Impossible to have a dark room for sleeping

[HH171222]

Hi. I need any tips which I know will be difficult. I currently live in an apartment and waiting for a house to move in to.

Quick back story My baby is waking up too much at night and I realised that I'm not following wake windows properly. Today is the first day ill be putting my 5 month old to bed early ( between 730 and 8 which is when he gets tired but i was ignoring this). I'm currently looking after my mums house whilst she's away so it should be doable here it wont be pitch black still .
Anyway to the point the apartment has two almost ceiling to floor windows with paper thin blinds. The bedroom upstairs has open bars so its not closed off and so any light from downstairs comes up into the bedroom too. We dont use the bedroom upstairs its currently a mess. Baby is going through regression so is sleeping with me in bed at moment. He just screams in his cot. My bed is currently downstairs as it was easier after giving birth and just left It there. When I'm back to mine in a few days how am I meant to put baby to sleep in basically broad daylight. the days are so long and the room will be so so bright. The only thing I can think off is getting a co sleeping crib thats alot higgher and then covering the top of the crib with a blanket so it blocks out light. That would only work if he slept in a crib though. Helppp please 😭

The bedroom upstairs has open bars so its not closed off and so any light from downstairs comes up into the bedroom too

Hang a dark curtain along these bars.

@Ahwig Definitely can't put posters up lol as one I don't have any and with the size of the windows I'd need about 10 a3 size ones.

Ours didn't! People told us this, we believed them and persevered, they were wrong and it turned out she could go without sleep for a VERY long time if she didn't like the conditions. My daughter would only sleep in a pitch black room in her own moses basket/cot when she was bigger. She would not sleep in a car, pram/pushchair or on a person.

She's 8 now and for many years has been a brilliant sleeper so the gro blind doesn't seem to have broken her permanently.

I think I can imagine the setup you're describing (a mezzanine?) and I can see why covering the windows isn't feasible.

Are you sure you can't create enough room in the bedroom for a cot? I know you say it's a mess but a baby really won't care about that.

@2bazookas @booksandbrooks @Spottypineapple @LadyJ2023 to answer more quicker to you all I can't put curtains up or blinds unfortunately. And when I say there's blinds up its the roll down blinds that I have to use a 10 ft pole to roll down with. Very beautiful but Very old school windows. It used to be a college and they've not been touched when converted into apartments. Thank you though

Actually ignore that I think I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to an additiional bedroom which was a mess, but I think I read it wrong and the only bedroom is the mezzanine one.

@LadyHag @Tots678 I think a combination of foil and blackout adhesive is the answer. Thank you so much!

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz I could put some suction black out blinds over them but like I mentioned the bedroom is unusable at the moment as it is a mess from packing. If I get cleaned up abit quicker then I will definitley do this it's a good idea.

I've worked with many problem sleepers over the years ...pitch black, silent, ambient noise etc and got them all sleeping in the lounge with others playing quietly the other end of the room in around 2 weeks.....some of them found their issues continued at home one to the extent he hadn't had a complete night aged 8 woke at every sound. But most improved at home.

@mybestchildismycat yes it basically is like a mezzanine but no actually glass or window just wooden bars. It's old school, used to be a college. I could make some room for the cot but I would have to make enough room to put the bed back In too as I sleep downstairs and would have to run up throughout the night if needed. I thought because we are moving house hopefully in a a month or two there's no point. Also let's not forget baby refuses to sleep in cot as it is he only co sleeps at the moment.