Blackout curtains in nursery?

turquoisequeen

I've heard people talk about getting these or using these in their nursery and wonder if it is necessary?

There are faux wood blinds already on the windows in our nursery and I'd prefer to add regular curtains unless there is a good reason to get blackout curtains.

Thanks in advance!

ktbear9512

They would probably be good for napping during the day. We just have blinds and a regular curtain, but a lot of times we hung a dark blanket over the rod for naptime, especially if it was super sunny out. Totally up to you though and some babies are fine with sunlight.

jrush89

We have blackout curtains for ds, and I'll do it again this time too, but we don't have any blinds so at noon it's pretty bright. The darker the room the better they sleep. I have also been known to, on occasion, nap in ds'sroom during the day because it's the only one dark enough to fall asleep. If you can sleep during the day with the blinds and regular curtain then baby will too and there'sno need to bother. If it's still pretty light in there though it's worth considering.

sewro

We live on the edge of a time zone, so the sun is out until almost 10 in the summer. We needed them.

CMSullivan326

Yep. We used them with DS & we'll use them with this LO. The baby's room gets a LOT of light so I'd rather put them up & avoid it from the beginning.

mrs1374a

My husband is a state trooper who has to sleep during the day, so we pretty much use them in all bedrooms because it's just what we buy. So yes, we will have them!

mrs1374a

Not necessarily, we have an almost 3 year old who has always had them and has never had a problem sleeping anywhere else without them.

janat1717

FTM but we use them already in all the bedrooms. We slept so much better after getting them

lwyz

I'm planning on not having them, just because from what I have heard if you make special sleep arrangements (ie always have it 100% silent and dark) then baby will be unable to sleep in other conditions. But that being said people say a lot of shit that isn't true at all so should baby not be able to sleep in the light for some reason, I'm sure we'll pick some up.

janat1717

True, we probably won't use the during regular day hours. We use them more to block out street lights and what not at night

girlymama79

We have blackout blinds in all our bedrooms. We live in a northern state and on the edge of a time zone so sometimes it's 11:30 at night and still daylight here in the summer. In the day I won't pull them down all the way and just use curtains to dim the light.

CMSullivan326

mrs1374a said:

Not necessarily, we have an almost 3 year old who has always had them and has never had a problem sleeping anywhere else without them.

Same & mines almost 5

honeybunches101

You can wait and see but they were a necessity for us. We didn't have them at first, but our first night in a hotel with blackout curtains, then 4 month old DS slept 2 hours later. Bought a set that day and have never gone back. We now live across the street from an apple store with crazy light displays that stay on all night, so we definitely need them.

blu-eyedwife

I'm a big fan of blackout curtains. We never used them for daytime naps (my kid is another who can sleep in a variety of locations even without the curtains - hotels, strollers, school, the car, other people's homes) but they're really helpful with time changes, so in the summer when it's still light at bedtime, and the spring when it gets light really early in the morning.

taboullio84

We have them in all bedrooms. They are amazingballs for naps . love them

gingerbabe

I use light blocking curtains in my kid's room. They don't make the room pitch dark but much darker than would be with regular curtains. I think the necessity of them is dependent on how dark the room is in the middle of the day with just the wood blinds. I find that blocking all that light especially helps with naps for my toddler. When he was a baby he would sleep even if it was bright but as he's got older it really helps to be in a dark room.

White noise is also a must for use. Even more so than blackout curtains! I know that's unrelated, but I can't believe how many people don't use white noise for their kids! It's a life saver!

ajgerber

threearrows said:

Unless you plan to take the curtains with you everywhere you go, be prepared for your child to have a difficult time sleeping in places that *don't* have blackout curtains. Such as every place but their room.

Ditto this. Since DS went to daycare at 6 weeks, he had to adapt to a variety of sleeping conditions including lights and sounds. Unless it is incredibly bright, I wouldn't worry about it.

Bednarova

We got them after DS1 was born bc we had a West facing house, his bedroom was in the front, and it was light until almost 10 in the summer. Also, I hoped it would help him nap better bc he sucked at it. (it didn't)

We'll likely need them for ds2, but we'll wait until he's here to see what happens. We're not supposed to drill into our walls for curtain rods, so we'll have to engineer something.

leenziepops

Re-doing curtains and blinds across entire house right now! Getting blackouts just in case.

sammyca

I bought them for both kids' rooms when my older son moved from cot to bed. I found because it was still light outside when he went to bed at night, he would just get out of bed and play. It stopped this behaviour and he started sleeping in later in the morning - win win. My DD was about 9 months at the time and it didn't make any difference to her sleep. My advice is if you are doing new window furnishings get blackouts but if not you could wait-and-see if needed.

elizab14

I've got them for the entire house. I use the curtains because it also helps keep the heat in during the winter.

123BabyMomma

I didn't have them at first with my DS but wished I had them from the beginning. I did add blackout liner to my already existing curtains. It was a life saver when the time changes for daylight savings and also in the summer when it doesn't get dark until late.

When we traveled to family's houses we would tape garbage bags up in the window to make it dark. It was super quick and the bags could be used later because we didn't cut them in anyway.

I would suggest getting the blackout curtains. I don't think you will ever say "I wish I hadn't bought them". But I could see the opposite. Just my two cents.