[Stormymystic]

my soon to be 3 year old...october 11, has them too, I think it is a phase all go through, I disagree about the lights and sleeping with us, it comforts me as much as her to know she needs me enough to let me hold her while she sleeps, my other 2 will let me hold them for a little while, but that is it, and I leave a light on down the hall, so they all can see if they wake up, think about it, if you are having a bad dream and wake up in more darkness are you going to be scared? not trying to say you are wrong, just my opinion on it, i have to have a light on, since my son was a baby we always had tohave one in case he stopped breathing, easier to see if he is blue, a little far off what you are going through though, but sometimes it helps if daddy holds her a little while whle she falls back to sleep, then carry her back to bed, when my husband goes to work Skyler wakes up crying, as if in her sleep she knows he is gone, and she always comes to bed with me, I sometimes make her go backto her bed, but toddlers tend to become afraid of boogie men at about 2 1/2 to 3 years old, that is when they start to understand concepets of right and wrong, normal and abnormal, scary and funny, so try the new night lights they have out, they are real pale and like blue or pink some yellows, colored lights help create moods and atmosphers, just a suggestion [img]smile.gif[/img]