Monsterspray

I did and it worked great!!! I just used water in a spray bottle with a little of my perfume in it, sprayed under the windows and in the doorway of the kids room. A friend of mine used rose fragranced air freshener, just wrote 'monster spray' on a peice of paper and taped over the label. Worked like a charm, as long as her kids could smell the roses they felt safe.

I didn't use it for Monsters, but my daughter went through a brief period where she would wake up screaming that there were bugs in her room (there were no bugs). I used Febreeze and we would spray her room every night before bed. That stopped the problem.

No, we have an invisible monster who lives in the garage. His name is Stanley. He is a friendly monster (think Sesame Street, but tougher), and his job is to keep the bad monsters away. On nights when my daughter is especially nervous, he'll sleep under her bed if she needs him (she decided he can change his size to suit our needs). He's got lots of cousins. I'll send one over, if you need one.

We also call on all sorts of "magic." (I have girls - fairies are big here. Can't-beat 'em-Join-'em sort of thing.) Imagination Magic makes us imaginary-creature-proof (you have this, too - have you ever been eaten by a dragon? No? Well, that means you are Imaginary Creature-proof!)

monster spray is wonderful! When my kids were little and going through that phase, my husband would do a monster check in their rooms before bed. Then I would go in and spray the room. It was in a special bottle. The formula: Water and lavender oil. It helped so much!

Good luck!

Years ago, when my boy was about three, I made Monster Spray.

I made and printed out a label, glued it to a can of air spray and presented it to him to use in his room. He loved it - and his room always smelled lovely!!!

God Bless

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Well I personally would never use this kind of tactic because it's just confirming that there IS a monster. Children at a very young age are capable of knowing the difference between what is real and what is not even with their wild vivid imaginations. Teach them young what is pretend and what is not. Be honest and deal with it on a more realistic matter instead of feeling the only way to handle it is with the same crazy imaginations that caused it in the first place. I promise it will not stifle any creative development during their young lives only make them feel safe in it :)
Best Regards,
C.

This is the first I have ever heard of monster spray. It sounds like an interesting concept if it's really needed, but I think that I will do my best to stick with some of the other moms who just say monsters don't exist. Plan B is the good monster suggested by Amanda, and Plan C will be the spray.

Thanks for introducing me to a new way to handle a situation. That's one of the reasons why I love Mamapedia- gets me to think outside my little box :)

I agree with those who wrote that you should keep telling them there are no such things as monsters but I also know that with some kids, it just isn't enough.
We used the spray for our kids and it helped them feel in control of the situation. That helped them....
But what really helped was using the area under the bed as toy storage. It was clear, even to the kids, that there was no way a monster could fit under the bed!

My son went though a phase where he was scared of all kinds of things. We tried to tell him that it wasn't real and logical explanations and even to pray. None of it worked. Instead of a spray we "installed" a force field. It was hooked up to an unused light switch. We would turn it on at night. We also "scanned" ourselves and our dog so that we could walk through it unaffected. We also had grandma come and test it before we scanned it too so the kids could see it really worked. This phase only lasted about 6 months. Now he is fine.

So far, we've been able to get by just fine by telling the kids there's no such thing as monsters, and they've accepted that. If I had a child who absolutely refused to believe me, I'd do the spray. But I'd really rather just debunk the fear!

I don't have experience with monsterspray but I was just thinking about Monsters Inc. the movie. Maybe if she watched that she wouldn't be afraid of monsters because she'd see they're cute and funny??? Just a thought. Good luck!

My daughter went through a "fun" phase where she was curious about (and afraid of) all the things that could get in the house. We used Febreze to spray for everything from bugs to witches to monsters. To avoid having to spray every night, we told her it was a long acting spray and only needed to be reapplied every month or so. By the time we were supposed to "reapply" she was over that particular fear. By then she had moved on to bears, pirates, alligators...

I disagree with the people that say don't acknowledge the fear and tell them this stuff is not real. In a child's mind these things do exist and by dismissing their fears it does not help them to deal with them. We acknowledged every imagining of my daughter by telling her that we understand that she is afraid of these things, explained to her how they could not hurt her (alligators cannot turn doorknobs after all, and pirates travel by boat and we don't live near water, etc) to help her find ways to dispel them herself and problem solve. This worked way better than any other method and after a while she would come to us and say that she was afraid of something (bees, for example) but realized they could not get her because they can't open windows.

We also got the book "There Is A Monster At The End Of This Book" where Grover is scared to let you keep reading the book because there is a monster at the end. I don't want to spoil it for you, but as you get to the end, the only one there is Grover and he realizes that he "sweet lovable furry Grover" is the monster at the end of the book.

Good luck... have fun with this phase. We did, and now we have a happy, imaginitive and well adjusted 5 year old who is capable of dispelling her own fears through imagination and play.

M.

We used monster spray for our older boys when they each went through their fear of monsters. We will have to break it out for our baby too I am sure.....

Yes we did when our son was younger. My husband had to actually go outside the house and spray the perimeter since my son believed the monster could get in another way. By spraying the perimeter of the house, we had all entries taken care of. Very simple effective way to alleviate a child's fear :)

I had purchased a can of Monster Spray several years ago when I saw it in a gift shop just because I thought it was cure. As it turned out, my son has "bad dreams" instead of monsters, so we use "bad dream" spray instead. (Any can of aerosol room freshener works)

If it works, go for it!!!

The spray didn't work in our house. I have a REALLY girly girl (you could tailor it to your kid's likes/dislikes)
We told her that Monsters are afraid of kitties meows and sparkles, so monsters don't go to houses where they have kitties.
I told her monsters can see their reflection in sparkles so they don't goto houses where there are sparkles. :)
Now she tells her friends we have no monsters because we have a kitty.
( I am sure you can use any animal you have in your house... hermit crab claws, doggy barks, etc)

I used it with my stepson and it helped. His was actually witch spray- he was petrified of witches. I set the spray bottle next to his bed and told him that it would make any witches disappear. My mom used monster spray for me. She would put it in the humidifier before bed and it worked for me.