Is there a nightlight in your toddlers room??

[olien]

Any thoughts on using one?

DS spends the begining of the night in his room. Then betw 2 & 6 he ends up in our bed with us. When he wakes up in the night it is usually traumatic. Cyring & hollering for mama. I was thinking if it wasnt so dark in there he may not wake up so confused & upset.

[MissE]

Yes, he's got a little star-nightlight and we also leave the light in his closet as well as a desk lamp in the hallway on.

[PatchChild]

DS has a tiny one near his door. I can't do any more than that, light really wakes him up.

[mama_ani]

My son (will be 4 on Tuesday) has never had a night light. He asked for one for his birthday and one of my daughters is getting him one. For about 4 months he slept in his own room in the dark with no problem. Now he's back in my room full time because he doesn't like the dark. I hope the nightlight helps!

[crittersmum]

Nope. I read somewhere that you need complete darkness to get a good night's sleep. Also, she hasn't expressed an interest (she's almost 3). I understand that around 3, some kiddos start having bad nightmares, so we might consider it then, if it helps her.

[leaveit2beeker]

We have one in the hallway between his room and ours. He goes to sleep with it on, but by the time we go to bed we turn it off. (He still finds his way to our bed around 4 am, even in darkness, lol)

[rightkindofme]

We got a nightlight when my daughter was tiny because I needed to be able to see to latch her on in the middle of the night. Turning the alien on became part of our night time ritual.

[Ruthie's momma]

No, DD doesn't have a nightlight in her room.

[limabean]

My DS didn't have one until he was 3. That's when the whole monsters/scared-of-the-dark stuff started, so now he likes to sleep with a nightlight. I put it in an outlet around the corner from his bed, so the direct light isn't in his eyes but there's a tiny bit of ambient light in the room.

DD shares with him, so she's had a nightlight since she moved out of our room at about 5 months old. (Actually, I guess she's had one her whole life, because when she was in our room we had a nightlight so that I could see to latch her and change her without having to turn on a bright light.)

[honey-lilac]

Yes, both of my 2 year olds have nightlights in their rooms. I wanted them to sleep in complete darkness as well (I hate nightlights personally, I need complete darkness to sleep) but both are afraid of the dark. I can't leave their doors open because they view it as an invitation to wander, and though I leave the light in the hallway so light is coming under their doors, that's not enough for them.

That said, both are just very small, green LED squares, they're not very bright at all.

[tabrizia]

DS has one because he won't go to sleep without a light on and he screams if he wakes up in the dark and can't see anything. We figured a night light was just easiest. DS has always hated the dark though, even as an infant, his least favorite ride at Disney at 5 months old was the people mover because it went into a pitch black area.

DD on the other hand doesn't have one. She doesn't seem to mind being in my room without one. If she wants one later, I'll get her one. DH tends to prefer one as well, I have a hard time getting to sleep with any light around.

[QuestionGal]

DS has one in his room because when he wakes up in the middle of the night the light helps him find what he needs and settle back down (or call out our names but he doesn't need the light for that =) Plus when we come stumbling in all bleary eyed at 3am it helps to have some light so we don't trip on stuff.

I experimented with several different lights (tyke light, regular wall outlet, touch lamp set to low) because DS can't stand it if he can see the source of the light. It really bothers him, I even have to keep the light on the wipe warmer facing away from him. What has worked really well for us are those blue night light bulbs. Apparently the blue light doesn't interfere with your ability to fall asleep (read it in an article somewhere). This has worked in both a regular wall light (when we travel) and in what we use at home (a salt lamp).
Salt Lamp http://www.walmart.com/ip/Himalayan-...44440015902031 (sorry for the walmart link, thats just what popped up first in Google)

I found the Light Bulbs in a 2pack at the grocery/walmart/target etc in the light bulb section.

I should add that we keep the salt lamp on top of a tall dresser, so it's above his eye-level

[leanbh]

yup, we use a green nightlight. more to help us cope when she wants things like water or her teddy. i need at least shadows to be able to see where i'm going. i'm super clumsy, and i don't want to be tripping over things. she still comes into our room in the middle of the night, but she's a total cuddle monster.

[lnitti]

not exactly.

dd1 has a boombox in her room. She listens to the music when going to sleep. There is a glow from the little screen in the front.

dd2 has a clock radio that has a built in night light with 3 settings. we use the middle one. She is only 2, so I use the light to help see to latch on and for using the potty. I typically spend most the night in her bed, so I need the clock for the morning. When she was smaller and in our room, we did not have a nightlight in our room. We have a nightlight in the bathroom in our room. Enough light from that to see a tiny bit in our room. Again, for latching, and middle of the night diaper changes (and she was EC'd, so for potty use too).

We also have a night light in the main bathroom that is right in the middle of the bedrooms to see in the hallway.

[elmh23]

DD (5) has a nightlight by her bed. DS (3) has the closet light on. I found that by having a light on, they would wake up quietly and then come to our room, instead of freaking out and us having to go get them.

[Letitia]

DD, 3, and DS 20 months, have a very dim bluish one in their room. It started more for me than for them, and I still like having it there so I can see things if I need to go in during the night, but I suspect they'd miss it too if it were gone now. It's really very dim - if you go in from a lit room it takes a minute of eyes adjusting to see anything at all. At night, going from our room, which is very slightly lit by streetlights through cracks in the shades, into their room, it's about even, so I don't have to struggle to find DD when she has a nightmare. I really, really doubt that scant amount of light is interfering with their sleep, I worried more about making them dependent on it, but we'll deal with that if it happens, I guess.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

We use one. Didn't for a long time b/c I like to sleep in total darkness, but when he started sleeping regularly in his own bed in his room (attached to ours) he suddenly developed "it's too dark in here, I'm scared" around 2.5 so we started using it. Good thing I had asked for one at my shower and still had it stashed in a drawer!

I think it helps him walk over to our room at night and comforts him as he falls asleep.

[Autumn C.]

No night-lite for my almost 2 year old. Whatever light seeps in around the blackout curtains is all she gets.

My 10 year old cannot operate without a fair amount of light. A regular little plug in night light is no where near enough light. This was solved without too much effort because apparently the ambient light from the TV in the living room is just the right amount. And Dh doesn't mind obliging him with a little TV watching.

[blind_otter]

I've tried different kinds - a salt crystal lamp, a little bear nightlight. Any kind of light makes his sleep even more restless, he will stay asleep longer and sleep more soundly if it is completely dark.

DS will call out "I want my mama" or "Maaaaamaaaaa", but he only gets hysterical if it takes too long for someone to come - or if anyone besides me tries to comfort him...sigh.

[granolalight]

DS (3) sleeps with his closet light on.