Hi, I'm Nicky from Little Ones.
And, today, I'm going to answer the question
should my baby be sleeping in a dark room?
So, you may have heard us talking about,
or even read on our website or in our Sleep Programs,
that we do recommend your baby naps during the day
and then sleeps overnight in a very dark room.
And we have good reason for our recommendations.
What happens when we are in the dark, we are mammals,
and so our bodies operate just like any other mammal
and we primarily function in response to the light,
and the dark, and a bunch of other elemental triggers.
And, the dark is a really powerful tool for us to use
when it comes to sleep.
So, what happens when we are in the dark
is our bodies release a hormone called melatonin,
and that hormone is responsible for us falling asleep,
and staying asleep, and sleeping well.
And, it's no different for babies.
So, this is why we often tell people that,
if they're trying to achieve longer naps
or more consolidated night-time sleep for their babies,
and toddlers, and children,
that they try making the room really, really dark.
If you think of it like this, too,
if you yourself were to have a nap in the day,
do you just go lie down in the lounge room with lights on,
and the TV on, and the curtains wide open,
or do you take yourself into a bedroom,
and close the curtains, and make it a bit more of a darker,
sort of more comforting sleep space?
And, for the same reason,
lots of hotels have blackout blinds,
because, often, if people are staying in hotels,
they're traveling, they're potentially prone to jet lag,
and they're wanting to sleep well,
and even hotels understand the importance
of us sleeping in the dark.
So, they use blackout blinds
because that definitely helps us all sleep better.
So, yes, we do recommend that, if you want to,
that your baby sleeps in a dark room.
And, this would mean, also, turning off nightlights,
unless they're a toddler
who's going through a fear of the dark,
but definitely for babies and young toddlers,
they don't need a nightlight.
And, it's interesting, too,
when you start looking around at the light
in your baby's room,
sometimes it can be quite a bright light
even on their baby monitor or their white noise machine
might have a really bright light on it.
I know myself I've been quite prone to putting blutack
over the top of those little lights on the baby monitors,
because those can actually shine quite brightly
when you're in a nice, dark room.
The dark will also help your child
if you're struggling through a period of early waking,
and we're talking sort of waking around 5:00 a.m.,
particularly if it's starting to get really light
at that time of the morning where you live.
And, if the light's creeping in around the curtains,
or underneath the curtains,
then that's triggering a body clock response in your child,
and they're going to start habitually waking at that time,
because the light is basically telling their body
that it's morning.
So, we are governed very heavily by logical responses
to the light and the dark.
In our recommendations,
we try and work with your child's body clock
rather than against it.
And, this is why we do recommend that you sleep your baby,
for the daytime naps and overnight,
in a nice, dark room.
And, don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel
for a lot more baby and toddler sleep advice.
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