Calling all mums who use NIGHTLIGHTS for their children- PLEASE READ!

[bexyboo87]

Hi all mums!

Im a design student at university, and for my major project i am designing a new innovative nightlight to help with children's sleep disorders and also to help children go back to sleep if they have woken up in the middle of the night. This light will also be interactive, so the light can be used as they grow up.

Why do you use a nightlight? Does it help your child sleep better?

Do you think certain colours and patterns of light/ sounds would help your child sleep better?

What kind of thing would you like the light to be able to do, for when the child is older?-
1.colour changing- activated by the child
2.storytelling?
3.music playing?

1. educational?

Any suggestions?

Many thanks for your help.

I use a bedside light as DD doesn't like going to sleep in the dark. At the moment I go in and turn it off when she's asleep and put on a dim night light instead.

If she wakes in the night she often turns the lamp back on. It's a sealed children's one which I think is essential, otherwise I'd be worried that she could touch the bulb and break it or burn herself.

I'd like to be able to control the brightness and I'd also like it to have a remote control so that I could adjust the brightness or turn it off without going all the way into her room and disturbing her.

I also find that 'yellow' light is more relaxing than 'white' light so I'd probably prefer that.

I'd have to use for it telling stories or playing tunes as my DD refuses to have either at bedtime, she likes it quiet.

I wouldn't want it to be too interactive or she'd play with it, rather than going to sleep.

Good luck with the project

Perhaps a light that fades gradually over an hour or so to leave just a dim glow, and can then be reactivated by the child touching the base, if they wake up - my Grandma had a light which was turned off and on by tapping on the base so the technology already exists.

As someone else mentioned I would like one that changed colour when it was time to get up.

My dd likes a very dull light on all night. From the thread looks like a split between people who like them to fade out and those that like them on all the time. So maybe yours could be set to do either.

I like the ones that do patterns on the ceiling (so one that does a star effect) - I say to dd watch the patterns and she normally drops off.

Sleepycat, it would be if it lasted more than a week! (and faded down)

DD (7) and DS (9) both like a nightlight since they saw some scarey episodes of Dr. Who. DD admits that it keeps her awake, and for a long while she did without, but then a friend came for sleepover who likes a nightlight, and DD has wanted it again since then.

I wouldn't want anything too colourful or active or interactive, DC would spend ages playing with it rather than going to sleep!