Pony Ride
We've taken so many good photos and videos these last couple of months that I haven't had a chance to post, so here's a video from our trip to McLeod Creek farm in June
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On another note, Madison has developed a fear of the dark and monsters. When she's put to bed a night she doesn't want to be left alone and will scream for another hug. She's mentioned a couple of times that she's scared of the dark; and we've tried explaining that monsters are pretend only, but she can't be convinced. It's quite heartbreaking, and we hope her fears pass soon. I have to admit, this milestone came along sooner than I expected.
posted by Madison Wynter and Natalie Symone @ 9:24 PM
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Remember that to her, the monster IS real so you can't tell her that they're not real or tell her she's silly to believe in them or whatever. What you can do though, is to demonstrate that they are not there NOW. You don't acknowledge that they exist, you just prove that they aren't there. You go with her and your magic wand (special flashlight with glitter and ribbons or whatever glued onto it) and check all the monster hiding places. Then she knows for sure that they are not there, and aren't hiding. You may have to get up in the night for a couple of nights to recheck with her.
Do you have a nightlight for her? Or another trick is to find a flashlight that she can turn on herself, so that if she wakes up and is scared she can turn on the light.
There's a bunch of good books about nightmares.
The Bearenstain Bears and the Bad Dream, There's a Nightmare in My Closet (where he finds that the monster isn't so scary), The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark (friends explain what's good about the dark), *Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon (GOOD), *Oakey A Goodnight Kiss (GOOD, but you may have to explain the connection between the scary imagination and the reality - she might not get that they are the same thing), maybe the movie Monsters Inc. but she HAS to watch until the end (and it might make it worse at her age?)
And this suggestion is good too, it's telling her that her pillow has a good dream side so that if she has a bad dream, she has to turn it over to the 'good' side: http://www.lifeofsyn.com/2008/03/childs-bad-dreams-our-solution.html
And there's dream caps: http://www.military.com/news/article/retiree-offers-armor-for-bad-dreams.html?col=1186032310810
Or dream boxes, dream jars to put them in.
Or teaching her how to change her dreams: http://www.mindpub.com/art401.htm
And monster spray (just a spray bottle with water in it). You decorate the bottle so it's really pretty and she can keep it in her bed to spray over the monsters and make them shrink or run away or whatever will work with them.
Just be careful about telling her that monsters are afraid of the spray or a certain toy or whatever because if she's ever without she might really freak.
Okay, i've rambled enough. Hope it helps!
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