Three year old really frightened! Please help!
Ok... I'll start from the beginning. My husband and I have lived in our house for nearly 15 years. It's a dog run log cabin that was built in 1841. It's a farm and we are the 3rd family to live here. I'm not sure about the first owners, but the man we purchased the farm from (deceased 2 years), was born here and lived here until he retired.
Over the years, my husband and I have both caught "someone moving" through the corner of our eyes. If we were watching a movie, we would both look in the same direction at the same time, but have never seen anything more than a movement. Locked doors inside the house and cabinets would be opened after my husband and I had been gone all day... Little things like this. No big deal. I've never felt threatened by this or have been afraid. It's actually become part of everyday life. When I was pregnant with my first daughter, I remember waking up at night on two occasions where I felt like my bed was moving in an up and down wave like motion. I chalked it up to vivid pregnant woman dreams. Now we have 3 girls. They are 7,6 and 3. We've never mentioned any of this to them because kids have vivid imaginations and we didn't want them to be afraid because we were never afraid.
My youngest daughter is now in the same room I was in when I felt my bed move. This is a kid that loves her room, loves to sleep alone (barring any thunderstorms 😉). Twice in one week, she has been awakened by what she describes as her bed shaking up and down. This wakes her up. It was between 2 and 3am both times. She also claims that someone was singing "bad lullaby's" She refuses to go into her room even during the day. I don't know what to do. She's genuinely terrified. It does frighten me a bit, but I'd never tell her that. I told her her bed may be broken and she could sleep with me until we get it fixed. Tonight, when I laid down, she was asleep, but said "please don't move my bed". Where should I start? What should I do. Please get me on the right path here. I don't want my kid to be afraid to go to HER bed, but I need to know what the heck is going on in that bedroom.