Sleeping During Daylight Hours

As much as we all like to see the sun shining there are times when it’s an inconvenience especially if you need to sleep during the day. Sunlight and sleeping are often a bad combination for many people.

Some people are lucky and seem to be able to fall asleep anywhere, anytime with no problem at all. But for most of us daylight keeps our brain alert and unable to relax enough to sleep. Anyone who works nightshifts will be well aware of the problem as they try and fall asleep with the light seeping through their curtains.

If you have a baby or young children they often need to sleep during the day. Unless you’ve got a sleepy baby you’ll find that the slightest distraction will keep them awake. It’s also a problem for older children in the summer when you need to put them to bed when there’s still daylight around.

For your baby you might want to consider fitting a nursery blackout blind to help them settle down and sleep during the day. The dense material will block out the sunlight and create the ideal conditions for sleep. You’ll find that a little light will seep round the edges of your blackout blind. This is what most people go for as it’s dark enough to sleep but there’s just enough light to stop it feeling slightly intimidating.

Others, on the other hand, want their room to be totally blacked out and here you’ll need to place the edges in runners to prevent the light coming in. That way you can have all the darkness you could want.

Thick curtains may help keep out a lot of the sunlight but blackout blinds are more effective and easy to use. So if the sun is keeping you or your little ones awake you could have blind fitted in only 30 minutes.