Night Light/Lamp
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Topic: Night Light/Lamp
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Night Light/Lamp
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 4:27pm
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God knows what made me think of this last night but lying in bed I was thinking about lamps. The lamps we have in our bedroom are fine (25 watt bulbs, standard kinda lamp) but if I'm going to be getting up in the middle of the night, if I had a lamp like that one it's gonna blind me to death so i want something less powerful. Today while I was enjoying boxing day sales I couldn't find anything that wasn't as strong. Any ideas? or what do the rest of you do?
I'd have great night time vision and would rather have very dull light and so that my eyes have less to adjust to and also hopefully make it a tiny bit easier to go back to sleep afterwards |
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 5:37pm
| Not sure what type you are looking for but we got some touch lamps from the warehouse, they are black shades and a brass type looking base (quite nice not tacky like they probably sound) anyway there are three different light levels so each time you touch it (which i might add is super handy for getting up to bubs in the night specially if you wear glasses like me) the light goes brighter. They were really cheap to, cant remember how much but less than $20 each i think. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 5:45pm
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I have a touch lamp with three settings, the bulb is 40W. But... if you have great night vision and once you get feeding established and all that you may not need a lamp all the time. We had a high uncurtained window with a street light nearby and that was generally fine for summer nights (I don't have great night vision but I don't like waking up or light in the middle of the night lol) -------------  |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 7:08pm
Robyn my parents have those same lamps in their $4.5mil house in Sydney so not tacky at all 
I have a Jolly Jumper baby monitor with a noise activated night light on it (comes on when bubs cries or if you talk etc.) and I just use that. I also turn the hallway light on outside their room and that lights their room enough without having to turn on their actual light and wake them up more than neccessary. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 7:27pm
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I just turn on the hallway light at night time and that seems to work fine ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 7:41pm
| I don't like the idea of turning on the hallway light as that will blind me even more than my bedside lamp and DH would kill me cause it would shine directly on him (just the direction of door and bed etc) lol. I might get a cheapie touch lamp |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 8:30pm
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Want to get a plug-in night light for the hallway? That's presuming you have a plug in your hallway ------------- |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 9:34pm
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mum got us the touch lamps and we hadn't used them up tilli had ayja but have used them ever since.. one in our room and one in ayja's room, they are great cos i had it right down low when feeding ayja and could slowly bring it up when i went to change her bottom for more lighting, then off again when she went to bed, that was while she was little and in our room. She now has one in her room and it's just low enough to light her room a teeny bit, but dark enough for her to go to sleep. With Paris at her age we just had the halway door open and the hallway light on, but Ayja is tooo nosy and won't sleep if she sees the door open. I thought the ones mum got me looked icky (old lady flowery ones..) but they have worked really well. nice and cheap.. something like $5 - $10 each if that.. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 26 December 2006 at 9:47pm
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I used a black lightbulb! Like a uv light.. It was great as there was enough light to see but didn't wake bub up. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 27 December 2006 at 8:26am
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when mikey was little i had a touch lamp on the lowest setting and that worked fine. ------------- |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 27 December 2006 at 10:57am
we have one of those touch lights from the $2 shop to use when we go and check on jack at night. our hallway light doesn't go. it's the small white round lights that you can screw onto a wall or sit on a table and just push it and it lights up.  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 27 December 2006 at 11:51am
We have a standard lamp with a low wattage blub...that works fine for us. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 27 December 2006 at 1:31pm
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You can get soft tone 25 watt light bulbs, but you can also get dream baby night lights at the warehouse etc, about $7, that are light activated and turn on when it is dark. They are about 7 watts or something and really good, non blinding! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 5:05pm
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A 25watt bulb in a normal table lamp works well for me in Ella's room - I just flick it on for feeds. And I keep a hallway light on (not right outside our bedroom door though) all night so I'm not tripping over myself wandering through to her room. Will baby be in your room or another one? 'Cause I guess that makes a big difference. ------------- Andie |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 6:38pm
| In another room. I'm hoping I don't have to have a 25 watt one because it's what we have in our room now and it blinds the crap out of me so I'm going to find a way to make it much much duller |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 7:29pm
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If you could find a lower wattage bulb you could just put that in the lamp you've got. ------------- |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 3:31pm
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What about a darker coloured lava lamp? Thats what we use and its fantastic! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 3:44pm
hehe I never thought about a lava lamp, I'd probably sit there for ages waiting for it to heat up so I could watch it  that's actually a pretty good idea and they are pretty cheap. I had a look around for touch lamps when I was in town yesterday buying some lights for our living room and I couldn't find one under $40 and that was at the warehouse
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 31 December 2006 at 3:48pm
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I bought a touch lamp once for about $25 at KMart. It was a while ago but probably worth checking them out. ------------- |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 01 January 2007 at 6:28pm
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You can get the different types of Lava Lamp, some of the ones with like 'sparkly' stuff in it warms up really fast so the light is a bit better a bit sooner. We have a blue sparkly one but we have been using a yellow one and just turning it on gives enough light. We dont need to let it warm up totally (cause it takes ages). ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Glenfelik
Date Posted: 20 January 2007 at 11:00am
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I bought a nightlight from The Warehouse and I think from memory it was only $4 and it works great! a dim light that I can get up and get Olivia our of bed and put her back to bed without turning on any other lights! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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