You are not a bad mom at all. I remember going through the exact same thing at that same age. Up until three my son wanted the door closed with out a night light. They are becoming aware, and I believe they are really afraid of things. I got two nightlights for his room, and made "go away monster spray" in a spray bottle that I drew monsters with X's over them. We would spray it before he went to bed. It was still hard for him and us as well at times. But we tried to be firm, especially because we were doing everything we could to help get rid of the fears.
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