Hi our soon to be 2 1/2yr old daughter, just lately does not like it when we turn off her bedroom light at night. She points to the light switch and then to her eyes and whines a bit because it is dark. Now that it is getting darker earlier as winter is approaching( i am from Canada) i don't think she remembers it ever being this dark at bedtime before..Is or has anyone else gone through this. We need some advice, not sure if i really want to start a nightlight thing as that is something else just to take away. SHe does not watch a lot of tv only Clifford the big red dog.. I need all the help and suggestions thanks in advance...
My daughter is 7 and has been a bit scared to sleep in the dark lately so we got her a lamp its on when she goes to bed she reads a little then nods of to sleep once she is asleep i turn her lamp off, since we have been doing this shes been fine.
I dont think it hurts to let them have a lamp on, just turn it off when they are asleep.
Hi, I gave my kids a night light but didn't like the idea either. But what i did was put them to bed with no light, if they asked for it i would just play dumb... oh sorry mummy forgot to turn it on. Once the kids were asleep or when i went to bed i would turn the light off so they actually slept in the dark most of the night. Eventually by me "forgetting to turn it on" some nights they would just go to sleep without it. Good luck.
Ours have all been through this too, and we still have 2 more to go! lol. We have solved the problem by having the lights in the rooms outside the bedrooms on, so no night light in the bedroom to have to take away when they get older.
We also got special torches for our kids (just torches made for kids) so that they could turn them on if they got frightened. Only problem, the batteries didn't last long! lol.
I don't know why this happens at this age, and I really didn't have the patience for it, so I cheated and got a little dinosaur torch when we went to look at the dinosaurs. Half the time the midget doesn't even have it on, he just likes the idea that he can switch it on if he wants to. (It is pretty cool, it projects a dinosaur outline wherever you shine it, and you can change the colours etc). Sometimes Nanna & Granpa leave the curtains open for him, and he looks down at the lights in town and enjoys that.
My 3 yr old won't sleep in the dark now. She's always been fine until recently. It started with her wanting the door left open, but now she wants the light on too.
We were having huge problems getting her to stay in her room at all. Now we leave the light on till she falls asleep and she's fine.
She never said she was scared of the dark, she doesn't like not being able to see.
If you really don't want her to have a light on, maybe keep open her blinds - even the night there is still moonlight to a degree to lighen the room slightly. If she is scared of the dark and says there is monsters or the like, maybe make up a special potion (with her help) of water, lavender or something else you like to spray around the room to keep the monsters at bay... having scent in there helps them believe in it being able to smell it even when you are gone.
To be honest, if she wants a night light whats the problem? I know I was scared of the dark when I was a child and nothing relieved my fears, my boys also don't like sleeping in the complete dark so I let them have a night light too. I don't think it hurts them to have one if it helps them sleep.
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