Leaving a light on for the baby?

Question

My baby is three months old and sleeps in our bedroom. I leave a dull lamp on every night so that I can check on her while she is sleeping and because I thought the dark might be scary for her. But latly I have been wandering if I should be turning the light off when she is asleep so that it becomes normal for her to wake up in a dark room. Will she become scared of the dark if I dont let her get used to it? Do you have a lamp or night light on for your baby?

Answer 1

My son is 11 months old. We leave a nightlight on ni his room...not for him, but for us so we can see when we go in to check on him.  

Answer 2

All my son has is on his monitor there are 4 little LED lights. That's all he has. It just gives off a little light. Enough so his is not in total darkness. Try turning of the light. It is easy to turn the light back on if it does not work.

Answer 3

   Well we shut off the lights, but I'm blind and don't need to see so I don't know how hard that is for sighted people. I'm not sure that the light will matter to her in anyway at that age, but eventually she'll let you know if she needs it or not.  

Answer 4

No I think its best to have a night light on better to see and check on her in the night. Its good for when they get older too and if they have to go potty in the middle of the night they dont have to find their way in the dark. If they wake up scared it probably better to see whats around they wake up to everything all dark.

Answer 5

I would say no light my baby is 13 months and no light in her room and she sleeps 515pm to 7am every night if i have to go in to check her i put on the hall light...

Answer 6

There is no light on for my baby, and he doesn't get scared at all.  I think she will be fine. She has no reason to be scared of the dark until she hears her first ghost story!

Answer 7

I heard from somewhere that it is best to leave a little night light on for your baby as when they wake up they open their eyes and try to look around which strains their eyes, but because they are so young they don't know to close them - so it can hurt their eyes to have a pitch black room.

We always have a nightlight on for my son, he sleeps in our room - mainly in our bed - and it is always on. Is especially helpful for when they make a fuss in the middle of the night.

Good Luck with whatever you decide.  

Answer 8

I would say it is time to put the baby in the baby room w/ a little night light on and those monitors so you can hear your baby but it is now time to separate yourself from baby so you can concentrate on your relationship w/ your husband (I am assuming you have one) but if not you still need to do this because your child needs to get used to her own room otherwise she is not going to want to leave and you don't want that bad habit in your life