Monsters

[LionsandBears]

I cant remember where I read this, but I once read about two grown men wrestling the nasty invisible monster into the boot of a car before one of them got in and drove off to take the monster away. The Terry Pratchett model of monster deterance involves a big stick smashed in wardrobes and under beds. Spray sounds less potentially destructive. Banging pots scares them away too.

It took me years to stop jumping into bed so the monster didnt swipe me from under the bed. I still have to close wardrobe doors to sleep. I hope your little poppet is less scared tonight.

[Sopdet]

Our lot were also told that if they were scary monsters, to tell them to go away, that they weren't wanted here. But then again what a lot of what they were seeing was spirits and once they were aware of what they were, they could deal a lot better. We still did the ritual each night with the spray etc.

[Catastrophic]

The spray bottles have been brought... special labels put on... and ready for tonight ;-D
Girls (Eldest DD had to have one too) have already sprayed their rooms and will spray the rooms again tonight.

[MummyNaomi]

It took me years to stop jumping into bed so the monster didnt swipe me from under the bed.

I still do this If I get up in the middle of the night to go to the loo, when I get back into bed I leap into it. Currently at 27 weeks pregnant I kinda barrel roll into it

[Phteven]

We don't do the spray because DH and I think that it's just feeding the fear by acknowledging the presence of monsters and the need for protection.
DH explained that there is nothing in the night that isn't in the day and we got a growly torch so they could shine it around the room if they needed to check anything out. Both the boys were so entranced with the torches that turning out the light became a positive.

[Catastrophic]

The spray Bottles have worked... It got them into bed and asleep...
We sprayed the bottles and then said "Monsters monster go away monsters monsters stay away"

Worked until about 1030 when she woke up petrified agaain...

Onyx I appreciate where your coming from and I did try that first to say that they are not real, but she wouldn't have a bar of it. They are real to her, so at the moment I'll do what I can do to make them live side by side until she gets older ;-D