When to buy a reading lamp!

You know it is time to buy a reading lamp when:

You read to your child in bed at night

Your child reads in bed at night

Your child keeps rubbing their eyes (eye strain)

You find your child reading under the bedclothes with a torch!

You have many reading lights to choose from:

• floor lamps

• wall sconces (small lights attatched to a wall)

• clip on lights (that clip onto the back of the bed or side-table)

• Ceiling Lights (combine directional light with a general light)

Where is the best place to position a directional lamp?

Ideally a reading light should be positioned behind your shoulder. If you are right-handed position it behind your left shoulder and if you are left-handed position it behind your right shoulder. This way, your hand won't cast a shadow over the words as your read

How much light?

Try and combine a direct light ,given from the lamp, with a general light from above. A way to control light levels, is to make sure you have a dimmer switch. While searching for a reading light for my youngest son, I stumbled upon these devine children lights from PoshTots.com- they certainly have the "WOW" factor don't they!

Avoid glare.

To avoid eye fatigue and glare, a useful trick is to put a small mirror on the page you are reading and see if any strong light reflects back into your eyes. If it does, then simply reposition the lamp so the light bounces away instead