In our nursery we currently have 2 sources of light--an overhead light/fan combo and we have a side table next to the rocker with a lamp on it. I am worried the lamp will be too bright for MOTN changes and feedings, though (especially feedings since it's right next to the rocker). What do you use as a source of light? Does the brightness seem to affect the baby's ability to fall back to sleep? Should I just get a night light that plugs into the wall?
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I used to use my bedside lamp but then I noticed that I was having a hard time falling asleep afterwards. I just got used to feeding in the dark and using the flashlight on my phone for a little light when needed
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We have a lamp, but bought a dimmer for it - so we always keep the lamp "on", but just dim it completely when we leave the room to keep the room dark, and turn up the dimmer a bit when we need to go into the room for any reason in the MOTN... http://www.amazon.com/Lutron-TT-300NLH-BL-Credenza-Dimmer-Black/dp/B00024BJZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373045594&sr=8-1&keywords=light+dimmer
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I just use the overhead light for now. The diaper changing process always pisses him off and wakes him up anyway. He doesn't really seem to be affected by the light as much as he hates being naked.
ETA: I feed using a nightlight.
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I put a 3 way bulb in my lamp and just use it on the very lowest setting. Sometimes I just use my phone!
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When she was in our bedroom, we have a dimmer for the can lights. So we just barely turned it on. Now in her nursery, I don't turn the light on. I just the nightlight on the sound machine.
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I bought a nightlight app for my phone. It emits a soft glow. We had a nightlight, but is was super bright.
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i was timing my nursing sessions with babyconnect on my phone so would use that as a light if necessary, although usually there was enough moonlight/streetlamp light coming in through the window.
for diaper changes, i only changed them if they were poopy. since the diaper wipes were going to wake him anyway, i would turn on a table lamp or turn on a light in the hallway leading to the nursery, which would provide enough light.
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We had a dimmer on our ceiling fan so j just kept it on the lowest setting which provided plenty of light in the middle of the night.
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The Mobi Mate: http://www.getmobi.com/prod_desc.php?prod_id=67
They sell it at wal-mart but I got mine on woot with a mobi-night light too.
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@Mrs. High Heels: Thank you for that link! That seems like a really good solution!
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LO is still in our room so I just use a nightlight in our bathroom.
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@lawbee11: no problem! ours is lasting us through two kids and going strong.
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Hubs installed a dimmer for the overhead lights in the master bedroom and the nursery. It was awesome. For the one in our room he even got me one with a remote control which was perfect for when LO slept next to the bed because I didn't have to get up. I could just turn the light up a few notches and lean over and grab her to feed her.
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@MamaMoose: That's awesome! My DH is pretty handy...I am going to see if he can do something like this in our bedroom!
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we installed a dimmer in her room, I will have this in every baby room...so worth it!
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We just got a cheapo, basic nightlight. http://www.amazon.com/GE-52194-White-Shade-Incandescent/dp/B000BQK2G0/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1373047883&sr=8-15&keywords=nightlight
The table lamp was too bright.
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We just used a night light in her room - leave it on at all times. If I needed more light than that, I would turn on the hall light and close the door a little bit.
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He is in our bedroom until he's a bit older, and we just turn on the bathroom light so we can see to change him. The bathroom is near our bed, so it gives us just enough light.
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I have a Coleman battery led lantern I use so it can travel with us as well. It has a nightlight setting, I think I got it off amazon.
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He doesn't wake up now in the MOTN but when he did I used a bedside lamp. One of my first purchases that I sent DH for was a very low watt bulb. It was hard for ME to fall back asleep with a bright light.
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we also just bought a cheap dimmer from ikea (10$ i think?) to attach to our lamp
it does the job!
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Don't do any blue/white tones as they tend to wake you more. We used this turtle lamp, but the shade is more orange/brown.
http://www.wayfair.com/Meyda-Tiffany-Turtle-Art-Glass-Accent-Table-Lamp-18005-MEY1793.html
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I use either the bedside lamp or the flashlight on my phone.
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I use my phone or twilight turtle
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When she was really little I used a small night table lamp in the nursery. She was awake anyways getting fed and changed and repeat. Once she started having smaller awake periods and not nursing so long at night I put 2 small night lights in the room and that was enough. DH had trouble falling asleep with the extra light at first (baby slept next to our bed) but he learned to deal and it made it so me and baby barely woke up, and I liked having some light since I was up and down so much anyways.
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I'm using a lamp with a 25 watt bulb. A dimmer switch is a great idea! I have installed them in other rooms in our home and its very easy. Just turn off the breaker and then it's like 2 wires you hook up. Totally doing this!
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We have a dimmer overhead light in all our bedrooms.
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They have other styles too.
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