mater

Judah loves the movie Cars. For awhile we were watching it almost everyday, sometimes twice a day (bad mommy!). I have been trying to handle his night-time habit of needing the light on carefully because I really think he is afraid of the dark. I know this is a common age for that to develop and their little imaginations are going crazy. I don't love the dark, especially when I'm home alone, so I don't blame my 2 year old for not loving the dark. So while I don't want to encourage his fears, I also want to be sensitive to my little boy. All that to say, I had seen this Mater lamp at Walmart a few times and wondered if it would help out the night light situation. So the other evening Judah and I took a special trip to get a Mater light. He's now used it for a few nights and has avoided turning on the main light. He does have another light in his room that we leave on (basically a night light. long story summed up short, we used to have heated ceilings with individual room controls, Justin took out the controls and wired them up to lights so now each room in our house has a smaller light on a dimmer). I guess the light has done it's job.
Judah calls it his Mater flashlight. He really wanted to get Cohen one too, he was very persistant about it. But at this point Cohen is fine with the dark and whose to say he will even want a Mater night light, maybe he'll choose something else. But I love that Judah cares about Cohen so much, he has done a lot of things lately that has really shown his love for his brother. It's sweet. I almost wanted to buy Cohen the light just to encourage Judah's thoughtfulness.