[curiouscitizen]

How do I help my child who sees monsters at night?

[stevetcg]

Fill a small spray bottle full of monster repellant and before bed, spray around the room and then leave the bottle by his bed for monster emergencies.

Its amazing what a $1 spray bottle filled with water, a few drops of green food coloring and a little anise extract for "repellant scent" can do.

[redhed35]

Also, check to see if there are any lights throwing shadows,look at any toys in the room,could they be scary at night?

Don't make the monsters a taboo subject,there are loads of children's story books on the market about monsters at night,your child may relate to a story about how another child coped.

I will try and find some titles and post them for you.

I found two that I recongise.

'go away big green monster' by edward R emberley.

'bye bye monster' by kelly lurente and mary horan.

I also found suggestions by other parents where they made up their own stories where the child/family members/pet is the hero.

[Mistique]

I agree, it could be night tremors... just like sleep walkers (like my daughter on rare occasions) careful not to disturb them abruptly. I was told things like this are temporary... usually it is just a stage of growth... or maybe your child has special gifts in the sixth sense arena. Is he seeing monsters? Or is he seeing people?

AboutKidsHealth: Health A-Z: Night Terrors
(Night Terrors in Children - Identify, duration and prevention)
And
Coping with Night Terrors
(Coping with Night Terrors)

I always try to find the "logical" reasons behind everything, including medical reasons (mental/psychological factors) before assuming that something "paranormal" is going on. I am also very spiritual that think that children do see things we don't because their so open, new and susceptible (third eye) to seeing spirits. Go the logical route and I really like the monster spray idea (in a spiritual way - you can add frankincense oil in the water - this is a purification/clearing method) and spray in the corners of the room.

I know how crazy I might sound :). I try to see the perspectives on both logical/scientific/factual and the idealist/spiritual/religious/non-conformance concepts and find a balance between what I know is a fact and staying open to other ideas. Good luck and my heart goes out to you in this ruff time.

[dontknownuthin]

My son went through horrible night terrors when he was three. He was convinced his dreams were real. A nightlight and some children's books about dreams, and talks about silly dreams and scary dreams seemed to do it for us. We did use "monster spray" too.