Light in the baby room

melgul001 · January 2012

In the middle of the night, what do you all use instead of flipping on the whole light? Just a regular lamp? A night light?

Just wondering.

Thanks!

October30 · January 2012

I have a mini lamp that I use for feedings right before bed, book reading and only turn on in the middle of the night for massive dirty diaper clean up. Then we have a small night light (its a glass goose-think nursery rhyme that my brother and I used when we were babies) that sits on her dresser. It just uses the little night light bulbs. It's great though because we can go in her room and check on her and I can see to nurse and change her in the middle of the night, etc without lighting the place up. And it's on her dresser to it's light is cast about vs a plug in on the wall.

Check out hobby lobby to see what they have. They had tons of options when we were looking. And for a great price.

AudreyHpbrn · January 2012

in the beginning it was one of those cube glass that had a hole in it for christmas lights

melgul001 · January 2012

AudreyHpbrn:
in the beginning it was one of those cube glass that had a hole in it for christmas lights

What that enough light? I have a friend that makes these but not necessarily for night lights....I was thinking of having her make me one but was skeptical on how much light they provide.

mallen34 · January 2012

We used a small lamp for feedings and diaper changes. Seemed to work good for us because it put out the perfect amount of light.

Jolene84 · January 2012

We used a small lamp for diaper changes. We also have a night light in there for feedings and other night time issues.

katie00224 · January 2012

I had DH put a dimmer on the ceiling light. I use this if I change a diaper overnight or need to put laundry away, etc. Otherwise, we have a nightlight that plugs in to an outlet by the glider. It has a USB plug for an ipod too, which is nice. I use this for feedings at bedtime and overnight or to check on him without turning other lights on

MrsKa08 · January 2012

Right now I have a small night light that I use for feedings and checking on her and we have a lamp that sits across the room from the changing table that I use for diaper changes so that it's not too bright while I'm changing her but bright enough I can see what I'm doing.

smiles4ya · January 2012

switch at Menards that makes the room dim and bright... you can adjust it up and down.

njh514 · January 2012

My friend actually makes stained glass night lights. I know that sounds old lady-ish, but this is Amelie's night light:

and this one is Owen's:

She makes them whatever you want. Not sure what she charges but she has a facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Serendipity-Stained-Glass/103412613089376

She can make pretty much anything you want. She's really talented. It's the perfect amount of light for us to nurse, do a quick diaper change, etc, but not enough to bother her, wake her up, etc.

Haven1 · January 2012

We installed a dimmer switch before the babies were here. It was super duper simple. (Not that I was the one who actually installed it.) Otherwise we have a nightlight in there.

MissManda · January 2012

MrsKa08:
Right now I have a small night light that I use for feedings and checking on her and we have a lamp that sits across the room from the changing table that I use for diaper changes so that it's not too bright while I'm changing her but bright enough I can see what I'm doing.

This is what we did/do. We also used to use the angelcare monitor's halo as a night light until he started noticing it more. Now I just leave the hall light on and leave his door open to nurse. If I need to change a diaper, I will turn the lamp on.

treeduck · January 2012

melgul001:
AudreyHpbrn:
in the beginning it was one of those cube glass that had a hole in it for christmas lights

What that enough light? I have a friend that makes these but not necessarily for night lights....I was thinking of having her make me one but was skeptical on how much light they provide.

I think this would be a really neat idea. We just had a nightlight or small accent lamp in the boys room.

kass11 · January 2012

We love our OXO candela tooli (http://www.oxo.com/p-243-tooli-nightlight-single.aspx). I found it on Amazon for just under $20. It provides the perfect amount of light for diaper changes and feeding. We put it on her crib at night so we can step in and see her. The best part is that its portable. I can carry it from the crib to the changing table to the living room or wherever and it will stay lit for 12-14 hours if fully charged. Toddlers can use it too, carry it to the potty or it can be put in bed with them. Its LED so it doesn't get warm.

Ashnkris · January 2012

We just turn on the light in the spare bedroom next door to her and it gives the perfect amount of light without it being directly on her. She sleeps in pitch black though.. She's never liked light.

+ShannonB+ · January 2012

Same as MissManda, we just turn on the hall light and keep the door cracked. I honestly can't remember if we did anything different for diaper changes.

kass11 · January 2012

ETA: duplicate...computer is freaking out.

AudreyHpbrn · January 2012

melgul001:
AudreyHpasbrn:
in the beginning it was one of those cube glass that had a hole in it for christmas lights
it was for us.
What that enough light? I have a friend that makes these but not necessarily for night lights....I was thinking of having her make me one but was skeptical on how much light they provide.

it was for us and ours was orange lighting because it was a lancer fan made. also depends on where you put it

luvjon · January 2012

We had a 3 way touch lamp from PBK for K, but with B, we just had a 3 way lamp and it was dim enough to do diaper changes. Sometimes we just did them in the dark with a nightlight. It becomes so second nature that unless there is poo involved, you could almost do it with your eyes closed!

sroby · January 2012

Well, if your like me and the baby still doesn't sleep in his crib you don't need one. Embarrassed He did take 2 naps this weekend in his crib, it's a start.

We have a night light in each of the kid's rooms and a lamp that is wired to a seperate switch than the ceiling fan/light.

We try not to change diapers during the night unless it's poopy. I would feed E in the dark with just the night light then put her back to bed.

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