The Monsters

Asher is four years old. It's the prime age when children are afraid that monsters will come out from under the bed or from inside the closets at night.

When Simi was four and afraid of the monsters, we put a "monster key" on the wall, which wards off monsters. It worked. Simi slept fitfully. The key remains on the wall.

Before Asher felt well, he slept too deeply to care about any monsters. But now that he's feeling fine, he wakes in the middle of the night, scared that the monsters will come out from the side of the bookcase and eat him. The monster key, which helped Simi, doesn't help Asher feel more safe.

So now Asher goes to bed with a sword, so that he can beat off any monster who comes near him.

I'm relieved to have a "common" problem to solve!