How to Eliminate Monsters Under the Bed

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Comfort your child with encouraging words.

   Ask your child why he/she thinks there is a monster in the room.
   
   What is the monster doing? What does this monster look like? Is it a boy monster or a girl monster? This will help ease the fear as your child is describing it as a story. , Of course, there's no monster in the room, but its presence is very real to your child. , The kitchen is the most comforting room in your home.(Taking your child into bed with you is not a good solution.
   
   This can get to be a habit hard to break.) , Instruct your child to enjoy the snack while you go into the bedroom and eliminate the "monster". (See "Warnings".) , Let your child know that "Monster Spray" always works. (See "Things you will need"). , The room will have a fresh, comforting fragrance. (And monsters hate it!) , Check all areas where monsters had been hiding. , Maybe tell a quick story or sing the child's favorite song.
   
   If necessary, briefly lie down with your child until he/she is secure that all monsters, alligators and other scary things have vanished. (Or until he/she nods off to sleep.) , Try putting on your child's favorite cartoon movie (as long as it's not a scary one, and it's age appropriate.) A happy cartoon will give them happy thoughts,(thus erasing the scary ones) helping them to relax and fall asleep. let them watch till they fall asleep. , This essentially nips the problem in the bud.
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   Step 2: Obtain a general description of the monster.

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   Step 3: Believe what your child tells you.

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   Step 4: Take your child out of the room with you; into the kitchen is probably best.

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   Step 5: Prepare a small snack for your child (such as an orange or banana).

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   Step 6: Take down the "Monster Spray" and explain that your mother/father always kept a bottle or can of "Monster Spray" in the house when you were little and had monsters in your room

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   Step 7: Go into the "scary place" and squirt "Monster Spray" under the bed

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   Step 8: in the floor area of the closet

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   Step 9: and around the windows.

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    Step 10: Bring your child back into the room where you can perform a final inspection together.

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    Step 11: Encourage your child back into bed and remain with him/her for a few minutes.

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    Step 12: If you are a busy Mom/Dad with other children or are unable to do the story

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    Step 13: If all else fails then you can simply invest in a bed which doesn't have any space underneath

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    Step 14: or cut the legs off the current bed.

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