Our 18 month old daughter loves to look at books and wants to take them to her crib at night, so she can flip through them before she falls asleep. We don't want to leave a light on in the room, since then she will never fall asleep! At the same time, we don't want to let her have them in her crib if the eye strain will hurt her eyes. Any thoughts? Thanks!
2006-12-14 10:27:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Reading in the dark strengthens the sharpness and how you intake objects in the dark but in the long run it wears down your corneas and eventually causes night blindness.
I suggest to use a book lamp. Ive seen that you can buy special ones that dim to the preferred amount of light (which might be just enough light to help your little one fall alseep) and it projects a very special light thats healthy for your eyes.
Good Luck!
2006-12-14 10:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Making your eyes strain to read anything will eventually damage the eye. If she wants to fall asleep with the book give her ten minutes with the light on and then check and see if she is asleep and take the book and turn off the light or give her a timed light something that lights up while playing a song and once the song is done the light will go out.
2006-12-14 10:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by freakyallweeky 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it should be okay, because she's not really reading
she's just flipping the pages
but when she gets old enough to read
its not a good idea because it will hurt her eyes
2006-12-14 10:32:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They say reading in the dark strains your eyes.But she isn't reading...So no...
2006-12-14 10:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by sweet_thing_kay04 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋