Blacking Out Condo Rental Bedroom for 1 yr. old

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone! My husband, 14 month-old son, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law will be traveling to Destin in a few days and will be staying for 4 nights. We will be staying in a Sandestin condo rental (hubby, son & I are sharing a 1 bdr - DH and I will sleep on pull-out). I'm slowly getting accustomed to the idea of my son traveling on my lap in the plane (yikes!), but am more focused on trying to figure out how to black-out the room for my son. When he wakes in any room he doesn't know even in really dim natural lighting, he gets scared and it ruins his naps and overnight sleep. I am thinking of buying some black-out curtains from Target and hanging them with stick-on hooks but, from experience, I know that they only block out the light if the blinds they go over block out a good amount, as well. Although I've called to learn if there are blinds and what kind at the condo, no one seems to know. We thought about the bathroom since I've seen that idea on some blogs, but I don't like the thought of that and plus the acoustics in there could scare him.

Just wondering - does anyone out there have a strategy that has worked for you in blacking-out a room completely when traveling?

Thanks for any help,
First-time mommy

[Anonymous]

you can tape black trash bags to the windows

[Anonymous]

We've always brought aluminum foil and painters tape and covered the WHOLE window, not letting in even a sliver of light. Works perfectly for us.

[Anonymous]

How about some temporary, stick-on blinds from Home Depot? They are about $5 each, completely removable, and the black ones do a really great job of keeping out light. It won't be pitch black, but definitely dim.

[Anonymous]

You guys are great! Thank you SO much!! I have so much more peace of mind now. Will try the cheapest option, as we are already spending so much on making this baby vacation go smoothly. Thanks again

[Anonymous]

So, OP reporting back here. We did the aluminum foil and it would've been completely blacked-out had we covered both windows entirely - one was HUGE, but didn't realize that working with aluminum foil and painter's tape is quite challenging. There were some areas that we didn't quite cover and so some light came in, but it was dim enough. It did the job! Thank you all for your suggestions!