4 year old wants light on to sleep

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Hi everyone

My son is 4 years old, from 7months he slept through the night (12hrs) and has never had a nightlight or other kinds of lights. Suddenly a few weeks ago he has been wanting his light on in his room. We have a dimmer switch on the light so been turning it right down and then turning off once he is asleep. My husband has said he is turning it back on in the night. Every time we turn it off he turns it back on but it’s on very bright. I have just been in to turn it off and he has pushed his stall up to his door. I’m not quite sure how to approach this as he can reach the switch! I know he is so so tired at the moment. We did think of getting a night light (any recommendations welcome!)

it's extremely common for children to become afraid of the dark at varying stages. Id just get him a light. Ours each have a turtle that has a soft watery blue/purple light that it makes it look like water on the ceiling - it plays ocean waves and turns itself off after 10 min. It's really lovely actually I wouldn't mind having one myself.

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Why fight him on it? Get yourself down to b&q or whatever today and let him pick out a nice night light. DPs were strict with me about no lights and I developed a profound fear of the dark so it backfired massively.

Get a nice night light. Full on ceiling lights are awful he won't sleep properly. My son always had a peaceful night light.

Let him have a night light. If you turn it off once he is asleep he will wake up to dark and likely panic. If the light is not disturbing anyone else I would let him keep it on. Agree the big light is not great for sleeping but a gentle lamp is a good compromise.

Both my dcs have gone through stages of wanting to sleep with the light on when they previously didn't need it on. Age 4 is a time when their imagination is developing and they can start thinking things that scare them. Let him have a night light so it doesn't affect his sleep quality like a bright light will. I expect he'll grow out of it in time.

I noticed in Aldi's yesterday they had some nice children's night lights. Was thinking of one for my little one but she doesn't need one at the moment.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions!

My sister in law suggested the gro clock as he has been waking around 6am too. We used it as a night light and clock- We tried it last night and it worked! He slept from 7.30pm-7.45am (could be a one off 🤦🏽‍♀️) but it also meant he did wake my youngest so she has had a nice lay in until 8am!

Didn't wake!

My 12yr has always slept with the light on. Just the bedside lamp on a low setting. We tried night lights but he’d just turn the lamp on during the night anyway. It’s a total non-issue.