Eli has always slept w/a nightlight Kiley has not but when we moved into the green house her room was extra dark (probably due to the wall to wall floor to ceiling paneling:). Anyway she started crying at night and asking for a light so they both have new nightlights and they love them - they are little portable people that you can set to either go off after 15 min of be on high or low continually. They do not get hot and both the kids sleep with them - just thought that I would pass it on for anyone else in search of a nightlight.