Hi ladies. My daughter will be 2 next week and I've been having more & more trouble with her at naptime. If I put her in a dark room, she usually falls asleep in 5 minutes. But if the room is too bright, she will lie in bed and play, sing, or talk to herself, or she will get up and wander the room and get into trouble. I also have a 5 year old so I can't stay in there with her the whole time.
Right now we have spring-tension roller shades with a blackout lining. But since the time change, the sun comes in at just the right angle so that it shines around the edge of the shade during her naptime. I had blackout curtains custom made for my son when he went through this phase, but I don't want to go to that expense again. Venetian blinds I think would be worse than the roller shades at blocking the light. Is there another kind of window treatment that would be safe if she tried to pull on it, and would keep the sun out better?
Please help, I am not ready to say goodbye to her afternoon nap!!!
It was not beautiful, but I used to hang quilts. I actually added ribbons to the quilts and tied them onto nails.
Just get a piece of fabric or blackout curtains from a generic store, and put it up on a pressure rod.
Or, just tack it up on the wall, in front of your mini blinds, even with thumbtacks. To darken the room.
And when you don't want it all dark, just tie the curtain back with a piece of string. Then it won't be expensive like custom made curtains.
And, get a piece of fabric, that is LONGER or wider than your window, so that the sun does not peek out and shine in from the edges of the shade.
I bought some blackout curtains from Walmart. They're fabulous and cheap. Just put up a curtain rod and leave your roller shade under it for twice the black-out power. :-)
Get blackout curtains from the store that are longer and wider than you need. Then just double them up and hang them on a secondary rod. Or just get dark/solid curtains and do the same thing. DD's curtains were whatever a panel cost at Target that week.
I just bought black out curtains for DD's room at Target. $15 a panel.
Good luck.
Target has the best light blocking curtains at an affordable price (the price is way less than custom curtains). I say give them a try first before selecting another form or window covering.
Now that I think about it my kids never had to have the room darkened to get them to nap and by the time my son was 2 I would lay down with him for the first 5-10 minutes making him lay still and be quiet and he would just pass out, unfortunately sometimes so would I. LOL.
Good luck to you.
In a pinch, a beach towel and a few push pin tacks work well as curtains.
If you are worried about anyone pulling it down, you can use small nail (towel will rip before the nails come out).
Get some inexpensive blackout curtains at jcpenney or someplace similar...
