When do night terrors become something you, as a parent, need to try to fix?
Janel has recently developed a fear of the dark. We've tried just about everything we could think of, but she point blank refuses to go to sleep with no lights on. We either have to leave the door open with the passage light on, or leave a night light on in her room. I hate both options - it seems like such a waste of electricity, plus the brain doesn't shut down and rest properly if the room is still light.
Then, about 2 weeks ago, another fear was added to her bedtime routine - monsters in the cupboard. Now we have to go through the routine of putting her chairs and toy box up against the cupboard door so that the monsters can't get out.
I know this kind of thing is normal, that all kids go through something like this. Never the less, I'm feeling very frustrated by it all. How do I tackle this, so that she grows up unafraid of the dark and with no fear of monsters in her cupboard or under her bed?
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