“There are Monsters under my bed!”

This is something I deal with quite a lot when doing House Cleansing. Many parents will say that their children are seeing monsters under the bed. This is sometimes, is just a part of a child’s normal developing imagination. But then again sometimes, there is that odd “spirit” that just wants to play and sometimes its at the most inappropriate times!

Most nicer spirits appear to children as something they are familiar with, angels, fairies etc and unfortunately, more nasty spirits can appear as "monsters".

I myself remember as a child I would have a young girl come into my room and always want to play with me. I remember being woken by her and feeling so tired that I just wanted her to leave me alone. I remember telling my parents about her and asking them to tell her to “leave me alone, I’m sleeping”. Eventually, she faded away.

My son at around 3 to 4 years would suffer the most terrible night terrors. He would wake up screaming in the middle of the night and it would take forever him settle him down. Thankfully this only occurred for a few weeks.

So how can we help this? How can we kill 2 birds with one stone without knowing exactly what the problem is?

A good bed time routine. Routine is very important.

Some good old “Monster Spray”. This can be a can of air freshener, water in a spray bottle (and you can add your own essential oils, lavender is always good to aid restfulness and sleep). Ask your child to spray a little on or under their bed before they climb in, also leaving it close at hand for them if they wake up at night and feel they need to use it.

My daughter likes to use "lavender" night spray and has her own little ritual that she does, singing her own little song. Something along the lines of "magic spray help my sleep,have good dreams and keep away the monsters". So far so good...

You can also place a crystal under the bed. I would place a Quartz Crystal on the floor, under the bed of my son and before he went to sleep, we would “White Light”. This involved us imagining him being surrounded by a big white bubble. This bubble was so bright and so strong that no monsters, no sword/gun welding army men, no little trolls could get in or through this bubble to get him.

And lastly, a good old House Cleansing...

Give these things a try and let me know how you go...

Blessings x