Comments on: To Catch A Monster http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/to-catch-a-monster-2/12677/ Fri, 25 May 2012 12:01:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rochelle Bell http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/to-catch-a-monster-2/12677/#comment-12572 Rochelle Bell Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:31:48 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=12677#comment-12572 From a very early age (pre-2) we talked about Monsters as being funny things. We showed my son Monsters Inc, and made everything into a monster. Eg. when his tummy rumbled it was the tummy monster, when we tickled him we pretended to be the tickle monster, when it was time to brush teeth we were the tooth brush monster and chased him into the bathroom. As monsters were always fun things he never got scared. He's only 3 now, but he has no fear of anything like that. I guess if they don't know that something is meant to be scary, they can't be scared. From a very early age (pre-2) we talked about Monsters as being funny things. We showed my son Monsters Inc, and made everything into a monster. Eg. when his tummy rumbled it was the tummy monster, when we tickled him we pretended to be the tickle monster, when it was time to brush teeth we were the tooth brush monster and chased him into the bathroom. As monsters were always fun things he never got scared. He’s only 3 now, but he has no fear of anything like that. I guess if they don’t know that something is meant to be scary, they can’t be scared.

]]> By: Sherri Schoolcraft http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/to-catch-a-monster-2/12677/#comment-12546 Sherri Schoolcraft Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:50:22 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=12677#comment-12546 Years ago, bk (before kids) a friend of mine ran through the house nightly with a squirt gun squirting the monsters for his child. I sent home a can of "Monster Spray" I had found and the child slept through the night. I created a "label" for a can of lysol and taped it to the can. Because the scent was familiar the child was satisified. Now, with my children, they picked up a can of lysol and told me the "M" stood for monsters. Yes, indeedy, it DOES stand for Monsters. Years ago, bk (before kids) a friend of mine ran through the house nightly with a squirt gun squirting the monsters for his child. I sent home a can of “Monster Spray” I had found and the child slept through the night. I created a “label” for a can of lysol and taped it to the can. Because the scent was familiar the child was satisified. Now, with my children, they picked up a can of lysol and told me the “M” stood for monsters. Yes, indeedy, it DOES stand for Monsters.

]]> By: Amphritrite http://blissfullydomestic.com/family-bliss/parenting-family-bliss/to-catch-a-monster-2/12677/#comment-12548 Amphritrite Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:54:20 +0000 http://blissfullydomestic.com/?p=12677#comment-12548 We used to leave out a checkers game all set up so that the monsters would go play with that and leave our little ones alone. Half the time, we would find said little one asleep with a checker in their hand. The next day would go something like this: Us: Did you play checkers last night? Kidlet: Yep! Us: Which monster played with you? Kidlet: The one with big purple hair. I named him Mo. Us: Mo? That's a good name. Do you think he'll come play again? Kidlet: I don't know. Maybe. *shrug* We used to leave out a checkers game all set up so that the monsters would go play with that and leave our little ones alone. Half the time, we would find said little one asleep with a checker in their hand.

The next day would go something like this:
Us: Did you play checkers last night?
Kidlet: Yep!
Us: Which monster played with you?
Kidlet: The one with big purple hair. I named him Mo.
Us: Mo? That’s a good name. Do you think he’ll come play again?
Kidlet: I don’t know. Maybe. *shrug*

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