The Gro Company Ollie The Owl Gro Anywhere Portable Blackout Blind with Suction Cups,

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Suited to most rooms - not just your baby’s nursery - these clever blinds are made to measure so that they fit within uPVC window frames perfectly (the clue is in the name). But it's all blackout blinds not just Tommy, we've had it happen at work with roller blackout blinds either need to remove when out the room or open the window a touch. If you want a stylish, permanent solution to your ‘too light to sleep’ problem, you might choose to invest in chic perfect fit blinds.

The best overall blackout blind for a baby’s room is the Gro Anywhere Portable Blackout Blind because it can be attached by both suction cups and adhesive velcro pads and they’re also easy to fit to any window space.To enhance suction and help keep the seal tight, dampen your fingertip with water and lightly moisten the inner rim of the suction cup. The Gro Company is one of the UK’s leading baby sleep brands and has been helping parents get babies to sleep safely for over 18 years. If you’d rather avoid installing new blinds in your baby’s nursery or any other room where they’re likely to be sleeping, there’s good news - you don’t have to do so.

If you hate DIY and don’t have time for fiddling around with scissors or measuring tape, then why not get someone else to do the hard work? It attaches to the window using suction cups and that does make it easier to set up rather than trying to use some form of ties. This makes it perfect for travelling, particularly if you are going somewhere where you are unsure of the curtains or room set up.It's tempting – especially during a heatwave – to keep blackout blinds on the windows even during the hottest part of the day. The NHS advises that, in the early months, it’s wise to teach your baby that nighttime is different from daytime.

Children waking up at the crack of dawn means that poor mum and dad are also woken up – and then the rest of the day becomes a bit of a struggle. This blackout blind is different to other brands as it is attached to the window by 7 Neodymium Magnets which means that the blind is meant to stay in place and not fall down. Blackout blinds such as Daydreamer Blinds Original Blackout Blind are an excellent way to ensure total darkness and a decent night’s sleep for you and your little one. A good idea and the blind does keep light out but the suction cups are useless after a while as they become hard and do not stick. And while portable blackout blinds are fitted with suction cups, so that they can be moved around easily, thermal stress can happen with any blackout blind.

It’s really easy to install – just take it out of the bag and use the suction pads to stick it onto the window to make the room pitch black in minutes. Reviewers say that although the thick blackout fabric used isn’t the prettiest, it’s effective at its job - even in bright sunlight.

However, Mumsnetters really do rate Magic Blinds for being a mess free solution for a peaceful night’s kip for the whole family.Blinds such as Blinds 2 Go perfect fit blackout blinds can be made to fit a window precisely without any slivers of light peeping through. Makes the room very dark – can be used to get your little one to sleep earlier on a night or so they can have a lie in in a morning. BlocOut Blackout Blinds offer some impressive features such as light blocking side rails and a rubber bottom seal to ensure no sneaky slivers of light sneak in. When packed away it measures 290 x 117 x 50mm making it compact enough to easily fit in a suitcase or overnight bag. By using Bloc Blinds which velcro into a frame on your window, you should block out the majority of light which would still sneak through curtains.