Ben's fears

Poor Ben. We've had a marvel superhero book at our house for a few weeks and it has caused lots of anxiety for Ben. Right now, Joel and Ben are taking a late night trip to the library just to take the book back and get it out of our house. Ben has cried several of the last few nights because he's scared of the monsters in the book. He even slept in our bed for the first time since he was a little baby!! He knows monsters aren't real but he's still very scared of the monsters in this book. He says the monsters don't scare him during the day, only at night. He's constantly talking about monsters and fighting monsters and talking about what monsters like to do and who they like and on and on and on (not just about the monsters in the book). Same with bad guys. He talks all day long about bad guys. At night his talks are a little more fearful. Lately when he talks about his fears at night, his little lip quivers and he tries not to cry....but a lot of times he ends up crying. This evening we were hanging out downstairs and he came up to me with a quivery lip and told me he was feeling "thumbs down". I don't know where he learned that. So we sat down and talked about his fears and then watched some funny animal videos to get his mind on something else. Right before they left for the library, he was crying and said it was because he had some sugar in him....so he wanted to eat a cheese stick to fight the sugar! He broke my heart with his sad, brave face that lit up and started laughing through the tears when I suggested more funny animal videos. Hes sooo big but still soooo little and sweet!!! My heart feels for him sooo much. I think his brain is doing what my brain has done my whole life. Gosh darn over-active imagination!!! I so so so hope I can help him deal with his fears!!