I’m so sad 😩
My daughter is 2.5 and she’s been acknowledging outside is “dark” for awhile or that her brother is napping in the dark. Tonight she ran into a room to go get her blanket and the light was off, she yelled it was dark and high-tailed it back to me and wouldn’t let go of me. True terror, I feel so bad.
I think it differs amongst children. My 6 year old, was never afraid of the dark. My 5 year old, has been afraid since she was 3. My 3 and 2 year old have no problems with darkness either.
my 3.5 yo is aware that dark means bedtime we don't use nightlights and he's never had an issue