Daylight Savings- How to "Fall Back" and Keep Your Sanity!

How To Fall Back- Daylight Savings Edition

Let's just say your child has a 7-7 schedule...

It's Sunday and bedtime is approaching- once the clock has changed, while the clock might read 7pm, it's going to feel like 8pm. Therefore, you're going to put your child down for bed at 6:30pm for 3-4 nights,  which will feel like they're going to bed 30 minutes later.

The best way to help them with this transition is to provide them with a lot of activity and stimulation during their awake time, but more specifically before bedtime! WEAR THEM OUT! If the weather permits where you live, get outside and let the sun & nature do their thanggg. Dusk brings a wave of melatonin to your child's brain and sleepy hormones are secreted.

After a few nights, move bedtime to their “normal” bedtime. So, the new 6pm, would have previously been 7pm.

This adjustment should take about a week!

Day 1-4 (30 min later, by the clock/ 30 min earlier, to the brain)

-Wake at 6:30am

-Bedtime 6:30pm

*Use the same adjustment for naps

Day 5-7

-Wake at 7am

-Bedtime 7pm

Now, while some families choose to start this transition early, I don’t bother with it until we have to!

Please feel free to leave questions or comments below!

Sweet Dreams,

Lexi