My daughter had the most disturbing dream ..

[tasha313]

Last night , DD who is 4 woke up in screams of terror .. Like huge screams that curl your skin and boil your blood . Usually she'll wake up crying and won't be able to tell me what it was then she'll have a sip of water and go to sleep.
Not this time .. These screams oh my god she comes running out the bedroom and jumps into my arms and as I'm trying to console her I ask her what it was ... And she said : the d-d-d-devil

What !!?!?!!?! She's never heard, seen or known of the devil. I have no idea how she would know what that is .. Is it even possible for a toddler to dream of somthing she's never heard about ??
It was so bad DF immediately got up and said she should sleep with me and he moved to the couch...

[Natalka]

Oh, that's awful for her. She must have seen or heard of it on tv - even cartoons mention the devil sometimes.

Just explain to her what dreams and nightmares are in general.

Make sure you have an extra-calming bedtime story tonight!

[tasha313]

Definately will. It as terrifying

[vesper]

Wow, poor girl! Nice DF to!

[Jina]

Does she go to daycare? It might be possible she heard it from another toddler there?
DS says a lot of things he heard at the daycare and sometimes if a toddler pushed him, he would have nightmares and would say things like "no, please no" in his sleep.

Maybe it is not really the devil we know that she is referring to but something else that scares her but someone told her it's called the devil?

I agree with Natalka that some cartoons mentions the devil sometimes.

[oscarandme]

That is what I was thinking too. Was there anything different that happened the last few days, mostly that day, where did she go? what did she see? did she say anything when you asked her about it. Oh so young to have a bad dream like that. My heart aches. Poor little angel. I hope it is not recuring . Did you just move or something different?

[cheekysaver]

Most kids have bad dreams sometimes... i spent a few night chasing ghosts or whatevers out of the house with a broom... make a label on a can of air freshener... a flavor you don't normally use and call it devil be gone spray... a little shot before she goes to bed (lavender helps with calming) and maybe she will sleep better... if she wakes up in the middle of the night... get the broom! (i made if funny and the kids laughed so hard they forgot they were scared.)

[cheekysaver]

BTW i might be tempted to have a sneaky moment and tell your DF that it is the spider and he should get rid of it immediately! hahahaha!

[wolfwoman]

While I agree it's probably just something she heard from another child. Probably a child that wants to terrify other kids. Has DD stayed over at anyone's house recently? Some parents don't alway screen movies/tv shows that kids watch. I went out one day leaving DS(aged 8) with DH. that night , we went through the same screaming that OP described. Turns out bonehead DH let DS watch Tom Cruise in Legend. She should be fine soon. But if it continues, try smudging her room leaving a window open get all the smoke in every corner of the room and continually say " all negativity leave, only good remains" call me crazy but kids can see things adults do not and adults never take them seriously. Just a thought, what can it hurt?

[tasha313]

BTW i might be tempted to have a sneaky moment and tell your DF that it is the spider and he should get rid of it immediately! hahahaha!

LOOOLLLL L! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! Most definately !! we have a start .. DF brought home bug spray !

Most kids have bad dreams sometimes... i spent a few night chasing ghosts or whatevers out of the house with a broom... make a label on a can of air freshener... a flavor you don't normally use and call it devil be gone spray... a little shot before she goes to bed (lavender helps with calming) and maybe she will sleep better... if she wakes up in the middle of the night... get the broom! (i made if funny and the kids laughed so hard they forgot they were scared.)

What a GREAT IDEA !!! Will definately go buy some lavender spray today ! And the broom .. she'll laugh her head off !!

That is what I was thinking too. Was there anything different that happened the last few days, mostly that day, where did she go? what did she see? did she say anything when you asked her about it. Oh so young to have a bad dream like that. My heart aches. Poor little angel. I hope it is not recuring . Did you just move or something different?

Nothing at all.. which adds to the mystery ...

[tasha313]

try smudging her room leaving a window open get all the smoke in every corner of the room and continually say " all negativity leave, only good remains" call me crazy but kids can see things adults do not and adults never take them seriously. Just a thought, what can it hurt?

How do you do that ?? It's definately not a bad idea..

[cheekysaver]

A smugging is the burning a hand size bundle of whole sage leaves... you blow them our just like incense and it drives bad spirits away. Bad spirits also thrive on fear and bad energy... that is why the broom and the room spray work well too... that and when little kids are scared... they can't think logically to get rid of the fear... a good laugh snaps them out of that state. There is no reason you couldn't cleanse your apartment with the sage ...one thing is for sure... it never hurts to do that. (i am not sure where to get the whole sage in your area)

[tasha313]

A smugging is the burning a hand size bundle of whole sage leaves... you blow them our just like incense and it drives bad spirits away. Bad spirits also thrive on fear and bad energy... that is why the broom and the room spray work well too... that and when little kids are scared... they can't think logically to get rid of the fear... a good laugh snaps them out of that state. There is no reason you couldn't cleanse your apartment with the sage ...one thing is for sure... it never hurts to do that. (i am not sure where to get the whole sage in your area)

Ill definately look into it..

[spidey46x2]

i had a similar situation with my son, who was 5 at the time. He had a dream about someone bad coming into our house, stabbing the dog and putting the house on fire with matches. I have NO idea where he would have gotten this from, although it is quite disturbing, especially all the details he knew. I don't even think he's ever seen a match in his life, nor would he know what its for.

[tasha313]

i had a similar situation with my son, who was 5 at the time. He had a dream about someone bad coming into our house, stabbing the dog and putting the house on fire with matches. I have NO idea where he would have gotten this from, although it is quite disturbing, especially all the details he knew. I don't even think he's ever seen a match in his life, nor would he know what its for.