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Can anyone please advise on how to pitch blackout a baby's room?


My baby is one year old and she wakes in the morning if there's some light in her bedroom and we have got: a gro blind ( little bit broken on the sides so it sticks to the window thanks to some tape) a blind inside the area of the window and one outside of the area of the window... they are meant to be blackout but of course there's a bit of light still coming in. I know we are getting her accustomed to sleeping in the dark but she sleeps so much better like this.


We were thinking of trying this one http://www.easyblindsonline.co.uk/velcro-blackout-blind-kits but at the same time it can be a bit annoying to have to put it up and down before and after each daytime nap and night time sleep and furthermore it would make the room unbreathable, as it faces the sun day and night! ( which is also the same reason why we can't keep the travel blind up).


Please let me know what you have done!

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We had the same problem with our son and his bedroom. What helped with us is pretty elaborate and not for everyone as the room is permanently dark...


We had some underfloor insulation left from a flooring project, silver one side, foam the other. Taped that to the window, shiny side out to reflect back the sun, then black gaffer taped black sugar paper to the window. The room was super dark and definitely cooler.


Only for the desperate!


(He now sleeps til 7 every day with just a normal black out blind... So it's not caused long term sleeping issues.)

Ok. I have tried every product on the market. I was obsessive about this. Let me save you a lot of trouble and tell you the best blackout product on the market - tinfoil. Wet your window, cut to shape, it sticks up. Anything else you buy will let light around the edges. Foil always works, it's cheap and it travels well. Just use foil. A good quality one and some cheaper flimsy ones have little speckle holes in them.
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yeknomyeknom Wrote:

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> Ok. I have tried every product on the market. I

> was obsessive about this. Let me save you a lot

> of trouble and tell you the best blackout product

> on the market - tinfoil. Wet your window, cut to

> shape, it sticks up. Anything else you buy will

> let light around the edges. Foil always works,

> it's cheap and it travels well. Just use foil. A

> good quality one and some cheaper flimsy ones have

> little speckle holes in them.



So I read this when you posted it and it must have stuck in my brain. I've come on holiday to a house we regularly use and the room where I sleep with my son has big windows that let in a lot of light which wakes my son up really early! Usually I spend ages hanging blankets and towels all round it to try and cut out some of the light but it means having to redo it each time you want to open a window and it's not terribly effective either. I remembered your post this time though so thought I'd give it a go. I bought a wide roll of foil and armed with a sprayer I covered all the windows. It worked fantastically as it covers every inch of the window, didn't take long to do and I can still open the windows for fresh air! Plus, It keeps the room cool during the day as it reflects the sun. It's a genius solution! I showed my parents who are going to do the same in their room at home. Thanks for the tip!

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