Hey Ma,
My boys had them,
I suggest watching his diet, make sure he isn't eating anything sugary, or caffinated, or with preservatives.
Before bed, go into his room look around and see if there are any dark spots.
Take out the big pile of toys, Dirty clothes pile, and anything that could look or morph into a monster.
Anywhere a monster could hide.
Look under his bed, if its empty PUT a couple of big clear boxes. LET HIM SEE them under there. ( these are monster blockers)
Buy or make a dreamcatcher. to catch
bad dream and take off his socks.
Put a night light in the hallway. and in his room on the wall opposite of his bed in the darkest corner.
Close the closet door. make sure nothing is sticking out, and that the door isn't ajar.
and leave his bedroom door WIDE OPEN
in his room put one of those nice smelling glade plug ins.
I also bought some alarms ( SPY KIDS) They were like 5 dollars, but we set them infront of the door, and closet
These actually worked with a red laser beam LOL
But because we had a dog I had to turn them off before bed.
And I gave him a sword with a shield.
I would read stories about fairies before bed and a lamb
and in the story the mom finds her baby Lamb, and the mom kisses her boy goodnight.
I would tell him that our Dog LOLA would eat any BAT, MOnster, Vampire Whatever.
She would Kill them, and then I pointed out that she barks if anyone passes by the house. and this comforted him.
Because he knew this was true.
I also gave him a flashlight,
and we walkedinto the room together at night and I asked him to l0ok around in EVERY CORNER. then we sat down on the bed and I turned off the lights, and we looked again.
then if he saw something scarey, I took the flashlight first, and pointed it, and showed him it was just a shadow.
then I turned on the light, and again showed him it was nothing.
THEN I showed him his shadow and my shadow during the day.
And again at night.
Seems very elaborate yes but it made his bad dreams go away.
I transformed his room into a safe place,
where nothing could get to him,
where he had things to protect himself, and
investigate, PLUS LOLA the dog was his guard dog.
Hope this helps.
Good luck
M