Comments on: Monsters, Inc.

By: Tyler @ Building Camelot

Tyler @ Building Camelot — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:01:44 +0000

My daughter isn’t scared of monsters @ night, she’s scared of puppies coming into her room (it’s a long story). What’s odd is that my daughter, who just turned 3, loves to look at the “scary stuff” at Walgreens and Target and it hasn’t seemed to bother her. I’m afraid that one day it will hit her @ once and she’ll never sleep again.

One thing I heard about, to help with “monsters” is to have her help you make a “monster spray” that you spray around the room and under her bed before bed time. You make it with water and some food coloring, or any combo of safe ingredients and spray it around the room saying “Monsters don’t like this stuff” and maybe that will help. Just a thought

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By: VegasDad

VegasDad — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:42:26 +0000

That's a tough one. We haven't ran into this issue with our two year old yet. Although he did get freaked out by the ghoulishness in the Target Halloween section, it hasn't translated into bedtime problems. Good luck. VegasDads last blog post..monday randomness

By: Chcuk

Chcuk — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:49:24 +0000

I hate to plug my own site but at least it isn't a post I wrote. Mike wrote something along these lines some time ago. His mnemonic, "The only monster in this house is Daddy" makes good sense to me. I happen to have an imagination as active as any 3-4 year old if not worse. We've not had this problem much because I'm always willing to wait out the monster. See what he or she looks like or sounds like. My daughter and I will talk about the monster at great length and demystify it to the point it appears more like a heffalump than anything very scary. This is one of those challenges I like. It's why I think my wife keeps me around. Good luck! Chcuks last blog post..The Traitor

By: JessieLeigh

JessieLeigh — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:53:12 +0000

Well, I truly have no personal experience handling this. My 2- and 3- year old have (so far) not shown any fear of monsters. Of course, I think I’m semi-obsessive in sheltering them from scary shows/movies/pictures…

Anyway, have you considered using a book like “Go Away, Big Green Monster” By Ed Emberley? It’s designed to help preschoolers feel like they have some “control”… And I’d bet there are dozens of other good books to tackle the topic…

Just a thought… and good luck.

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By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:33:18 +0000

Just an option to consider, but worked for me and my children...our house is blessed. The power of God can be awesome to a child, too, if that is part of your lifestyle already. Barbaras last blog post..The Cost of Becoming $ensory Integrated