Katherine has been moving into the Monsters Under the Bed phase. It’s not clear to me whether this is an expression of something else (not wanting to be separate from Mom & Dad at night) or a real (imaginary) fear.<\/p>\n
“Mo’er’s! Under the bed! Eat my toys. Eat my ba-ba. Eat my dee-dee.”<\/p>\n
If you ask her any questions about there being monsters, she answers yes. Yes, there are monsters under the bed. Yes, there are monsters in the closet. We go and look and say “Boo!” (the One, True Way to Banish Monsters). She accepts that, but immediately there are monsters elsewhere.<\/p>\n
We close the closet door, and she points to a hole in it (where the handle goes) as a place monsters can seep through. <\/p>\n
Both the Cthulhu plush and a toy White Tiger have been appointed guardians of the bedroom, to shout “Boo!” at any monsters that might invade while she sleeps. She kisses them goodnight.<\/p>\n
She and I had a long talk about monsters last night, which Margies says Katherine recalls with a giggle this morning.<\/p>\n
I’m sure it’s just a phase, but it’s still something to worry about.<\/p>\n
On a possibly related note, I have my first Kid’s Show Kitten’s Not Allowed to Watch nominee. It’s the L’il Loony Tunes, or whatever it’s called, with the baby Bugs, the baby Daffy, etc. Stupid idea, badly animated, badly voiced. But the real reason for the blacklist was the episode we inadvertently tuned to (okay, that came up on the TV at the top of the hour and I was too lazy to change), wherein the L’il Loony Tunes, all in their diapers, discussed why the bathroom and toilet were so Terrifying. Each had their own Terrifying Interpretation of the Horrible Stuff That Would Happen if you went in there, complete with renditions (animated on-screen, natch) of toilets that turned into ferociously snapping jaws, swirling waters that turned into whirlpools to suck you away, and dark holes that issue forth evil djinni to imprison you in the magazine stand.<\/p>\n
All modestly humorous. For adults. Not for the frickin’ two years olds who might be in their target demographic.<\/i> I was already fumbling for the remote as Katherine informed me that it was “scary.”<\/p>\n
It doesn’t seem to have put her off her modest attempts at toilet training, but, jeez …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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