(Part 2) Best tap lights according to redditors

Taplights. I can't say this enough. I just set them on flat surfaces on the most used route through the house. Turn them on as you walk past and turn them off when you come back.

I also took down my [Moon In Your Room] (http://www.amazon.com/Uncle-Milton-Moon-In-Room/dp/B000EUHKUE) set it on the floor and used it as a 'campfire' around which my husband and I sat in the living room and ate ice cream.

Does it have any kind of lighting? You might consider getting some of these...Fulcrum 30016-308 9 LED Tap Light, 3-Pack

It is just a standard jar I picked out at hobby lobby that was a hard edged cylinder. Lucky for you I posted a write up in /r/metroid. (I probably should have sold them as kits!)

PARTS LIST:

1. It starts with making a baby metroid perler. You can find the original sprite at the spriters-resource Pick your favorite!
   
   
2. Pick out the colors you require. Here is a handy chart. You can get perler beads at most hobby stores (Joanns, Hobby Lobby, Michaels)
   
   
3. Acquire pegboard. here's an example It comes with parchment paper. follow the directions for melting with standard clothing iron (Steam setting should be off)
   
   
4. Pick out jar. Choose cylinder with hard edges.
   
   
5. Acquire Water beads here. Note that you only need 1tsp for 16-20oz. They expand 300x their size.
   
   
6. Fill jar 1/3 full of water beads and place baby metroid centered in and level in the jar.
   
   
7. Fill remaining portion of jar with water beads so the sprite stays still. Now fill the jar slowly with bottled water so all voids are filled. Go ahead and give it a couple taps / shakes for the bubbles to be released.
   
   
8. Pick up base light. I really recommend this one. It has a rubberized sleeve that has good tacticity so the jar won't slip off.
   
   
9. ENJOY!

I LOVED my nursary. Here's what I did (and it was pretty inexpendsive too)

I got this and screwed this on top. It was high enough that I didn't hurt my back at all, is very sturdy (I never felt anything was going to come apart or anything) and it made it through child #1, looking good as new. for baby #2, I just bought another topper, and I'm pretty confident I'll still have it long after baby #2 is out of diapers. Best part is that Once they are potty trained, I take the topper off and have a perfect dresser still (the pad screws onto the back of the dresser, so once it's removed, you can't tell it was ever there.

for extra storage, I got a couple of shelves and hung them a couple feet above the dresser, to hold wipes, diapers, creams, etc. (I left the dresser drawers for clothes only, with the top drawer for most used items, so I never had to bend down, or take my eyes off my baby, everything was in arms reach). On the underside of the lowest shelf, I put one of these so I didn't need to turn on an overhead light for nighttime changes, and there wasn't a risk of knocking over the lamp (admittedly, we had a lamp we bumped a few times before I bought the sticky lights.

One more thing I ended up being thankful for, was I tried to make the nursery very calming and low-stim. No big graphic posters, no mobile, etc. everything was soft, pale and quite. I've read that one issue with getting babies to sleep/stop crying is that they are way too stimulated, and even a mobile can be too much for a little baby, so I opted out. And my boy slept like a champ. I often advise people to skip the mobile IRL.

Best of luck, and congratulations!!

My friend made one, heres me wearing it. He used these for the eyes.

We used these tap-on, tap-off wall lights - they're battery operated, you can stick them wherever on the wall, and you just push on it to turn it on and off. That feature is AWESOME when you have an armful of baby and no free hands. They're dim enough that they're not disruptive to the other person's sleep, but bright enough that you can change a diaper or whatever. Plus you can stick them wherever lights are needed, no table required, and they're cheap.

You're welcome! :) I used these tap lights, I found them in the 'as seen on tv' endcap at Jo-Ann! Fair warning, it is very bright and I nearly blinded myself a few times haha.

We have a 5 month old (our third child) and we've done the same with this one as our other two (all who have been great night sleepers)... that is, I change the diapers at night only if I suspect that they are dirty, not wet. Although, if I have reason to believe there has been a leak, I would change of course b/c wet clothes will keep baby awake.

If/when I do ever change at night (maybe the need arises every few weeks at this point), I keep baby as calm and in as dark of an environment as possible. I have one of those "press-on" LED lights on babies' changing table with a wash cloth covering it so it's REALLY a dim source of light. I change diapers quickly & back in bed she goes.

For both of my older kids, I did recall a time when a diaper at night just couldn't contain everything & then for a short time I actually double diapered.

I'll also say that this method didn't cause diaper rash issues. I don't use any diaper creme right now (haven't in a couple of months I think) and baby seems all-good.

Here's an example of the light I use (with a little rag on top to make it extra dim):

http://www.amazon.com/Energizer-EVAL33A2-Tap-Light-2-Pack/dp/B0055OMB3U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1394240256&sr=8-8&keywords=led+push+light