Dark or daylight day sleeps?
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Topic: Dark or daylight day sleeps?
Posted By: aimeejoy
Subject: Dark or daylight day sleeps?
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:31am
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Do you leave the curtains open or shut them for your littlies day sleeps?
I can't remember what I did with Hannah. I had been leaving Greers open but this morning cos it was so cold I left it all shut up and heater on and she went to sleep really really easy. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:34am
On the sleep store website they say to shut the curtains, and I noticed when I started doing this with Harry that he slept better  ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: monster
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:35am
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Until recently I left them open and had no problems, but we were away for Easter and he was in a dark room and slept really well (especially considering he was in a unfamliar portacot), so now I've started shutting them. The room is still fairly light though. -------------   
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:55am
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Both Paige and Blake have/had curtains shut....but in saying that its pretty light as we have those silly verticals anyway.......
Neither of them have been affected by Daylight savings either...Yay fingers crossed for next one! -------------  
 
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Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 10:20am
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We have been closing the curtains too & haven't had any problems. My hope is that Liam knows it's time for sleep when he gets wrapped & I take him into his dark room.
I did hear somewhere that you should leave them open so that baby learns to sleep in places where it's not dark???  -------------    
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:08am
| curtains shut always |
Posted By: NovemberMum
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:33am
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I leave Megan's blinds open during the day and close them at night havent had any problems with her sleeping during the day. I wanted her to learn that day sleeps are her short sleeps and night sleeps (when blind is closed) is her big sleep. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:46am
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I do the same as MegansMum. Sleeps during the day with curtains open and night with shut as I wanted him to know the difference and haven't had any probs. Also wanted him to sleep anywhere so figured leaving blinds open and slept all his day sleeps in the lounge until about 8 weeks would help with that.
Now he sleeps anywhere! -------------  
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 11:56am
| I used to always leave Isla's open in the day cos I thought you should to teach them day from night,..but when we went to the Mothercraft unit at Waikato hospital when she was 4 months old to get some help with her feeding and sleeping, they said to always close them. She slept way way better then! |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 12:03pm
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I always close the curtains when it's time for K to sleep, so now she knows the difference between play time and sleep time We had major issues with day time sleeping in the beginning because she decided she didn't want to be wrapped anymore, so whenever it came time to move her she'd fling her arms out and wake herself.. but we have started wrapping her for her daytime naps again (one arm out) and it works a charm for settling her down She doesn't get wrapped at night because she goes to bed awake and self soothes plus she's in a Safe T Sleep and the wrap just gets in the way -------------  
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 12:29pm
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we always close them for day and night sleeps. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 1:10pm
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I used to leave them open. Now he's older and he needs sleep associations I close the curtains. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 1:17pm
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I think I closed them with Hannah, to differentiate dark for sleep, light for play. And I was doing the same with Greer, but one day the midwife came and said it was mean so I stopped. But now, two sleeps in a row she's gone down no problem at all and she's not stirring all the time. Must be helping. Thanks everyone! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 1:22pm
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We close them - and always say "Goodbye Mr Sunshine - see you soon!" and then when he wakes up and we open them we say "Hello Mr Sunshine"....they arent black out curtains so its pretty light anyway, but think it helps for him to know that its sleeping time rather than awake time.
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 2:33pm
| We leave ours open - seems to work as jack has short sleeps during the day and sleeps 12 hours at night so I'm not changing anything no matter what! I guess you just do what works, if one thing doesn't, you try another! It's what this motherhood thing is all about afterall, trial and error.. |
Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 3:03pm
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[QUOTE=MegansMum]
I leave Megan's blinds open during the day and close them at night havent had any problems with her sleeping during the day. I wanted her to learn that day sleeps are her short sleeps and night sleeps (when blind is closed) is her big sleep. iam the same with Paige. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: Danash
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 3:27pm
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We leave them open - and he sleeps fine where ever he is now. (mainly coz when he is in the office with me I can't darken the room) |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 6:24pm
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with my kids i just close the blinds and its not to dark or to bright ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 6:52pm
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Once day and night seemed established, and we moved her day sleeps to her room we started darkening the room for day sleeps. -------------  
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 7:23pm
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I did what megansmum does with Maya, and had no probs so did the same with the gremlins but I started having probs with their day sleeps around 5 mths and The Sleep Store recommended closing their curtains so I tried it and they sleep heaps better now. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 7:59pm
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I shut them in summer and half-shut or shut in winter (different in summer cause it's so bright and hot at times) ------------- |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 8:29pm
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Shut at all sleep times here, but no blackout curtains either so it's not pitch black unless it's night time anyway. ------------- Mama to two earth walkers & two angels. Remember, you are not managing an inconvenience; You are raising a human being. ~ Kittie Franz Next Slingbabies! Meet - Friday 4th May !! |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 9:58pm
We have the curtains open during the day. I wanted Jack to be able to sleep anywhere during the day. I remember when my MIL and FIL came to stay and bought my nephew and they had big problems with his day sleeps as he was used to black out curtains being closed and we don't have them. Plus my Mum said to leave the curtains open during the day and Mum's always know best, don't we!? ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 03 April 2008 at 10:35pm
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Half shut in summer but just day light the rest of the time - Gina sleeps OK with no issues. At daycare, the sleep roon has the curtains shut and she sleeps roughly the same amount of time as she does at home so I guess it makes no difference to her ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 1:10am
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Used to sleep Chloe with the curtains open all the time, and she was fine... but when she reached about 8 weeks she wasn't sleeping well during the day anymore, and plunket nurse suggested I close them. So now I keep them closed for naps during the day, which has definitely helped, although it's still quite light in the room - just a bit dimmer. So she still knows day sleeps from night sleeps, since she can still see everything during the day. ------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 04 April 2008 at 7:57am
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We shut the curtains here as Drews room is really sunny otherwise ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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