Daylight Savings Time Change & Your Kids' Sleep
The end of daylight savings time used to just mean an extra hour of sleep (Woo hoo!), but as parents, that hour time change often just means disaster for your kids' sleep, bedtimes and nap schedules.
So how do you deal with daylight savings time changes?
We've found there are two schools of parental thought on the matter:
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report abuseSo how do you deal with daylight savings time changes?
We've found there are two schools of parental thought on the matter:
- The gradual approach: making small, incremental changes to your child's bedtime in the nights before the actual time change. For instance, to make up for the hour change, put your kid to bed 15 minutes earlier in the four nights leading up to the time change, so that by the time it's actually time to change the clocks, you're already there.
- Going 'cold turkey': This one's perfect for slackers (like us!) who didn't even realize daylight savings time was ending. This basically involves putting your kids to bed at their normal bedtime and then realizing—Shoot!—we have to change the clocks tonight!
Want more good news? We've got ideas to help you and your kids get more sleep any time of the year!
Best Sleep Advice for Toddlers, From Sleep Experts! 10 Sleeping Tips for Your Kids 11 Tips to Help YOU Get a Good Night's Sleep The Best Ways to Sleep While Pregnant Best Ways to Fake a Good Night's Sleep (When all else fails!)
People are talking about Daylight saving time changes and kids sleeping on our message boards ... and we're gonna lose sleep until you tell us how you're handling it! GO!
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