Here There Be Monsters!

In every child's room lurks some figment of their imagination that causes them great distress. Be it a hairy beast named Burt, a slimy worm creature from the depth's of the pile of clothes and toys on their floor, or a growling tooth beast that resides under the bed.

The Bear is no exception. Some nights when we lay him down to sleep, he is very tense and tells us he is scared of "Monsurrs".

Several weeks ago, DramaMama had a stroke of genius. She got out a can of room deodorizer, and told him it was monster spray. We sprayed the room down with it, and told him that monsters don't like the smell of monster spray, so they stay away.

Last night, the Bear came to his mommy and said that we needed to spray again because it wore off. Two nights ago, he came down and ended up sleeping with us, because he was scared to death of "the brothers on the handle." Neither of us had a clue what he was talking about.

So, I got the monster spray, and went to work on his room. The Bear pointed to the doorknob and said something the brothers in the handle again. Ahhhhhh! Apparently he was seeing a reflection in his doorknob that was causing him distress.

I squirted the doorknob full on. Then sprayed down the rest of the room. This seemed to ease his stress. I started reading to him, and he kept looking over at the doorknob. But I pointed out that they weren't there because I sprayed it. He was fine after that.

Hats off to a smart mom, and to whoever came up with the monster spray idea.