Monsters in my room.
“The monsters are going to get me.”
This was a common phrase that Lizzie cried last night as T.J. and I were putting her to bed. She had watched a Veggie Tale movie about not being scared of monsters, but being only 3 years old Lizzie didn’t understand that she shouldn’t be scared, only that monsters can exist. We, T.J. and myself are not certain that this is the exact reason, but it is the only reason that makes sense to us. After trying to get her to bed, starting at 9:00 p.m., we finally allowed her to watch another movie, a Dora: The explorer hoping that that would calm her down and possibly even put her to sleep. Unfortunately it didn’t do either for when we tried again to put her down we heard the same terrified cry: “the monsters are going to get me!”
It wasn’t until we offered to have her sleep on the floor in the bedroom that Lizzie finally was able to close her eyes and fall asleep. Unfortunately that wasn’t until after 11 p.m.
Luckily James went down to bed about 9:45, so we didn’t have to worry about him. We just didn’t get a very good nights sleep due to the hour that we were finally able to go to bed.
If ever my son is scared of going to sleep (he never will tell us why) we get his little stuffed bear and “scare away the scares” by rawring wherever he points us to rawr. Mainly now I think it is just a game for him, but you might want to try it with Lizzy. It turns into a game really fast and lightens the mood.
Shay - July 22, 2009 at 3:14 pm |