Each night lately my son protests at bedtime that he is "scared." I went into his room a couple nights this week to show him that there were no monsters to be afraid of. I had been given a tip to get a spray bottle and fill it with water and decorate it as monster spray and use it around his room. Although I think this is a great idea, after some thought I didn't think it was a good idea for my son. I'm afraid he would see it as me playing into the monster idea. Needless to say the "monster" he was afraid of was always in the same corner. I'm not gonna lie it was starting to freak me out (although I didn't let him know this.) So I would go into his room hug him, kiss him, read a story or two and recite the Lord's prayer and leave. The fear continued. My husband, than decided to cover the corner where the monster lived. Now my son's fear is "shadows" as we identified the "monster" as shadows. So tonight we put him to bed, did our nightly routine with him and went on with our evening. We heard some noise and my husband went into his room and found him completely changed into new clothes. Not pajamas, clothes. Two things to consider here....1) what he chose to wear matches well and made me proud and 2) I guess he's not to "scared" to venture into his closet. Which is interesting as even to this day I find the closet the scariest of places. And I'm pretty certain most kids do as well. Looking rather daper and happy considering all the monsters and all....
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