Motorized roller shades over blinds - yes or no?

What about motorized blackout curtains? Might integrate better with the blinds better than installing roller shades over blinds.

There are even cheap curtain motors on Amazon that install on your existing hardware/curtains.

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blackout shadesfor our bedroom so Mrs. BTB can get better sleep when she's on maternity leave

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lol, you think light is going to be her sleeping problem?

Seriously, unless you install the blinds in a track inside the drywall, there is always going to be light bleed of some sort around the edges. If you don't take them down and put the original blinds back up, during a resale, the instant I see something like that, my mind will jump to why they were installed in the first place (blasted by the sun every AM, neighbors with spotlights in the backyard, etc.,) and none of those flights of fancy will involve a pregnant/recently pregnant woman.

Sleep masks on Amazon are cheap. She'll likely be tired enough that you could stick her on the sideline at the Superdome, and she'd find a way to pass out. And if you make the mistake of leaving the kid in your MBR, they will sleep through artillery, some light won't be an issue. The light isn't kids' problem anyway; they respond to being hungry, and a full diaper, and not much else early on.

This helps with that:

Light Blockers for Shades