Night Light

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DS has just turned 6 weeks old and every night my DH has put on a night light so we can see him as his mum said we should? Is this necessary?

My mum said she left her hall light on and the door very slightly open for us and done the same the two nights she's had DS.

I think the constant light in our room is affecting how baby sleeps, it's quite a bright night light. Our entire room is lit up. It's only slightly dimmer than our bedside lamps imo. He was fed at 5am and he's lying wide awake since, he does this every morning then nods off around 7/7.30. I've turned the night light off. If I really need to see him I can turn the light on his white noise owl surely?

I'm just sick of baby being awake from 5am every morning and wondering if the light being on has something to do with it? MIL is insisting she knows best

A night light won't be affecting a babies sleep at 6 weeks old, and you do need to be able to see him when you feed.

Oh that would irritate the life out of me. I used to pop a (dim) light on to feed and change nappy but otherwise I'd keep it dark when it's sleep time.

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A night light won't be affecting a babies sleep at 6 weeks old, and you do need to be able to see him when you feed.

And there was me thinking I could feed him in the dark.... I am aware a night light is useful for feeding but all night seems excessive.

We've never used night lights because we don't them to rely on them as they get older - having a light on in the hallway all night would irritate me as we sleep with the door open.

He's not your MIL's baby. He's yours! She did what worked for her. You do what works for you!
As with most things in parenting, there are many different ways to do things. Often there's no right or wrong, just what's best for you.

I would switch the light off and just put a dim one on for feeding in the night when feeding and burping is done back down with light off , ignore your mil

Ignore her and do what works for you. About the light and the 20 million other things she'll have an opinion on in the future.

They’re not born knowing the difference between night and day so I was always very strict with daytime naps being bright with household noise but overnight sleep being dark and quiet. At best it’s disrupting your sleep, at worse it’s disrupting baby’s too. Yes to a very very dim light you can flick on if you need to when feeding or nappy changing but otherwise there’s no need. They can be useful later when baby is replacing their own dummy or if you have a toddler that is getting themselves in/out of bed but you’re not there yet and again it should be very dim. I’d chuck this light in the bin and treat this as a learning curve- MIL will likely have all sorts of nonsense ideas and you don’t have to listen to any of them.

You don't need to have a nightlight if you don't want one. If you do want to have one, but that won't keep you awake all night then get a red one 👍 We've got this one nuby-uk.com/nursery-newborn-c1/sleep-aids-c31/nuby-penguin-colour-changing-night-light-p307 that works really well, you can have it on the warm white setting that's brighter (would be good for changing nappies), or you can have it cycle through colours, or then tap it again to lock it onto one colour. We have the red colour on all night on the landing for our son.
Or you could buy a red bulb for a lamp you already have 🙂

I had a dim nightlight on all night for first 3-4 days but mostly because we were up more than we were asleep but since then I’ve just turned it on for feeds.

We’ve been having a challenging time with 4month old staying awake for ages after a night feed as he suddenly decided to give up the dummy (good in long run but difficult right now!) last night we switched to using a red night light rather than normal one and he went straight back to sleep after each feed - still turning it on and off for feeds but I think the red is less disruptive to sleep, although I’ve got no idea if there is any scientific basis to that.

We have the Vava night light and it's really handy. It goes pretty dim and is small so you can put it behind some books or similar to block a bit of the light if you want. I find it helpful to have a bit of light and think it's easier to have something dim on constant rather than putting something on and off. I don't think it's affected our baby's sleep at all.

Our grow egg was bright enough to see if
You have one for room temp?

Decided last night there would be no night light except for feeding/changing. It may be coincidence but baby slept 10-3, fed and went straight back to sleep then slept until just after 7 and even went back to sleep after that feed! Hoping this lasts. Best nights sleep I've had in ages

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