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

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I suppose this is inevitable if you have to resize the blind as the pleats tend to gape out a little bit from the glass, allowing light to spill inside. I completely agree with it being a bit of a faff to put up – once we’d got ours on we left it on for the whole summer once!!

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Routine can have a hugely positive affect on all children. As it happens, my husband and I are very much creatures of habit and we cannot function without clear routines ourselves. Our approach will not work for every family, but many may find some of the things useful, and may be able to adapt them to suit their family life. These blinds are perfect for babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers who are struggling with a bedroom that’s too bright in the mornings or evenings. Suitable for most windows up to a maximum size of 130 x 198cm (51x78in) and can be adjusted to a third of its maximum size using the soft-touch fastenings positioned along each edge of the blind.

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After a little research it seems that this is a possibility if the window already has some weakness and you use the blind constantly without giving the window any time to “breathe” and cool down. The closer the suction cups and the window are in temperature, and the closer this is to ‘room’ temperature, the better results you will have. The gro company 4 Tommee tippee 3 Caecus 1 Cheeky chimp 1 Easynight 1 Easysleep 1 Emma barclay 1 Gro 1 Gro company 1 Jamzup 1 Machineya 1 Vaduda 1

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To improve suction and help keep the seal tight, dampen your fingertip with water and lightly moisten the inner rim of the suction cup. This helps create a tighter seal. The key is to not get too much moisture… just barely enough to coat the surface.

These are the routines and bedtime aids that create an autism friendly bedroom and help all of us get a good night’s sleep. Hopefully they may be helpful ideas for some.

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For temporary use only, remove from window when not in use,' with a separate warning in its small print, saying: We’ve been using it every single night for three weeks now and it has stopped our three-year-old from coming into our room early in the morning. He gets out of the bath at 7.25 pm and goes straight into his darkened room with his autism friendly bedroom sensory aids (see later) switched on.

Her glass oven shattered due to tea towels being hung on the bar in front of it. Engineer said that was why – trapping a build up of heat! Be careful everyone.' Clean the window you with soap and water. De-grease the glass with rubbing alcohol if necessary. Ordinary bathroom orwindow cleaners can leave a residue. Wipe clean with a soft lint-free cloth. Press the center of each suction cup all the way down firmly to the glass and keep firm pressure for about 15 seconds. Then gently release the pressure until all the air bubbles inside are released, to firmly seal the cups to the surface. You’re trying to push all of air trapped between the suction cup and the window out from behind the suction cup. Try not to let the suction cups slide. If they slide easily you might have used too much moisture. They do however state they won't take responsibility for shattered windows. Only basic instructions were written on the blind pouch and this was NOT mentioned.'