https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 02:11:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-215099 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:12:56 +0000 Mrs. Bee 215099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: we used to bring black garbage bags and painter's tape with us and a video monitor! yes i was that crazy about charlie's sleep. but everywhere we went, he slept awesome. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-215087 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:06:46 +0000 MsLipGloss 215087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I haven't had to use them yet, but I went ahead and purchased curtains for the nursery (pbk) that already had blackout panels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-214975 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:34:28 +0000 heffalump 214975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: We were in an apt, not a hotel. When we finally got to the hotel LO slept soooo good! Now I know it's worth the money to bring our own blinds or get a hotel. </p> <p>@Sammyfab: We only had two rooms with air conditioning so we were stuck there. But I'll have to check into those blinds!</p> <p>@sorrycharlie: I don't know what we use, we just got a cheap pair because we have pretty curtains over them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-214514 Sun, 08 Jul 2012 09:05:46 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 214514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes on the suggestion of someone here. They work miracles! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-214028 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:31:14 +0000 brownie 214028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sorrycharlie: you can buy blackout fabric by the yard. Then you can chop it up all you want. In the past we found it at Walmart but their fabric selection is reducing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-214001 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 11:01:03 +0000 sorrycharlie 214001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: what type of blackout blinds do you use? the nursery has a half window on the floor (old house, slanted ceilings) so I struggle with paying for blackout curtains I'll have to chop up. blinds would be amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-213997 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 10:55:52 +0000 Sammyfab 213997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Gro Anywhere blinds that we plan to take everywhere we travel because they work so well. We just got back from vacation and we set up LO's crib in the bathroom because that was the darkest place. It worked amazingly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-213911 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:25:35 +0000 Andrea 213911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've found that hotels generally have good blackout curtains so DD has slept in. We have stayed in some open air hotels (not with the LO) and it was always annoying that you could not sleep in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-213896 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 08:03:05 +0000 mrsjyw 213896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No experience yet, but thank you for the real life tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/the-power-of-blackout-blinds#post-213895 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 07:57:04 +0000 heffalump 213895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At home we use blackout blinds and lo sleeps till eight. We're on vacation and our first stop in Brooklyn had no blinds. She was up at six every morning. Now we've switched to a hotel in Soho that has a big thick curtain over the window, and its almost nine ..... she's still sleeping! Catching up on all that sleep she's missed I guess. Next vacation we're bringing something with us to cover the windows.</p> <p>Do you use blackout blinds or curtains? What do you do when you travel? </p>