I have Philips Hue lights and when it's bedtime it's not sleep time. My 3 year old gets into bed with a couple of books. His room has a floor lamp with a fabric shade and I dim it to about 70% when I leave the room. For a while I would slowly dim it over the course of 15 minutes from my phone. It would allow him to make going to sleep his choice after he's been alone for a while and not the abrupt shock situation of being put in bed, light out, door closed that gets an immediate reaction.
My wife will often read to him before leaving the room, but then it's still the same routine where he gets his quiet time with the light on.
I now rarely dim it and just have it on a timer. Often he's put his books down and gone to sleep before the light has gone off.
The remote light was also helpful when he'd wake up in the night and be looking for a stuffed animal, or just be confused for a minute. I'd bring the light up just enough for him to have a reset, and then dim it back down.
He's always been a good sleeper compared to what other parents have had to deal with so I've been lucky.
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