I have been afraid of the dark as long as I can remember. I never slept without a light on. That light was often the overhead light.
It drove my dad crazy.
But I could taste the fear. The worst to me was when I forgot to do something outside and had to go out after dark.
I grew up on a small farm. We had a barn, which means we had barn cats. It was my job to feed them. I did not like my job. I put it off as long as possible. Especially when my dad told me I was feeding skunks in with the cats. Um, who wants to do that? Not me. I hated my job.
Fast forward a “few” years. Now that my husband is around I am willing to sleep without a light.
Go forward a couple more years and we have 2 of our girls. It is time to teach them to sleep on their own. Discussion, give them a light or make them learn from the beginning…
I chose incorrectly.
I chose with the light on the first time Caitlyn cried.
And now their overhead light is on every night.
So my fear is their fear.
*Patrice has been trained with her light off…hubby didn’t let me make that mistake twice.
yeah girl, i did it to my kids too. my mom did it to me. so her fear, my fear, their fear. my teens have a lava lamp on, the toddlers have a night light. it’s not so bad. i mean really, who wants to sleep in the pitch dark? especially when u need to go potty in the middle of the night and you cant see lego blocks and hot wheels left behind. heck, we have a light on and i still trips over these things.
so very true. The toys are the worst! Those little things everywhere.
I think a lot of people give their kids night lights. Chase hated his when he was a baby so we never had to give him one. When we converted the crib he wanted a light so we put it back on. Being afraid of the dark is so common. It really is. It doesn’t mean that they’ll be like this forever. The light it a comfort to them