Emily will not sleep without light on and I bought nightlight last night and she still woke up at 3 am crying so I turned on the bathroom light for her. anyone else toddlers going through this?

Yup... we have the same thing going on. All of a sudden a couple of weeks ago Kes started the whole being scared thing. So, now he goes to bed with a little flash light thingie and if we can't find that before bed, we turn on his lamp for him... Not sure what triggered it, but prior to that he had no problem being in a dark room. Hoping it's jsut a phase and he'll grow out of it!

When I was a kid i couldn't stand sleeping in the dark lol, i had to have my closet light on, Nicholas has a nightlight and then usually sleeps with his tv on for the noise

Ummmm No we aren't having any issues with being affraid of the Dark right now

Ella is scared of the dark. I have to keep the bathroom light on for her so when she needs to potty she can just go in there. I also have to leave the laundry room light on because its the room right next to hers and I leave her door open. Otherwise she would FLIP out! There are still times she will ask me to keep her bedroom light on so I do until she falls asleep then I shut it off.

My niece is scared to death of the dark. My sister got her some egg thing that acts like a night light but she puts it right next to her. Its like she knows if you turn the light on after she falls asleep she just starts to scream

I dont think hes scared so much but Ashten always wants a light on.Once hes asleep,it can be dark & hes fine.And he has no problem walking into rooms when its dark & turning on the light.We do have a nightlite for him though so that he doesnt trip when he gets up at night.

I have the same problem with Kurt & he's 7, he is absolutely petrified of the dark & also sleeps with the light on. He is slowly getting better. Damien who is now 12 use to be also scared of the dark, but he finally got over it about 3 years ago & me well the dark scares the absolute Sh it outta me so I wonder if its something they got from me!

thanks ladies glad to hear I am not the only one going through this right now.

Vaughn just started this too. One night he just came running into my room saying "Mommy, I'm scared...the shadows...too dark!" Ever since we've had to have a light in his room and we made the mistake once of turning it off after he fell asleep and he woke up in the middle of the night just crying and begging for help. Poor little guy. Maybe it's a stage at this age???

I put a tap light next to ayden's bed that he got to pick(it's a turtle or something) so that if he wakes up and it's too dark for him in there he can just tap it and he automatically has lots of light. Maybe you could try that and explain to her that she has the night light to go to sleep with but if she gets scared for any reason all she has to do is tap the light and she "magically" gets more light. Take her and let her pick one....they have tons and tons of those things...animals and princess crowns and disney stuff even i think.

Just an idea that worked for us...worked for when he needs to go to bathroom Ayden can turn on and off easy right next to the bed himself too....worked really well.

At our last house the switch in his room was on a dimmer and we would leave the light on just a dim glow. It started kinda bright and he slowly let us make it dimer and dimer. Maybe switching to a dimmer switch would be beneficial and she could tell you where she is comfortable with the light being.