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For the last year, I have been on a quest for a decent night light for Owl.
You’d think it’d be easy.
But no.
It doesn’t help that I’m being as picky as hell.
You don’t find nightlights in the grocery store or pharmacies. Even places like Walmart have an abysmally small selection.
I eventually picked up a cheapy one with a little shade on it, and that worked for quite a while, until Owl broke the shade off.
My mother gave Owl a cute little giraffe night light, which worked great until last week, when Owl managed to break that as well. I’m not even sure what he did, but the switch doesn’t work any more.
What I really want to find is a cozy little lamp – one I can keep up on the windowsill out of reach. One that is relaxing, and dim enough to keep Owl’s room feeling like night time, but bright enough that I can read by it – I spend a lot of time in that gliding rocker trying to sing Owl down to sleep without booba.
Oh, and it needs to be cheap, too, because we have no money.
Daycare Lady has a lamp she uses for the kids during naptime, which she says they really like. I borrowed it for a couple of days and I loved it – it gives a warm glow that isn’t too bright but does illuminate the room. It has an inner bit which spins, casting dancing shadows which I find very relaxing.
I totally want one.
Two problems:
1. It has Dora the Explorer on it, and it’s bright pink.
Not only is it corporate branding, but it's wrong-gender corporate branding!
2. It is discontinued.
But that’s ok. I didn’t need this exact item.
I’ve been avoiding buying Owl anything with branding on it until he is old enough to request it himself. Besides, I was sure I had seen similar things in stores before, so I started trawling the lamp aisles at places like Zellers and Walmart.
No luck! In fact, I couldn’t find ANY children’s lamps, even though I am sure that I used to see cute ones all the time when I was out training service dogs years back.
So I went online.
I found the kind of thing I was looking for, all right.
