Hi Amy

 

Sorry to hear your poor little lad is going through the dreaded monster stage.  Travis my son who is 3 went through it a little while ago.

 

This may sound silly but we pretended to spread magic dust around the room, we just blew on my hand and it spread around the room (sounds really daft I know).  Anyway once the imaginary magic dust had done its business we looked under the bed, in the wardrobes and anywhere Travis thought the monsters could be.  I then made a big deal of saying wow it has worked there arent any there are there.  It helped him and touch wood he isnt scared anymore.

 

 

 

 

 

Talking about their fears can sometimes help. And possibly changing something around is his room or buying something new for his room and make a big fuss about it might get him back into his own room. Good luck with it, it's a toughie.

Thanks for the replies.

The fairy dust thing i might just try! Doest sound daft to me.

We all do daft things when we have kids (well i hope we do anyway and its not just me!) I was on the bus the other day and said 'Oh look at the cows in that field!' then realised my son was at nursery and i was in fact on my own.

 

Ghaens, the fairy dust on your daughters bum made me laugh, but at the end of the day when all else fails....... what can ya do! lol

Thanks again both

Amy

Fairy dust sounds great! I hope you manage to sort it out and that your little boy can rest easy.

 

Charlie went through a phase of saying he heard noises in the night. Thinking about it now, it was proberly the rat that i had in my attic.

 

Touch wood he is ok now!

Oooh, like the magic dust idea .

Could be something he's seen on the telly?  As an older child I saw and old black and white film with Lionel Barrymore "Devil Dolls" I think it was called - it was years and years before I could stand near the edge of the bed as I thought I would be stabbed in the ankle with a pin and shrunken!  Some of the cartoons now are quite scarey, Scooby Doo can be quite frightening if you're 4 years old.

My daughter used to go to sleep in her bed and then come into our bed until she was about 7 or 9 (can't remember) or if hubby was on nights she used to sleep straight in our bed or sometimes have to fall asleep on the settee first.  How about leaving a 10w lamp on and a quiet bit of background noise like a clock radio. 

This may be wrong, but I sort of think that does it matter where they sleep, especially at 4 years old, as long as they sleep (we often played "musical beds" - hubby used to get in a snot sometimes, lol).  My son never did mind sleeping on his own, but he had to have company during the day.

 

 

I think most boys go thru that at age 3-4.  They become more aware, and their little brains must clock in that danger lurks.... this is right on schedule in his development I'd say.