Would you let your child sleep with the lights on?

wedding905

My daughter has recently become scared of things and one of her fears is the dark. She has 3 night lights but still wants the light on. We also tried giving her a special flashlight but that didn't work. She has been sleeping with her light on for about a month. My husband doesn't want her to never be able to sleep in the dark but I think she will grow out of it. Ibdon't want to force her to sleep in the dark because she is really afraid. WWYD?

molldoll71

If she is  really afraid and can sleep with it on, of course!

NJLH

One of mine does. I tried night lights, a light up ladybug...it was a battle I couldnt win. I gave in and she sleeps fine with all lights on. I'm hoping she'll grow out of it.

prncess21

Yep. She'll outgrow it eventually.

Andrea0429

DS sleeps with the light on.  We have a dimmer on the light though, so it's on the lowest setting when he sleeps.  I think we've done it that way for at least 6 months now.

Jerseyjessie

Bella was and is still kind of like that. She has 2 night lights and still wants her closet light on.

I used to turn off her closet light after she fell asleep but she would wake up at 2-3am and just turn it back on herself. I asked her Ped because I was curious about her getting good sleep with the light on and her said she was Ok and it's a comfort thing.

Liz051405

Sure.

We leave the hall light on until we go to bed because M needs it on to fall asleep in the first place. 

In my book, if she is sleeping, go for it.

ATSBRIDE

molldoll71:

If she is  really afraid and can sleep with it on, of course!

This. I don't see any harm in it. Both my kids have some form of light on in their room when they go to sleep - Sabrina has xmas lights on her doll house and I leave the closet light on for Nicholas. When we come up for bed we turn them both off 

penguingrrl

I'd let her, no problem. My feeling is that I'll do whatever it takes for everyone to be well rested, which means everyone sleeping in his/her own bed. If a light on is the only option that would be fine with me.

mrs.marie.g

install a dimmer switch and gradually go less and less. arabelle's room has more night lights then the rockafellar christmas tree. and probally for about 3 months when she was 3ish we went through sleeping with the lights on. then we where able to phase it out.

she still has two night lights and essentially a glitter lava lamp.

but try the dimmer switch if you have an overhead light you can use.

avoliss

They all sleep with lights on!!! Sometimes, we'll shut Steven's light off completely because, for a while, it seemed like he was sleeping better that way.

Rory and Ali have a dimmer...so it goes on pretty low to begin with and then we usually just leave it on ever so slightly for them. (Of course, Rory plays with it and will make it super bright.)

As long as she's sleeping, I wouldn't worry about it. Ali went thru a phase, too, and now she's totally fine with no lights but...she shares a room with Ro so she doesn't have a choice.

Does she wake up and get upset if the light isn't on? If not, can you shut it off when you go to bed?

AmyRob04

Why would you NOT if you know it's how she's going to fall asleep. It's such a small thing, just leave the light on. She's not going to have to sleep with it on forever (and really, even if it's years, what difference does it make - my son is 6 and still needs some kind of light on - small price to pay for SLEEP). You said it yourself, she's "really afraid" - why make her suffer?