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[Closed] Dadsnet - dim nightlight/ stars projector
11 month old has always been a bit rubbish at sleeping. Certainly compared to his older brother. wakes up, needs settling, often ne3eds boob feed before he resettles. We've tried sleep training with some success, but it's been interrupted by teething or illness where we've relented because he obvliously needed more than a pat on the back.
When I've gone to see him rather than my wife., I often find that he's calmed down by pulling the blind up and looking out of the window for a bit, at the clock on the screensaver on my phone, just something to take his attention while he calms down, then he goes back to sleep. He doesn't seem to get much out of soft toy (his brother was very attached to an elephant from about 2 months on. White noise doesn't seem to work either - Ewan TDS has been thrown out of the cot more than once.
Been thinking about a moving stars projector, but it'd need to be boring enough and dim enough that he'd still be able to fall asleep and stay asleep. The ones on Amazon say dimmable, but most also sub as disco lights, so I have no clue if they'd go dim enough to be only just interesting in a dark room.
Any experience, recommendations? Or other ideas?
I think that this is the same one as we have.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0873BFM41/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_t1_9fVbGb69B7PCD
From your post, it seems that it would fit your requirements.
It has several different images that you can swap out, depending on if you want stars, animals etc.
Seems good quality but for some reason it speaks to us in Japanese when the battery is low, and we have thrown out the instructions.
We also have a Schnuggle night light that gives off a soft light and is useful when moving around in the night.
One of those remote control led bulbs? The ones we have include a timer and different colour lights. Just as a background light?
Leave wardrobe door slightly ajar and use a pair of LEDs to make some nice faint glowing red eyes inside. If you don't have red LEDs you can use green.
Cheers peekay. Out of stock at the mo, in the basket to remind me though.
sv, more moving lights on the crossing than a nightlight. Something to focus his attention, but then bore him to sleep. Think extremely dull disco.
Don't know why I'm pretending this place is like Mumsnet, I could just search on there. Rolly eyes emoticon. Let me Mumsnet that for you.
Gro-clocks are utterly amazing and we started using them at about that age.
We had two of these battery powered ones (one for each child)
though I don't remember them costing nearly that much. if I can find one of them you can probably have it for postage alone. if the wife approves its recycling! the batteries lasted months at a time, our kids loved them. on a time switch so they'd stay on for 30 minutes or so, you could lick the colour or have them cycle r/g/b.
as for Gro-clocks, I agree, they're great. dim enough night light, though no star projecting. they give a visual of 'how far through the night it is' and a clear idea of when the 'sun's up.
this leads to lots of confused 4am 'chats' about wether the clock-sun or the red-sun-outside is up, and if its ok to go watch CBBC.
This is a newer version of the baby monitor we have, barely use the audio these days (maybe if I'm in the garage and wife is busy) but still use the nightlight and projection, it's nice and dim.
Didn't use a groclock until out of cot but no harm in getting them started on it.
Cheers all, don't know if younger one would be able to figure out from a groclock that he should go back to sleep.
Older one is out of his cot, but he's happy to go to bed and we don't see him again til 7:30/8:00. Might change when the mornings get earlier, but last summer was fine.
If only his brother was even a bit as good at sleeping!
sockpuppet, that's a very kind offer, thank you! I'll DM you.
I know you’ve experience with one but I’d say 11 months is quite young to expect a child to be able to settle themselves in the night. Particularly if he goes to sleep with you or your wife there.
Not clear if you are still feeding them in the night if you’re not is he getting enough food and drink before bed to see him through.