About a year ago I posted about my DS' s electronic toys starting up on their own. My sister even confirmed that she heard one playing as she approached our front door when we weren't home. They would also start up when we were in the room. .. and nobody was near them. changing batteries made no difference and random toys would do it. it stopped happening when we moved house.

Now something is going on again. DS1 has a colour changing lamp in his room. we always change the settings so it stays on just one solid colour when he goes to bed.. so there's minimal stimulation. In the last couple of months, since DS2 was born, the light has started spontaneously changing colours in the middle of the night. its not battery operated so I can't really fiddle with it. the button to change the settings is under the base, and the lamp is on a shelf too high for DS1 to reach. We don't know why it's doing this, but DS1 runs into our room crying and scared when it happens. sometimes before we've even gone to bed ourselves he will wake up and scream. It's a scream of terror.

if the light wasn't doing weird things I'd put it down to night terrors. DP is concerned too which is a big thing as he's not a beliecer in spirits etc. I've asked DS1 if he's scared and he says yes. I asked him what scared him and he just says what what what. typical 2y.o.

has anyone else had something like this going on? DP wants to set up the webcam in his room overnight. I'm not sure I want to see something that might scare me..... or something messing with my child, but I feel uneasy and like I should get to the bottom of it.

opinions?