticker or something and tell your kid that is the iam not afraid spray

hope it helps for my son works very good

good luck

gracyy:)

I have a friend who makes "monster spray". She takes a bit of perfume and water and puts it in a spray bottle that she let her daughter decorate. Whenever her daughter sees a monster, they get the monster spray and spray it away. Have you let her watch Monsters inc? that is what helped me with our monster scare. The monsters turned friendly.

My 2 year old loves Monsters Inc. Maybe that would help??

Watch Monsters Inc. It cured both my son (who is now 4 1/2) and several of my friend's kiddos.

Also, use some Febreze to spray "monster spray" before going into the room. We used to have to do this every night before bed for months!!

C. - I also recommend the monster spray approach. We bought plain ole air freshener & told him it was monster spray. If he could smell it, that meant we'd sprayed. At 2, she's a little too young for "real" concepts - her little mind simply can't distinguish between real and imaginary and compartmentalize those things. So it's best to treat her fear as very real.

Another tip that we used then and now (because at 3 and a half, he still is pretty suspicious that monsters are real, though he doesn't have the terror with it anymore), is to ask him questions about the monster - what is his name? What are his mommy and daddy's name? Does he have a pet rabbit? Does he like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches or tuna fish? Things like that - they make him laugh and also make him think of the monster as a person just like him. Corny sounding I know, but I had read that advice somewhere and now it's wildly entertaining to make up stories about our monsters.

She may still be too young to really articulate to you how and why she thinks there are monsters, so don't stress about that, just find whatever "monster away" method works and use it. Her obsession and fear will lessen in time.

Good luck!

S.

My daughter went through this around that age too. We tried explaining in terms she could understand that monsters weren't real, but she refused to listen. She was convinced they were in her room. We told her no monster would dare come into our home where Daddy was because they were scared of Daddy and he would run them all away. Occasionally he'd have to walk through her room, or I would, to check, but she didn't get quite so hysterical about it after hearing that Daddy would scare the monsters away.