Scared of the dark - how do i get my 5 y.o sleeping without the light on

[Boys2mam]

my ds will be 5 nxt wk and usually sleeps with his bedside lamp on. His little brother is going to be moving into his room soon so I'm trying to get him to go to sleep without his lamp. I got him a gloe bear for xmas so he can have the light off but he now tells me he's having nightmares about someone coming to take him away!!

Any suggestions how to handle this?? I tried telling he's a big boy now but just got tears - am i wrong to force the issue?

I picked up a microwaveable giraffe (bear with me!) from TK Maxx before Christmas to give to my 5 year old. It's a lavendar bag; max 20 cm high, he cuddles it and it keeps him warm. That's enabled us to turn off the lamp. It might work!

IME don't even try. It's not worth it - pick your battles as they say. My two dd's are in the same room - dd1 likes the light on, dd2's really not bothered. So we've got the light on a dimmer and leave it on the lowest setting, also dd's are in bunk beds and dd2 sleeps on the bottom where it's darker.