Blackout Curtains / Blinds
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Topic: Blackout Curtains / Blinds
Posted By: FionaS
Subject: Blackout Curtains / Blinds
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 7:34pm
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...do you have these in your kids room?
...essential or not? i.e. for helping them sleep better ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
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Posted By: Helen1
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 8:25pm
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We have them in the baby's room. They are great. I'm sure it helps with getting them off to sleep.
Now Alex is in a new room but without the blackout curtains but she is old enough to understand time and when she is supposed to be in bed. I would say that they are essential but sleep is one of my worries. Depends on your priorites I guess because they can cost a bit. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LG
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 8:40pm
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We don't have them and have just started looking at them. Will need to get them as Kaelin is so nosey she wont go to sleep if she can see around her room. We are just going to line the curtains we already have -------------  Angel Baby Aug '12, Feb '13 |
Posted By: Febgirl
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 8:52pm
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I think they are essential, as LG said, we just bought blackout material from Spotlight and MIL made linings for our existing curtains.
If you can't be bothered, then just hang a blanket over the curtains in bubs room! Works just as well  ------------- Two little girls under 2! 
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Posted By: SquishysMum
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 9:56pm
| Yep, have them here too. The side of the house with bub's room gets the full sun all afternoon and gets soooo hot, the blackout helps stop the heat coming through as well as the light! I end up shutting the curtains at about 3pm in the summer, open again as it gets cooler (after 6). I made the curtains for her room and added a blackout liner. |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 23 October 2009 at 10:14pm
| We do, but leave them open in the day so that some light is coming in and they get to know the difference between day and night (we also have calico roman blinds on the windows to block out straight sunlight in the afternoon). They make it pitch black at night (we have a street light outside which shines in). |
Posted By: skp
Date Posted: 24 October 2009 at 5:53pm
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I would be careful with the room being too dark - if you ever want to go out for the day or travel etc they will need to be able to go to sleep in the light.
As a side note - I grew up with black out curtains and now have a sleep disorder, might not be related at all, but I can sleep literally for days if I go somewhere with dark or black outs. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 8:43pm
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We have them in Andrew's room. Michaela was such a poor sleeper we ended up having to sleep train her at 10 mo and darkening the bedroom for all sleeps was something that worked so when Andrew was about 8wks I made him blinds to darken his room. Apparently dark increases your melatonin levels (the brain chemical that helps people sleep). For Andrew's room I just bought a few metres of black polar fleece, turned one end over and threaded a net curtain wire through. Pretty simple and cheap (cost me $9) and does the trick. I've also found since we bought the sunshade for his MB he sleeps better while out and about. -------------  
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 October 2009 at 9:04pm
| We have blackout roller blinds behind our curtains in all our bedrooms, both us and daniel sleep far far better with them |
Posted By: LILI
Date Posted: 15 May 2012 at 10:27pm
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I have blackout paper blinds,they are cheap and nice.
you can find them from www.temposhade.com |
Posted By: kelzie_rose
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 8:56pm
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We bought some from the UK - Gro Anywhere they're called. Cheaper from UK than we could find over here. Arrived today, will try them tomorrow. We struggle to get Miss 3.5mths to sleep during the day. -------------  Started TTC Apr 2008 With PCOS and a bicornuate uterus Our angel babies Jan 2010 <3 Oct 2010 <3 Apr 2011 <3 |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 16 May 2012 at 9:38pm
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No we don't have them. The kids sleep with the curtains open during the day. It means they can still sleep wherever they are, there are no blackout curtains at our Bach, my parents etc. in my opinion they could possibly cause problems, my kids are used to sleeping in the light ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: InthemiddleMummy
Date Posted: 17 May 2012 at 4:08pm
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definate must IMO not only for darkness for warmth too, make sure to opt for 3pass blackout lining, lots of curtain retailers sell 1pass cheaply, its worth the few extra $$ per metre to get the 3pass (means 3 coatings 2 thermal & 1 blackout onto polycotton base)
I curtain retailer/sewer can sew on a lining tape to the blackout linings then you can hook them onto exsiting drapers, a good idea if you are renting, or have already got nice curtains up. |