Terrifying monsters and bumblebees
Our house has been invaded by monsters. And bumblebees. At about 2 to 3 in the morning, Junior starts screaming because either monsters or bumblebees are in her room. Me or the wife then has to go and tell her there are no monsters or bumblebees. And that monsters aren’t real but bumblebees are, only there still aren’t bumblebees in your room. Because it’s cold outside. This is confusing to a two-year-old. And it’s a difficult conversation to have in the middle of the night when you’re not at your best. I’m personally of the opinion it’s a trap by Junior to get in our bed and the Mrs. falls for it every time.
I’m not sure where she picked up monsters. And I sure don’t know where the bumblebee thing is coming from. So, last night I asked. I asked Junior if it was one of the kids at school and she said No. Instead, she blames her teacher. I’m sure the teacher isn’t trying to scare her with monsters or bumblebees but there’s probably been a story or two told about them in class.
She doesn’t believe me when I say there’s no such thing as a monster. So, now we tell her that some combination of the dog, her teddy bears, and the pastel-colored butterflies painted on her walls repels the monsters. Somehow, the fact there are no monsters isn’t believable but that they are repelled by paint, fabric and an uninterested dog is. Well, when you’re two.
December 8th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
Dreamcatchers work, too.
December 8th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
Sounds like night terrors. “Night terrors are a common sleep problem among children. By some estimates, about 15% of younger children have occasional night terrors. Although most common in children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, they can occur at almost any age.”
We resolved a case of night terrors by playing lullabies on a CD player at low volume. Twinkle- twinkle-little-star on repeat a couple of nights in a row did the trick.
December 8th, 2006 at 4:01 pm
Ahh, cobras. Cobras.
December 8th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
I’m gonna go out on a limb and suggest that the Bumblebee thing might be your own fault.
December 8th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
There’s a series of ppre-school and kindergarden/1st grade books “Where the Wild things Are” or something like that. MAybe her teacher is reading them to her kids. They have monsters on the covers and throughout the storyline. The aren’t supposed to be scarey, but maybe they are to your child.
December 9th, 2006 at 12:33 am
When my son was worried about monsters, I told him that monsters were too scared of Daddy to come into our house.
Seemed to work fine.
🙂