I know one toddler was told "it's OK, you don't have to be scared, you have Jesus with you to protect you." Said toddler then was heard to say every few seconds "Are you still there, Jesus?"

I was told just to tell my teddy the problem and it would go away, no need to wake my mother. It worked, I now have a DH instead of a teddy and that works even better! BTW, that year I didn't even wake my mother to open my stocking presents! Just told teddy and got on with it!