Monsters in Room

Kids have been afraid of monsters since before tv was invented - it's just the human brain's way of embodying things we're afraid of but can't articulate.

We made Monster Repellant Spray for my daughter. A spray bottle from the dollar store, water, and lavendar essential oil. Sprayed under the bed, in the closet, across the windowsill and doorway to her room.

Been there. I told my daughter that it was past play time so if anyone or monster stopped by to play, tell them they have to go home and ask your Mom in the morning.

We also hung a dream catcher above her bed.

Have him watch the movie "Monsters Inc." That will make the monsters seem fun and he should stop being scared.

Good luck to you and yours.

We told DS that the monsters were there to protect us and look after the house. They come out when we are out of the house. Make the monsters your friends.

My son (will be 3 in June) went through a stretch of this a few months ago. Like you, we don't watch any TV or movies, etc. that has monsters. They just appeared all of a sudden!

I asked about it on here, too, and got a lot of "Monster Spray" replies. We tried that and it went okay, but the best thing that worked for us was using our dog training clicker. I would tell him that the monsters didn't like the clicker noise so I would "run" around his room clicking it saying "Time to leave monsters! It's bed time! Time to leave DS alone! We'll see you tomorrow!!" And that worked!! Eventually, the phase ended. Once in a while the "monsters" will come back and I just pull out the clicker and that is enough! :-)

We tried a night light, but for a while that seemed to make things worse because the extra light cast many more shadows on the walls that were creepier than the plain dark.

Good luck!! I feel for you! :-)

Similar to the Monster Spray, we used Monster Lotion. Got a plastic bottle, filled it with lotion, made a special label with a red circle around the words monsters and skeletons (because he was afraid of these, too) and put a big read line thought the words. It became known as the "No Monster, No Skeleton Lotion," and it worked beautifully.

Monster spray and "Dream coins".. Dream coins look like quarters to me and you, but when placed under his pillow all bad dreams and monsters stay away.

One time while changing our daughters bedding, I found a pile of coins under her pillow. I asked "why so may coins under there?".. she said "because she had a really, really bad dream.."

For bad dreams, my mom used to tell us, "if you will roll over to your other side, the bad dream will not come back.". Still works for me.

I would tell him there aren't any monsters but here's how we'll make sure you feel better. Walk around his room w/him yelling into the closet, under the bed, behind his dresser etc. "You're not welcome here. Good bye, we
don't need you. Go to a monster planet.". Then take a an empty spray bottle (or one w/water on light mist) & spray Monster Spray everwhere. Then dust your hands off & tell him "all done". End w/a hug!

You could try a night light to see if it works for you son OR a Dreamlight!

I think kids get the idea of monsters in part from imagination & in part
from seeing movie trailers.

Also, take a trip to the store & get him a small "moving" gift to "celebrate"
the move. It could be something new & cute for his room or a new backpack to take to daycare.

Also, for daycare put a picture of you and dad in a plastic sheath attached to his backpack by a keychain so he can look at while he's there & get some comfort. Tell him it's like you're there with him to keep im
company.

It's a lot of changes for a little one all at once.
Hope these ideas help.

When my little guy was around 3 and had a hard time sleeping, I remember going into his room and asking him why he wasn't asleep. He said something about being too excited remembering his day, or just not being tired or looking forward to something that was going to happen the next day. Then I said; " Oh, silly me, I forgot to give you your 'sleeping dust'. I'd lightly brush his eyelids closed 3 or 4 times, and sofly touch his cheeks and nose with my fingertips, like I was gently typing on his face, and let him know that now that he had sleeping dust, he'd drift off to sleep in no time, but ONLY if he kept his eyes closed.

This worked really well. Then one night, after he had called for me from his bedroom that he couldn't sleep and needed more sleeping dust, I let him know that it was he too had the power to administer sleeping dust and that if he brushed his face the way I did and kept his eyes shut that it would work.. I was still happy to get him started as I put him to bed, but if he needed a little extra, he could do it himself.

This also worked well.

Then came the 'monster' issue. The night I was first informed that sleeping dust was not working as well has he had hoped because there was a persistant monster that was trying to get into his dreams, I exclaimed 'silly me, I forgot to give you 'unicorn power''. Everyone one knows that monsters are afraid of unicorns, and unicorns can only do good, so if a monster starts bothering you, just call for the unicorn and it will scare the monster away. So, when he went to bed, I would brush his eyelids and tell him I'm give him 'sleeping dust WITH unicorn power'.

He's seven now and when I'm tucking him in I rarely say the phrase, but I can see that as soon as I brush his face, he's calm and not worried about a thing. He might not go to sleep right away (often he needs to read stories to his stuffed animals so that they can fall asleep too) but he doesn't have a worry to his name.

Hope this helps.

Keith.

When I was about 15, I babysat two children. The mom explained to me that they were afraid of monsters and had this "Monster-Go-Away Spray". She took the sticky shelf paper rolls and put it around an air freshener can and wrote "Monster-No-More" on it and made it look very legitimate. Upon bedtime, I was instructed to be sure each kid could spray the "Monster-No-More" spray in their rooms, to rid the area of said monsters. It worked like a charm! It's amazing the power of persuasion! :)