Baby naps in bright or dark room?

My baby use to nap in the day in a light room at home but now he doesn’t like it. So I put him down in a darker room. Every baby is different, do what you need to if it works for you and your baby xx

Dark room for my little girl! My LG will only nap in perfect conditions has never once napped in a pram… has to be her cot in her own room

During the first couple months I’m doing a light room as newborns often have day/night confusion…my boy definitely did. So having him in a Moses basket in a well lit room during day helped to sort out that as he began to realise what was day and what was night. I will be putting him to bed for all naps in a dark room once he hits 3 months as I will start trying to sleep train him at this point. I have him with me in a next to me crib overnight and keep the room pitch black (except for the room temp Gro egg in the corner that gives off enough light to feed/change) and it’s worked wonders. He’s now napping less in the day and sleeping more overnight and will be 7 weeks on Sunday. I do use white noise at night but have tv or radio on during day as I’ll clean while he sleeps xx

Around 6-8 weeks they lose the stores of melatonin they got from us during pregnancy and need to start making their own for sleep and this mainly happens in darkness. Our bub went through the same thing, wouldn't sleep out in the light during the day so we started putting her in a dark room for naps and it worked really well. We still do this now at 4 months, but she can also fall asleep in her pram, in the car and on us even if it's bright

when I asked about his day naps dropping (as he goes between 1.5-2.5 total sleep during an 8am-8pm period, the health visitor told me it’s normal, especially if he’s sleeping quite well on a night. Sometimes he goes 4, other times 6 hours each stretch on a night so I think he makes up for the rest of his sleep needs in this time. All babies have different sleep needs, some will sleep almost all day and night, some won’t like to sleep during day, mostly at night. Take outside comments and opinions with a pinch of salt and go with how you wish to with baby. If in doubt, you can always contact a HV and ask advice xxx

For the sake of naps and happy naps I used to and still do put mine down in a dark room with brown noise and he’s happy where ever and sleeps through anything xx

I’ve been experiencing something similar I wish there was like a shade you could put on a Moses basket to make it darker

There's research on adults that shows that even a single LED light taped behind a person's knee (not visible to the eyes) will trigger light receptors in the skin and lead to disrupted sleep. Disrupted sleep in adults leads to all sorts of health problems, including blood sugar issues like diabetes, over time.

I'm not sure how this differs for babies, but if sleeping in a lit room isn't healthy for adults I'd be surprised if it is the most optimal way for babies to sleep either. IMO it is all good to break "best practices" sometimes for convenience, but it might be better for babe in the long run to be mostly getting undisturbed sleep in a dark room.

have a look into a snooze shade hun, I use mine with my pram when out and about but it could go onto a Moses basket too xx