Fortress

 

This is how princess M sleeps every night.  She is still afraid of monsters so she goes to sleep with the light on and we turn it off when we go to bed.  A while ago I also learned, after repeatedly telling her to clean up her stuffed animals, that she makes a fortress out of them each night.  She puts them in a circle around her, without any space for monsters to get in.  That way she feels safe.  It has to be the bigger stuffed animals though, the little ones aren't tough enough.