Co-sleeping dilemma: Daddy wants a reading light, but Bubba needs to sleep...

[Tobily]

When DS was littler he was super sensitive to any lights being on - he would be wide awake immediately if I turned on lights during the overnight feeds.
I just used a small torch, I could see what I was doing but he never stirred.
I agree that once they reach a certain age most bubs resettle themselves better in a very dark room with nothing to visually stimulate them.

[LimeSlice]

You can get clip on reading lights...they clip onto the book and are bright enough for reading and not for lighting the room...they are really cheap...
I think you can usually get them out of those "Innovations" catalogue, or from a **** Smith or something like that.

We also keep a light on, the ensutie light and I just close the door almost all the way over

GL

[Nai]

Ok this may sound really dorky but DP has this elastic strap thing that can go around your head and hold a torch (so you can use the torch hands-free but still see where you are going). I found this awesome to read a book by when camping so something like that might be an idea if he wants to read.

[Nadine216]

Nai LOL I was going to say the same thing. It's a LED headtorch, it can get expensive, but hey, if he want to read, make him pay for it LOL
I have seen those clip-on-the-book lights - great (as in on my chrismas list) for hardcovers, sucky for mags

[LimeSlice]

DF has one of those - he uses it for everything 0 including reading...looks like such a dork, but it works!
lol

[Melody7]

Wow, some great ideas re the head torches (we have 2 of those for camping) and the book lights. We've left a side light on dimmed tonight all evening so we'll see if DS stirs when we go to bed!....

[spring_ag]

Melody, how did you go last night. Thanks for the thread, some great ideas. Same thing here, though it's not DH, it's me who like to read before bed

[Melody7]

Well, leaving the side light on for the duration of the evening seemed to work. I came in to find DH and DS asleep. But it wasn't long before DS woke up looking for a boobie - makes me wonder if it's not in fact the light waking him but me! How good could a baby's sense of smell be?!

We'll try the side light again tonight I think...