No nursery is complete without a nursery nightlight for the safety of mother and baby.

When your baby wakes up at 3am from a dream, he or she needs to be able to see their surroundings. Now I am not talking about a bright light illuminating the entire room here, but a soft glow letting baby know that they are in a comforting environment. When a baby awakens to a pitch black room, they have a tendency to get frightened and cry extremely loud. They are feeling lost and abandoned when this happens.

Nursery nightlights let your baby awake to a softly lit room where they can see their surroundings and feel comfortable. When a baby awakens from deep sleep, they like to look around and see familiar surroundings,

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nursery nightlights allow them to do just this, and many times a baby will amuse herself by checking out all the cool lines and nursery décor until finally falling back to sleep. Of course this is not always the case, and often times a baby will need the comforting of a loving parent to coax them back to sleep.

When your baby is crying for you at 3am and the house is dark, the last thing you need to do is stub your toe in the darkness and be upset before you even get to your baby to calm them. Nursery nightlights will softly illuminate your way into the nursery so that you can comfort your child, without harm coming to you on your way. Sometimes a crying baby has just misplaced a pacifier, other times they are hungry and ready for a feeding. Rather than turning on a bright overhead light and surely awakening your baby to a full state of alertness, you can use a nursery nightlight as a gentle light that will help you to pacify your baby.

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Now for safety sake you also need to make sure that light from nursery nightlights do not shine into baby’s eyes, or even into the crib. The eyelids of babies under the age of 2 years old are very thin and direct light may be able to damage the development of the eyes over extended periods of time. As a safety measure, I believe that, if possible, all nursery nightlights should be placed behind the head of the crib, this way the room will be slightly illuminated, but no light will ever shine directly at your baby. Without standing up in the crib and staring behind them, your baby should not be able to look directly at the light. If you have a streetlight glaring into your nursery, you may want to change position of the crib so that this light is never shining directly into the crib, and especially baby’s eyes.

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A completely dark room is not advisable because of the shock factor that your baby will feel upon waking. Darkness is also less safe for the comforting parent who is coming into the room all blurry eyed and half awake, all it takes is one forgotten diaper bag in the middle of the room and there could be a very bad accident. Nursery nightlights will prevent these occurances and make everyone feel more comfortable and safe.

There are many varieties of nursery nightlights and you will probably want more than one. Especially if your room is any distance from the nursery, you will want nursery nightlights to illuminate your way from your room, all the way to the nursery. It is hard enough to be in a good mood awakened by a crying baby at 3am, you definitely do not need any mishaps along the way.