File this under “A Lazy Mom’s Trick To Get More Sleep.” I made no-sew, mind-numbingly-easy, shortcut, DIY blackout curtains. Enough adjectives for you? I’m an over-explainer. Anyway, this isn’t the professional way, it’s the cheater way. Haha.
First the why. Although the faux wood blinds on Clara’s bedroom window provided a decent amount of light-blockage, I knew blackout fabric would make the room pitch black in the middle of the day (which means it might help with the just-one-forty-five-minute-nap that we’ve been getting these days). To JoAnn fabrics I flew, and purchased 5.5 yards of blackout fabric (which sort of felt like the white fabric on roller-blinds). Thanks to a 50% coupon I got it all for $15.
How I Made Blackout Curtains:
- I returned home with the 5.5 yards of fabric (I measured her existing curtains to see how much I’d need beforehand)
- I washed the fabric (it said dry clean only but the lady at the counter said I could wash it on cold and air dry it without any issue and she was right)
- I unclipped the two fabric curtain panels from Clara’s room and laid one on the floor on top of the blackout fabric to use as a template
- I cut two blackout curtain panels to the same size as the two curtains
- I debated sewing the back side of the fabric to the back side of the blackout fabric on three sides and then turning it rightside-in to hand sew the top closed, creating a finished panel the same way you’d make a pillow cover
- I realized I had four minutes before nap time and couldn’t wait to see if the blackout curtain would even make a difference
- I used my ring clips along the curtain rod to clip the curtain up in front of the blackout fabric without sewing anything together (thanks to the weight of both materials, the fabric drapes down in front of the liner, looking virtually identical to how it looked without it)
Haha, so with that description of virtually identical, I will now share a photo of Clara’s room that looks pretty much the same as many others I’ve shown sans blackout liner. Haha. But know that it’s there. Lurking.
So yeah, I’ll probably go back and sew at least a few sides of them together like a proper semi-dysfunctional seamstress (remember, I’m not exactly old friends with Oh Brother, but for now… it works). Clara has been giving us about 90 minutes for naptime instead of 45 for the past two days since we added it (we’ll take it!) and now sleeps 12+ straight hours overnight (from 7:30 pm to 8 am). In the keep-it-real department, she has always been an awesome night sleeper (I take no credit, it’s just how she was made) so this was more about attempting to convince her that napping for more than 45 minutes in the 12-ish hour span of day between that awesome night of sleep is a good idea. It was a total bonus that her usual 7:30 wake up time scooched back to 8.
So those DIY blackout curtain liners are well worth the fifteen bucks and fifteen minutes spent. Sleeping until 8 for the past two days has been amazing life saving, especially since we’ve been going to bed around 2am due to book stuff. But it’s all worth it! Can’t wait to share sneak peeks of our book shoots and other how-does-this-word-doc-become-an-actual-book stuff as we go (now that the final manuscript is in as of last night, well, this morning at 2:14am). Woot!
Have you guys taken any shortcuts lately? Are you all in complete disbelief that Clara runs around all day long and only naps for 45-90 minutes? When the Bowers came to visit Will was regularly serving up three hour naps and Jeremy couldn’t believe how Clara would pop back up a little over a half-hour later and be raring to go. And yes, I was jealous of their sweetly slumbering son. Very, very jealous. Do you know how much backsplash tile we could start installing over a nice three hour chunk of time? Haha. That’s ok though, we definitely can’t complain about the awesome night sleep Clara has given us pretty much from day one. And the fact that we can put her to bed at 7:30 and hammer away from 8 o-clock on is pretty darn awesome.
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Jenn says
I did our girlies’ blackout curtains the same exact way, 50% off Joann coupon and all.
I consider my laziness a feature. Leaving the curtain and blackout fabrics separate means I can easily wash them separately if necessary or change out the curtain panel and still use the blackout without any extra work.
If you put the right spin on it, even lazy can look like good planning.
YoungHouseLove says
Haha, I love it!
xo,
s
Carolina says
This post couldn’t have come at a better time. We are putting the finishing touches on the baby’s nursery and have already looked at most of your no sew curtain posts. We live in an apartment and of course are looking for some less expensive/easy options for window treatments. I wouldn’t have even thought of black out curtains. Don’t know if I knew such a thing existed! Thanks so much!!
Lauren says
I don’t have any kids yet but my husband naps between 6:00 and 7:30 literally every single day, which is just glorious. I use that time to pin things I want to do, insted of actually doing them.
Katy B says
I am sure every blog lovin seamtress is going to be making this comment, but hopefully I beat them to the bunch. You should not sew your lining to the bottom of your panels…ever. They will naturally strech over time, and in different ways.
My daughter stopped napping at 2 years old. It drove me crazy for a short period of time. I was working night shift while my husband worked day, so as not to put our child in daycare (not that there is anything wrong with that). Anyway, I really missed my own nap.
YoungHouseLove says
Great tip Katy! Thanks!
xo,
s
Alyssa says
Must be something for the May babies! Or the May 14th birthdays to be more exact!! Dallas has almost always slept for about 12-14 hours per night, usually 8-8 or 9. Once in a while he will actual sleep until 10am and I wake him up:) it’s crazy, and now that I’m pregnant with #2, my sister (who has a daughter who sleeps 8-6:30, sometimes wakes even earlier) says she can’t wait until the next one becuase there’s no way I’ll have 2 that will sleep so well. I hope I can prove her wrong. Dallas naps for about 2 hours on average and I have the darkest curtains I could find for his room, better get on the hunt for nursery curtains in the new room! Ok, that was a bunch of rambling, must be the coffee I just finished lol
Alyssa says
PS: good job on the shorter, but still just as enjoyable and informative post….one of your resolutions happening.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks!
xo,
s
YoungHouseLove says
Wow- Dallas sounds like an amazing sleeper!
xo,
s
Lynne says
You are soooo lucky that she is such an awesome night sleeper. My son wasn’t bad in that dept and also loved his naps until he was 2 1/2. But my daughter is another story… not only did she not sleep well at night, but she NEVER napped. Unless you were holding her (when she was little) or she was in the car. I can’t tell you how many times I left her in her car seat in the garage so that she would stay asleep, as she had fallen asleep 5 minutes before we got home :) It took until she was almost 2 for her to sleep through the night and she has been a great sleeper ever since. So be lucky with what you have in Clara and hope that you get just as lucky next time!
Jen says
Our two older children were both fantastic nappers and fantastic night sleepers, but both stopped napping completely around age 2. Our third child was a great napper and a horrible night sleeper. He’s 3 now and still doesn’t sleep through the night. Our 5 month old daughter is a terrible napper (4 20-minute naps a day and that’s it) but sleeps for 12-13 hours at night. I would much rather have a great night sleeper and a terrible napper than a great napper and a terrible night sleeper. With 4 kids, sleeping at night is my only sanity saver! HA HA!
MichelleG says
am i the only one who thinks its an AWESOME idea to keep the two fabrics separate (non-sewn, non-ironed, etc) in case you’d want to switch out the curtain fabric in the future?
that is some SERIOUS bang for your black-out buck :o)
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks Michelle! Someone else said that too- and a third person mentioned that washing just the curtain panel is easier without the liner. Guess there are perks to the lazy method!
xo,
s
julie says
love the blackout liner. My hubby works nights, and I made blackout curtains with the same stuff several years ago. They are awesome, people who see our bedroom during the day (not many..) are amazed at how dark it is with the curtains drawn. The window is 5×7, so the potential for letting lots of great light is there…but we don’t need it all the time.
MrsB says
I once used basting spray (that I use for putting together quilt layers)and some fabric glue to add some beautiful stripped fabric over a cheap Targer fake bamboo wooden shade.
The spray did the big overall job. The glue did the *hems* so that it looked finished from outside.
Worked like a charm. Kept it on the window for a year while trying to make a decision on fabric for real drapery.
YoungHouseLove says
So smart!
xo,
s
Lynn @ SafeBeauty says
My kids are like rocks when it comes to naps and sleeping. Both have been good sleepers since day one too. 3 hour naps were not out of the norm for us on any given day which helped when we were moving and boxing up our house for the big move from NY to FL. Nowadays, my son tries to forego his nap for about 3 days in a row – he’s 6 – but it catches us with him by day 3 and then a mega nap of about 2 1/2 to 3 hours happens. Mama likes day 3. It’s so quiet… Now if we ever have a baby #3 (not planning on it, but babies have a way of making themselves appear) and they aren’t the best sleeper then black out curtains will be my go to as well.
My best, Lynn
Lori says
whatever you do, don’t put them in the dryer. I forgot and put mine in the dryer and they melted together in a big clump and went straight into the trash
YoungHouseLove says
Aw man, so sorry! That’s why I was afraid to use iron on hem tape! Good to know.
x,
s
Sharon says
Reading about all this nap time is making me sleepy, very, very sleep………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Melissa says
I have four kids, two of them great sleepers/nappers and the other two are not. Of my youngest two, one will nap for 30 minutes (you can time it! she’s very precise in her cat naps!) and the other will nap for four hours.
I’m curious how your next kiddo will sleep!
melissa says
how did you know that i’ve been looking for a way to black-out my nursery window?! i ordered unlined curtains and knew i would need a solution, but they were too cute to pass up. i’m an awful seamstress, so looks like you just solved my problem. who knew you could buy blackout fabric?! score! i had also already planned to use the clip rings for baby safety thanks to smarty-pants you. :-D even though this wasn’t as huge of a post as the latest kitchen progress (which looks amazeballs!), it is just as epic for moms and moms-to-be like me. so, thank you!!
kristi says
I made blackout shades, as well.
I didn’t want to buy the ones in the store (too expensive and I liked the airy white ones I already had in the baby’s room).
So, after making one of those no sew fleece blankets, I had an idea.
I went to Joann’s. Got about 3 yards of the black fleece. Went to Target and purchased two cheap tension rods.
I laid out the panels, cut them to length and then cut them in half.
Cut little tabs on the top, tied them around the tension rod and hung them.
It blocks out light VERY well.
It was cheap. No sewing. And I get to keep the curtains I already love.
And you can’t see the fleece curtains because they hide very nicely under the other ones!
Oh, and our patio is right by her window, so the fleece helps block noise, as well.
Who knew!?
YoungHouseLove says
Love it!
xo,
s
Allyn says
I think you have the better end of the bargain, since Will doesn’t sleep through the night. Vomit.
I need to make some of those curtains for our room! I have a serious need for total darkness. Wow, that makes me sound like a psycho.
kristen says
Hi Sheri, I made some blackout curtains for my daughter and as scary as it was – I was able to iron the black out fabric. I went back to the fabric store to double check because they folded it after they cut it for me and it looked like an all white checker board when I finally got around to making them! So it might be worth asking about your specific fabric.
Our daughter is 13 months and on almost the same schedule as Clara. Bedtime is just shifted to 8 and sleeps 12-13 hours but with only 1 nap that is ~2 hours. There are days where I catch myself wishing for 2 naps but that 12 hours at night is a blessing I will take!
Awesome quick fix on the curtains though – it will *totally* help with her naps!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip!
xo,
s
Ivy says
Take it from me…and my experience…sew the top of the curtain to the blackout panel (at a minimum)…the ring clip doesn’t hold both keeping them pretty looking for very long. Even better would be to see along the sides as well so they can be “one” with each other and that blackout liner can hide!
YoungHouseLove says
Thanks for the tip Ivy!
xo,
s
Amy @ A New Old House says
I’ve SO got to do this!
My 3 year old sleeps just fine- but my 7 year old is another story. I’m thinking it’s because his room gets tons of light in the morning, but it might just be his natural clock.
For only $15 I’ll give this a try (would be so worth it if it works!) Thanks for the tips!
Maureen @ This (Kinda) Old House says
What a great little project! I need these desperately in our bedroom.
I also want to get a beginners sewing machine. I used to use my moms and I loved it, but then when I saw that picture on your sewing machine post with all the thread in a pile, I was quickly reminded how my mom would have to thread the darn thing for me because I could never do it, and then I would get all pissy. lol So, my romantic notions of the sewing machine has wavered a bit. :)
Really looking forward to some book sneak peeks!
Kelly says
totally not about your curtains but I got the same sewing machine as you for Christmas. Ever since you got yours I’ve been wanting one and I figured you probably did a bunch of research about what is the best one for beginners/casual useage… so I just stole your amazon link and sent it to the fam! lol… Thanks for doing all the hard work for me! I’ve used it once but can’t wait to do more!
Kelly says
oh, and SUPER YAY!!! for getting the manuscript in. Every time I read all the stuff you were doing I started to get anxious! I breathed a huge sigh of relief for you.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw congrats! I hope you and Oh Brother come to love each other! I’m slowly growing very fond of the guy.
xo,
s
Jennifer B. says
$her-dog! I was browsing the Target Christmas clearance section last night & came across a set of 3 white ceramic bird house ornaments (originally $10, marked down 70% off) for $3 and thought of you! I forgot to snap a picture, but they just screamed, “Sherry, take me home!” Thought you might be able to find some at your Target. Good luck!
Jennifer B.
YoungHouseLove says
Aw thanks for the tip! We’ll have to keep a eye out!
xo,
s
Alison says
These are great! We bought a blackout curtain for my daughters room, but it doesn’t really match our current decor, so I think I’ll just add cute fabric to the front. They definitely help with the nap! We also play ocean wave sounds during her nap :)
Another idea might be steam a seam if you don’t want to deal with the sewing machine.
liz @ bon temps beignet says
Thank you SO much for this idea! I priced out black-out curtains just a few weeks ago and realized we really couldn’t afford them. This will be PERFECT for our little guy’s nursery. The window in his room faces South and the light is insane! I just finished his room and now we’re anxiously waiting for him to get out of my belly!
http://bontempsbeignet.blogspot.com/2012/01/nursery-reveal.html
YoungHouseLove says
IT’S AMAAAAAAZING! Such a sweet room.
xo,
s
Alicia says
Your curtains are so cute! We made blackout curtains pretty much the same way, except I just sewed the blackout panels to the back of some cheap Ikea curtains. I only sewed along the top edge, and so far I’ve been really happy with them. I really wouldn’t go to all the trouble of sewing them all the way together. It seems like so much work for so little payoff!
hannah says
naps are awesome. i think our three year old lives on air and secret stashes of caffeine. she sleeps great at night, so i can’t complain (knock on wood!!) but doesn’t nap anymore. boo.
have you seen the spoonflower website? custom, gorgeous fabric. pricey, but could be fun for pillows, etc. :)
YoungHouseLove says
Oh yes, we used them to make custom fabric for Clara’s monthy photos (we made Clara fabric for her one year one!). Love their site!
xo,
s
Jennifer L says
We just did blackout curtains last week for our 11 month old. Naps are better already. They are a LIFE SAVER!! ;)
Micha says
What a nifty project :o)
Black-out curtains or not, our son’s sleeping schedule was all “stop and go” in 3-4 hour increments. It taught me how to nap any time of the day :o) Of course, when he slept through the night for the first time I was mortified to check on him (expecting the worse, obviously) and sent in hubby first. Heh
Ruthy T. says
great idea!!! first…if i could just learn to sew…hand stitching might take more than 15 minutes! lol
tarynkay says
Okay- so do you change Clara’s diaper somewhere in that 12 hour stretch? We’re doing cloth diapers with our 7 week old son with doublers in them at night, and he has just started giving us longer stretches of sleep. More sleep is amazing, but now I feel guilty about leaving him in one diaper for that long. Also worried he’ll get diaper rash. Are these fears baseless?
YoungHouseLove says
Our doc actually told us never to wake her up to change her diaper overnight (we asked the same thing!) since you don’t want to mess with their internal rhythm. We do cloth diapers and haven’t had any rash issues or anything. Hope it helps!
xo,
s
Gwenalyn says
I haven’t tried blackout curtains, but I do have the shades in my daughter’s room. She’s like Clara, sleeps for 90 minutes at most for her one nap. Not enough time to get things done! But I will take it because she sleeps from 8:30pm – 9:00am. Put that one in the win column. She’s a little sicky right now though… she had the flu, an ear infection, scratchy throat, and pink eye all at once. Very tough! She’s never been sick before (I really lucked out for the past 18 months!), but she’s still sleeping at night.
Glad to hear you are getting some extra sleep time, hopefully when you’re done with the book stuff you can catch up on some well deserved rest!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw, I hope she’s feeling better soon!
xo,
s
beth lehman says
um, yeah. you’ll want to keep those in there her whole life long!! i did the same thing with my kids when they were just babies. away from home we would tack up blankets or anything we could find to keep our kids sleeping longer. they are great sleepers at ages 8 and 11, but i still make sure the blinds and curtains are down every night for maximum sleep!
Gwenalyn says
I agree Beth! My son is nine and if I forget to pull the shade in his room before bedtime he’s up at 7:30am on the weekends and plays loudly in his room (too early to be loud!), with the shades we get to sleep til at least 8:30am, sometimes 9:00am yey!
Stefanie W. says
How in the heck do you get her to sleep so much! My 13 mo old is up two-three times a night and wide awake after 8-9 hrs. And then during the day, we’re lucky if she sleeps 90 minutes. Do you close her curtains? Can she only sleep in the dark or does she not have a problem with falling asleep else where? Do you have a set routine? A nightlight? I am so, yaawn, tiiireed!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw Stefanie! I wish I had a magic trick, but I really just think it’s how kids are born. Clara has been a long night sleeper (and a short nap sleeper) pretty much since she was born. One thing that everyone in our family seems to have in common is not too “ornate” of a nighttime ritual. When folks come over for dinner and we put Clara to bed afterwards, we walk back in three minutes later and they say “that’s it? she’s in bed?” – haha. We just turn on her sound machine, close the blinds, say goodnight and smooch her, put her in her crib, turn off the light, and leave. She’s a happy little clam (sometimes babbles or sings a song) and then it’s quiet and she’s out. For naptimes she can only sleep in a pack & play or her crib though (not in a stroller on the go, and even car naps are getting a lot more rare). But I think it depends on the kid – some might need baths and stories and some can sleep anywhere anytime!
xo,
s
Gwenalyn says
Stefanie, my daughter was still doing the same thing at 13 months. She didn’t start sleeping 12 hours straight (hooray!) until 16.5 months. I agree with Sherry that some kids are born and are good sleepers, others need some help. The thing that really did the trick for my little one was setting a routine that worked for her (bath before bed like some suggested did not work for us at all). She liked having a book read to her, then we turned off the light, put her down, and turned on the sound machine and her glow worm/sea horse/other musical stuffed toy. It took some time, and she still woke up from time to time, but eventually she learned to soothe herself to sleep. Dr. Sear’s webpage askdrsears.com has a lot of helpful advise. Sending good sleep thoughts your way! :)
Stefanie W. says
Thank you both! She is a total princess and cries-screams most nights if we put her down before she’s asleep. My husband thinks its like torture if we don’t go in and get her. He also thinks I read too much research on it and we should let her dictate her bedtime…of course, thats because hes not the one losing sleep…we’ll see what I can do one detail (he won’t notice) at a time. :-)
Suzanne says
Way to go! We splurged early on on PB curtains WITH the black out liner.
Maybe those 90 minutes will stretch into a full 2 hours. You know that saying “one good sleep brings on the next”! Fingers crossed for you guys!
Fiona says
When my son was about 18 months I too resorted to adding blackout liner to the nursery curtains. I sewed on a few heavy duty snaps to attach the two layers together instead of dragging out the sewing machine. It worked well.
Crystal says
So excited to see more of your book!
And black out curtains are the best – Until age 2 1/2, my daughter use to sleep from 7-7 every night and take not 1, but 2 – 2 hour naps a day. I was worried something was wrong with her. Oh, how things change. Now that she’s 5, she wakes up at 5:30 every morning and naps are long gone.
Meg@Keeping up with the Jenks says
We have had to fight for every last nap in our household, so I completely understand!! On the very, very rare days that we get a 3 hour nap, I am terrified that she’s stopped breathing in there and pace outside of her door.
Great idea with the curtains!! I actually had to tape Isla June’s curtains closed because she was getting so sensitive to the light. It’s not fashionable or pretty, but it works!! And I will take sleep over pretty any day!
Meg@Keeping up with the Jenks says
P.S. Congrats on the book!!! You made it!!!
Ellen says
Gah, so jealous. I would have gladly taken a 45 minute napping child. Mine took 0, yes ZERO, naps and didn’t sleep through the night until he was 7 years, yes, SEVEN YEARS old! And that was from birth.
YoungHouseLove says
Wow! My mom keeps warning me that my next one could throw us for a loop like that. Haha.
xo,
s
Cara says
My older brother would wake up at the crack of dawn and my mother actually duct-taped the black out curtains to the wall out of desperation! She also tells the story of hiding when he woke up early once and interrupted her morning coffee and cigarette (it was the 60s! And she could totally watch him from her hiding place!).
Maggie says
You have hit upon the one solution I ever found to short-napping children, a darker room.
You might be able to use fusible hemming tape and just iron onto the curtains your blackout panels, to avoid sewing. I’m not sure that the fusible hem tape will survive the washer and dryer, but it would be an interim solution, and take (I think) less time than getting out the sewing machine.
Your daughter seems to be really bright, busy, and a happy child!
hyzen says
Curtains look great, and more importantly, sound like they work great!
My daughter is 3.5 and now starting to phase out her big midday naps (much to my chagrin), but she used to be one of those 3+ hour nappers–on the other hand, we could never get her to sleep much more than 9ish hours at night, so I guess it all evens out. She’s like an energizer bunny at night–I can put her in bed, stories read, jammies on, the whole routine, lights out, at 9:00pm, but she’ll lay in the dark, often happily talking or singing to herself until 10:30 or later. I’m a night owl, too, so maybe she takes after me–guess I shouldn’t complain.
Kelly says
Actually, after your willingness to endeavor into the world of sewing machines, I decided I could too could do it…
So thank you! My first projects were a fabric bunting and simple table cloths (a.k.a. hemmed bedsheets) for my son’s first birthday. But I ended up making blackout panels for my son’s nursery soon after. (I actually included images and links to those projects in this post, http://wp.me/p1TJh3-xM — or you can just check out the nursery if you want, http://wp.me/p1TJh3-mf)
For the panels, I followed instructions from a book. But I know that Janell over at Isabella & Max has a really great tutorial for adding lining. From my experience, I’d suggest using a new needle since that blackout lining is thick! And I practiced on scraps first to make sure it was feeding through my machine right. If I were to do it again, I would make sure that my blackout lining went all the way to the edges of the fabric, since now I have 1″ borders without lining. (Not sure what I was thinking.) But they still work great. And I swear are keep to good nappers!
Good luck!
YoungHouseLove says
Aw congrats! Amazing accomplishments! You’re way ahead of me! Love the nursery.
xo,
s
Kelly says
I meant that blackout panels were not “keep,” but “key” to good nappers. Ha. Where is auto correct when I need it?
YoungHouseLove says
Haha- gotcha!
xo,
s
Stacy says
Hope she continues to sleep in for you during nap time. I love when my daughter takes long naps. Lets me get stuff done – like folding all the laundry down in the basement. My Emma usually sleeps pretty well though. Completely through the night (bedtimes is anywhere from 8-9pm and wakes up around 7ish) and pretty much always has. Thanks for letting me know about the blackout fabric though – I may get some for my own bedroom. I’ve been waking up at 6am with the sun streaming through my windows (not cool).
Her Late Night Cravings says
No judging here!!! I love your “cheater” method & if you go back to actually sew some of the sides together, then I say you’re a better woman than me! ;) Cheers to longer naps! And here’s hoping that you & John can slip in a nap every once in a while. You guys are busy little bees! I love watching every day of your progress!!
Mendi @ Her Late Night Cravings
Terri says
Thank you Sherry for posting this!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on black out shades for my nursery, and this will be perfect! I will be having gramma make us some of these before the baby comes, and once I know what color I am going to paint! :)
Erin says
I did this all over my new house when I put up curtains. I just clipped it like you did and we are on a year and going strong.
Lindsey @ arkadian belle woods says
So awesome! Thanks for sharing! I need some black out curtains…..so I’ll probably attempt this too! You’re so awesome Sherry!
alex says
Man, you are lucky…my boyfriend and I love sleeping and im afraid that our future child will be the opposite. Haha…
Question: does Clara ever sleep with you and John? Like if she’s sick or just happens to wake up in the middle of the night and cant get herself back to sleep? I just was curious of your views on that and your approach.
YoungHouseLove says
She just never has! That is completely a jinxy, knock on wood thing to say, but when she’s sick she usually sleeps in even longer (maybe since her body is recovering) so we don’t really have those nights where she’s up and ends up in our bed. She did wake up a few times crying when getting a few of the more painful molars but I’d go in there and soothe her (just holding her and going “shhhhhhh” to comfort her) and she’d fall back asleep in my arms so I’d slip her back into her crib and sneak out!
xo,
s
Tara says
I like in AK….black out blinds/curtains are a must! we have both on all of our bedroom windows. we’d be lost without them.