Night Light: Toddler
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Night Light!
Asked by M.W. from Los Angeles
on July 3, 2007
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Hey Mom's,
I have a ?. When do children grow out of needing a night light? I know, all children are different!!
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- Yes all are different. My daughter got a tiny zap from her nightlight one day when she woke up in the AM and started messing with it (she was 18 months at the time) s...
- Dear M., They may tell you when they don't need it anymore, but it seems to me that it would be very helpful to you when you are checking on them at night. Dim it ...
- We never used a night light until my older son was almost 4yrs old and told us he was afraid of the dark. He's now 7 and we now have 2 night lights as one wasn't enoug...
Night Light
Asked by S.B. from New York
on March 16, 2011
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Moms, I am looking for a good night light that plays music that will help my 2 year old son fall asleep. I will bathe him, read him a story and put him to bed and he i...
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- Forget looking for a "musical" nightlight. Best option is to get a LED nightlight & a small boombox. The LED nightlight gives enough light to see, but the kind of li...
- You could try a glo-worm. I have one for my DD (the seahorse ones...) they come in a boy or girl color, and they play music for about 10 minutes while the body glows.
- I also used a CD player in the room. We had a CD of harp music that she fell asleep to for a long time.
Night Light or Not
Asked by L.R. from New York
on February 2, 2010
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Hi! My 19 month old toddler is sleeping in his room in his twin size bed with bed rails
or guards whatever they are called. He awakes up but only cries it out
for...
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- It totally depends on each situation. I would say, like others, if he is ok without it you probably don't need it. I think the less sleep "crutches" we can give, the b...
- We decided to do the night light with our daughter and don't regret it. It allows her to get out of bed safely if she ever needs to use the restroom, so that's why we ...
- Totally not necessary. Especially if he is already adjusted to sleeping in the dark. Our kids both went into the crib in the nursery with NO nightlight from day one,...
A Night Light on or off in Your Kids' Rooms?
Asked by B.C. from Tampa
on August 13, 2008
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Hello Moms, do you keep the night light on or off in your kids' rooms? Please share your thoughts. Thank you!
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- Hi there, I am a mother of 2 and grandmother of 5 and I have always left a light on in the house at night just as my mother always did. I use the ones that just plu...
- My toddler has been very insistent on sleeping in the dark. I am thankful for this. Sleeping regularly in lighted conditions is linked to some health problems, inclu...
- I turn the night light on when my daughter goes to sleep and off when I get up in the morning. Just in case she has to go to the potty during the night she can see......
Light Sleeper
Asked by A.G. from Sioux Falls
on February 26, 2007
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My son just turned one years old. He is a very light sleeper. He wakes up every hour during the night and needs to be helped back to sleep. This help includes nursi...
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- HI MY NAME IS A. AND I'AM NEW TO MAMASOURCE, AND I THINK I CAN HELP YOU, TRY PLAYING CLASSICAL MUSIC OR ANY KIND OF KIDS MUSIC. YOU CAN ALSO TRY A TOY OR A STUFF ANIM...
- The most important thing is to get him in his own crib, for your sanity as much as for his! Try the reassurance technique, which saved our lives! It's basically lett...
- My son was also a light sleeper and we co-slept until he was about 7 months old (we b/f until 1 year). I was never getting any sleep and was miserable! What worked f...
Sleeping with the Light On
Asked by M.M. from Washington DC
on May 14, 2008
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My question is very simple, nothing as major as many other issues, but just the same lately it has been bugging me-should it be a big deal that my kid is 10 years old ...
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- Dear M., My 95-year-old grandmother still sleeps with a night light. There's not a thing wrong with it-- just a personal preference. I realize that such things...
- It matters yes and no. No if its just a night light, thats not a huge deal. BUT if its an over head light or a lamp it matters. I read that when you sleep w/ the light...
- mine just turned 8 and she still likes her door open or a light on. she says she has bad dreams if the room is dark. she falls asleep so fast though i just turn it o...
Childs Night Light
Asked by C.T. from Portland
on December 31, 2008
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My daughter is almost 4 and I desperately need to find her a big girl night light. I am looking to find one that is kind of a lamp that can sit on her bedside table an...
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- I had a hard time, for awhile, finding a night light that worked for my son. I eventually started getting glow stcks. He loves them and they give off just enough light...
- We just use our stars and flower ones from Ikea. however we make our kids turn theirs off before falling asleep. We don't have issues with monsters or being scared...
- Go to a craft store, and get a light shade. You can get some stamps (the type they use in scrap booking to cut out the shapes) and then press out the shape on the lam...
Help!! Our 16 Month Old Is Scared of the Dark and His Night Light
Asked by J.K. from Dallas
on August 21, 2008
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Until now, our son has gone to sleep for the entire night within 10 min's of us putting him down. It has been so easy. For the last few days however, each night he ha...
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- It sounds to me like your 16 month old has figured out exactly what to say to get out of bedtime. How you handle it is up to you but the more you jump and run the more...
- Has he saw any scary TV shows that you happen to be watching, and not knew he was ?? You might try leaving the light completey on a few nights, so there won't be shado...
- my 4 year old son used to be the same way, he would wake up in the middle of the night and coming running in my room. I put a lamp in his room w/ a green light bulb so...
Night Light or Lamp? White Noise or Music?
Asked by T.G. from Dallas
on December 9, 2011
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How does your toddler sleep? Night light, room light, lamp or completly dark. White noise, music or silence?
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- We use a dex sound machine set to "ocean". I love it because I hear it in my room too and it's so relaxing. My 5.5 year old uses a night light.
- used to be white noise and night light (Graco's combo) to fall asleep, but then after falling asleep I'd turn off the light - those things are too bright. That was at ...
- My 4 mo old sleeps with a nightlight and white noise. The white noise is less for her, and more for us. If we accidentally drop or bang something, she is less likely...
Do You Use a Night Light in Your Baby's Room?
Asked by C.C. from Macon
on August 1, 2008
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I didn't with my daughter who is and was an excellent sleeper! With my son though I am wondering if a night light would help him self soothe, being that he could see ...
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- When my son was that age, we used a mobile that lit up. It had an aquarium in the base of the mobile that would light up and a little fish would swim around. It woul...
- A nightlight was definitely a must for my son when he was a baby. It definitely seemed to calm him when he woke up at night and was able to see where he was. I plugged...
- I leave the closet light on with the door open, only because I have not gotten a night light yet, but it works for my daughter very well, we tried leaving it off a few...
