My daughter is almost three and she is having bad dreams. She has a very active imagination and I am not sure if this is part of the reason for her bad dreams. I am not sure how to comfort her so that she stays in her room and gets some sleep. I don't want to feed into her and make this worse. She gets very worried about going to bed when I mention that it is time for her bed time snack. We tell her that bad dreams are not real, that as soon as she open her eyes they disappear, and she can come find mom and dad if that happens.
If you have any advice or hints that have helped your children sleep or any books that may put her mind to rest. That would be much appreciated.
Thanks J.
do you play music or anything in her room? we have a sound machine with ocean, rain, etc. and we also play classical music in my daughter's room when ever she sleeps. You could also find out if she is afraid of someone or something that may cause her to be uneasy. Maybe TV has her mind racing, that was the cause for my son all the time!
My 5 yr old daughter has been having bad dreams a lot lately. It has become a problem since I co-sleep with the baby and my 3 yr old is often in bed with me. there just isn't room for all of us in there and often times my husband ends up on the couch or one of the children's beds and I get kicked all night.
Well, my husband and I have talked about it and we don't think it's so much a matter of a bad dream as a matter of how to get into bed by mommy. There is an outlet near enough by her head and I got her a fancy night light so if she wakes up and has had a bad dream or feels nervous she can see in the dark and then she can look at the pretty picture on the night light and think of pretty things.
we've tried that for about 6 days and she ended up in my room once since then.
The next day she wanted a tent over her bed (she is on the bottom bunk) and so we stuffed a sheet under the top mattress and she stayed all night long and that was three nights ago.
However, she started out last night wanting to be in with me. she came in my room shortly after bedtime and said her feet hurt. I asked her if her feet would feel better by me and she said Yes. but after I sent her back to her bed (and a bunch of tears for being back in her own bed) she stayed sleeping in there all night.
she also keeps a bottle of water near her bed so if she is thirsty she can just get a sip and feel better.
Hopefully I've figured out what will help my daughter stay sleeping in her own bed.
Good luck with your sleepy girl
Our daughter had that problem too.
We got her a dream catcher and made sure she watched positive things on T.V.
We told her that all the bad dreams got caught in the webbing so only the good ones came through.
It did work.
J.
Sorry to hear about your little one's bad dreams :(
This is what helped me. I put a Bad Dream Kit under my daughter's bed when she was about 3. A shoebox with a notebook and crayon, trial-size spray bottle, and a mini flashlight. The notebook/crayon was for drawing bad dreams, which she tore up into pieces and tossed away. The spray bottle sprayed invisible monster "keep away" vapors(I don't trust small kids unattended with liquids so it's empty). The flashlight was a ray gun.
Usually this resolved most of her dream issues without waking me and after a few months she never touched it again but kept it just in case. Then she passed it on to her little brother when he started having nightmares. He's 5 now and is giving it to his 3yr old cousin for his birthday.
BTW, all the stuff can be purchased cheap at the dollar or cute inexpensive decorated ones at Walmart or Target.
Good luck!
I have a son who is just over 2 1/2 and he has been waking up because of the "dark monsters." I am not sure if it is dreams or not, but we had received a flashlight in the shape of a tiger that roars when you press the button to turn it on. Since I gave it to him to scare off the monsters he has been able to sleep through the night. I don't know if that will help in your situation since she knows it is the dreams, but giving him the power to scare them off really seemed to help.
Good Luck!
