When Son2 was little, he went through a ‘fear of monsters’ phase.
Not the usual in the closet or under the bed, but at his window (thanks to a neighbor who tapped on his window at 3AM one night!)
In trying to soothe his fears and help him deal with it we tried several imaginative ideas.
One was a NO MONSTERS ALLOWED sign on his window.
He felt that wasn’t quite sufficient.
So, just in case one got by the sign (because as he explained to us, not all monsters can read [silly us, that we didn’t know that!]) I developed “Monster Repellent”.
Under his careful scrutiny I mixed up a concoction from kitchen ingredients while explaining the importance of each component and how/why it was repugnant to monsters.
We then strained it and put it into a spray bottle.
He used it as a preemptive approach, spraying it around the room before he went to bed. And in case of monster emergencies he kept the bottle on his bedside table.
It worked pretty well. We never did see a monster in his room.
Although there were times when it got pretty soggy in there! LOL
Awwww!
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever mum!
ReplyDeleteOh-so-clever! You ought to patent the formula...sounds like it worked ;)
ReplyDeleteThe monster repellant we used when my kids were little was perfume. Afterall, monsters wouldn't like something that smells nice would they?
ReplyDeleteYou are SO imaginative!! Love this idea, will bottle for future use :) Isaak has just the other week started to be afraid of imaginary things, so this might come in handy sooner than I think...
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna need that recipe Robin...(*grimace*)
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