https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:58:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311596 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:02:20 +0000 Goldilocks1107 311596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If the baby is only going to be a month old before you move, I definitely wouldn't spend the money. Your LO won't quite have day/night figured out anyway. And newborns pretty much sleep any time they aren't eating, pooping or crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311559 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:35:17 +0000 immabeetoo 311559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. Maybe I'll just get some cheap black fabric and tuck over the blinds - right now there are no curtains so I'd also have to buy &amp; hang a curtain rod.. potentially for only a month before we move again. Thanks for the input! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311252 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:45:33 +0000 Goldilocks1107 311252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They might be helpful for you and DH to get some sleep, but I doubt they'll be needed for your LO. Ours is 4 months old, and her room faces due west. Even during the long summer days, we didn't have troubles getting her to go to bed at night. Napping during the day was another issue, but it was only because she wanted to be where the action was, not because of the light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311204 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:14:27 +0000 shopaholic 311204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have blackout curtains in our room for DH (light sleeper). They were custom made, but for the nursery, I will probably get some cheap ones from Target. For all our rooms, we have sheers &amp; curtains. With this kind of set-up, I think you can use the b/o curtains when you need to, and just use sheers when you want to let some light maybe? *In our nursery-to-be, there are blinds as well, so even more light control... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311196 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:09:32 +0000 loveisstrange 311196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Blackout curtains were a must for us, but she was born in April so the days were getting longer. It's light from about 6am to 10/11pm in the summer here. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311189 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:07:01 +0000 Smurfette 311189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have some we bought at Target in our bedroom. DH likes no light when sleeping. It is great on the weekends when we sleep in late. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311153 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:41:36 +0000 London Mama 311153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have huge east facing windows in the bedroom and LO was born in the summertime so light was a big issue. Rather than get new curtains we just bought blackout lining, basically a second set of curtains you hang behind your existing ones, works great and is pretty inexpensive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311152 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:40:52 +0000 Freckles 311152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We also didn't use blackout curtains until LO was about 3 months. It makes the WORLD of a difference come nap time, and she slept much longer. They also helped because during the summer, it doesn't get dark until 11pm where i live... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311142 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:35:42 +0000 chopsuey 311142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't get black out curtains until Lo was a bit older. During the early months it didn't make a difference.<br /> Definitely worth it now though. I think we put the curtains up when Lo was around 6 months old? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311139 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:35:10 +0000 DillonLion 311139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We replaced curtains in the nursery with some slightly thicker ones, but they do not block out all the light and we decided we didn't want them to. We want to make sure that a little bit of light can get in during the day to help distinguish night and day. But it is definitely plenty dark enough to get a good nap during the day, I feel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311131 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:31:52 +0000 mrsjyw 311131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we bought blackout curtains from target for $24 total? we have them hanging over blackout blinds that the prev owners left, because on their own; light still comes through. </p> <p>but it does make the world of a diff - lighting wise; won't know if it helps our LO or not, but i think it'll be worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311128 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:30:42 +0000 blackbird 311128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually read that in order to help your baby become more on your schedules, you should allow it to have some filtered sunlight during the day and "experience" nighttime. Haven't looked into it, but I thought it was interesting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/black-out-curtains#post-311035 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:51:50 +0000 immabeetoo 311035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sooo when we stopped preventing pregnancy we thought for sure we'd be in a house by Fall... turns out we're not! I'm scrambling to make our guest room a nursery and feel cozy.</p> <p>I know black out curtains can be helpful to encourage sleep - is there any reason to not use them? I hate to buy/make some when they probably won't fit our windows once we move.. but also know I should do everything I can to maximize our odds of good sleep once baby is here!</p> <p>Opinions?? Worth it? </p>