Impossible to have a dark room

[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 ( solicitor is taking ages!). 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.

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 as he doesnt sleep otherwise. 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 pitch black when 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 and then covering the top of the crib with a blanket so it blocks out light but light would still come through the mesh on the side?. Is there a crib that blocks out light? Helppp please 😭

I've spent the last five years using various strategies for creating dark rooms! You can get Groblinds, blackout blinds that attach to the window with suckers, so they're reposition-able. Sounds like for the size of your windows youmay require a few of them though which could get expensive. In a pinch, I've also used kitchen foil- just spray the window with a bit of water first and the foil sticks pretty well- and it works fine as a temporary fix.

To answer your specific question about finding something to make a cot light-proof- here's your answer- snoozeshade over a travel cot. Please don't use a blanket over the top of a cot, a baby would be in danger of over heating.
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