Mikayla has always had a difficult time at bedtime. Now for some reason or another, she is scared and she has to have the light on (maybe she's scared of the witch lady, too). I didn't mind it at first- she would just play for a little bit and then make her way to her bed and fall asleep. However, last night after she had been asleep for awhile, I went in to turn off the light when she screamed at me to leave it on and to come in and play dolls with her- even though she was still trying to rub the sleep from her eyes. I finally convinced her that 11 o'clock at night was in fact not an appropriate time to play with her paper dolls (especially since she was laying on the bed and just wanted me to play with them). She would not, however, be persuaded to turn off the light and Heaven forbid that I leave the room. So I laid with her for a little while until she realized that mommy was right (surprise, surprise) and having the light shine in your eyes is rather annoying and so she finally told me to turn it off. Then after awhile I tried to make my escape and failed. I tried a couple more times, finally succeeding somewhere around midnight. I guess we'll have to try something new. I sure hope Hunter doesn't have this problem (especially the part with the paper dolls).
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I think that Ella was the same way. Some time after she was two, she suddenly was up all the time in the night and seemed frightened. She had always slept with just a night light and nothing more. So I started leaving the hall light on, and that has worked! Just light enough to not be shinning right in her face and where she is not scared, yet dark enough to where she can sleep. =)
Good luck!!!
Thanks Amy!
So these are the "joys" of parenthood. Somehow we live thru them AND the kids live thru them. The good thing is that they won't remember...good to have some proof tho. Especially for when THEY have kids...hee hee.
Payback's a...never mind....
I didn't want to, but when Keara started with that, I put a night light in her room. We found one that is an LED light or something and is matte covered so it isn't too shiny, but was bright enough to make her feel comfortable. When she was over the fear, I took it out and replaced it with one we got from the hospital which is orange and hardly gives off any light, but was there as a comfort for her. At Christmas time, lights outside the window also do wonders.
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