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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
"The Scary Witch"
My sweet little Jameson, as I'm sure you've all figured out by now, has a very vivid imagination. It's usually a lot of fun, but lately it has been playing some mean tricks on him. We think he's been having nightmares or waking up hearing strange noises in the night, and is TERRIFIED of "the scary witch". This has been going on for a couple of weeks now, but it's just getting worse and worse. We haven't seen a witch on tv, in a movie, or anywhere since Halloween. At Halloween there was a little program at the zoo that had a witch in it, and we think that's the one he's scared of. At first I wasn't really worried. Other than my loosing a little sleep being up with him a few times a night it was ok, but lately "the witch" has crept into his closet, and is now making very "scary" appearances during the day, and sometimes even when I'm in the room with him. I'm very sure it's not a game because of the look on his face, and the speed of the run towards me when "the witch" appears. It's really started to concern me more and more as time's gone on. Now even his prayers revolve around Heavenly Father keeping us safe from "the witch". Tonight when he said family prayer it revolved solely around "the witch. Not only did he ask Heavenly Father to keep "the witch" out of his closet and out of our house and keep him safe multiple times, but he also asked Him to keep "the witch" away from Dylan, Nicole, and Michael (cousins) and away from their house. Although it was nice to know he already knows he can turn to his Heavenly Father to help him with his problems and keep him safe, it was a little disturbing to see just how much this is affecting him. I've tried everything I can think of to help him. I've shown him there's nothing there, bought him a night light (which he actually thought was the witch last night), told him "the witch" went back to live at the zoo. I just don't know what else to do. I feel so bad for the poor kid, especially because my entire life I've suffered from REALLY bad nightmares and never slept through the night, so I know how it feels, and I don't want him to have to go through that. Anyone have any ideas?
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My cousin's son had the same thing, but with spiders. She finally got the idea from someone to make a "Spider Repelant" and in your case it would be a "Witch Repelant" spray to put all over his room/the house at night before bed to keep the witch away. Just put some water in a spray bottle and give it to him to spray on where ever the witch might come out. Then he might think that it will kill of the witch. It worked really well for my her, so I thought it might in this case too. Poor Jameson, Porter had a bought of night terrors a few months ago and it was horrible, I remember crying because I felt so helpless! Good luck, hope this helps.
So this may not be the best solution, but Steele is now scared of the dark, so we have started to let him fall asleep with us or fall asleep in the crib with Gideon. It seems to help him just knowing someone is around. I was starting to get worried about Steele for a while because he is always running to me and wanting me to hold him for no reason saying he's scared, but when I talked to my sisters, they all said they went through similar experiences. Hopefully it's just a stage and hopefully it passes quickly...poor thing.
That is so sad about Jameson. I am sorry I don't have any idea for you, but I feel so bad for him and you:(
Poor Jameson. I get scared easily as well, especially growing up. My mom taught me to put my scriptures under my pillow or next to my pillow. It helped me a lot growing up.
So, I'm glad I'm your 1 friend because you are my 1 friend! haha, that is so funny. I'm very glad we are friends :) I want to come visit you this week, I'm so sorry we didn't visit you last month.
Poor little guy!!! It reminds me of Jason and Chelsea always saying ''Scary Scary!''
Poor Jameson!! I wish I had some tips but I don't. That just breaks my heart. I hope you find something to help him not be scared.
I don't know, CJ. I was afraid of the Blair Witch well into my 20s, so I can't give any good advice.
That is so sad! Unfortunately we don't have kids yet, so I don't have any brilliant words of wisdom, but when my little sister got scared at night when we were little, I would sing primary songs to her until she fell back to sleep. I don't know if that will help but it helped her and it helps me even now when I get scared.
Poor, sweet Jameson!!
Hey cuz, I found your blog..it is so cute! Jed and I have a blog but it is private. My email is Cartney28@hotmail.com, if you send me your email address then I can send you an invite. Hope you are doing well!
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