Sleep Tips for Daylight Savings

AH! It's daylight savings! What do I do with my babies and children?!⁠
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Just in case you missed this earlier in the week, I thought I'd re-post it to help out for tomorrow's early wake-up!⁠
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For fall back:⁠
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Instead of shifting a whole hour from the start, shift things 30 minutes every 3 days.⁠
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So, for example, if you normally nap your baby at 9 and 12, and bedtime is 6:30, know that after daylight savings their bodies will want to sleep at 8, 11 and 5:30.⁠
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To get BACK to 9, 12 and 6:30:⁠
Days 1-3, naps will be at 8:30 and 11:30 and bedtime at 6.⁠
Days 4-6 bring them to their normal time: 9, 12 and 6:30⁠
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The extra 30 minutes awake will be a bit of a stretch, so, expect some grumpiness, but, as the days go on, their body clock will shift.⁠
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In the morning, their body clock might wake them up at their normal time even if bedtime was later. If they normally wake at 6 - it will FEEL like 6 when it is only 5am (new time). Wait the normal 10 minutes before you get them up (5:10). Day 2, wait 20 minutes. Day 3 wait 30 minutes (and so on) until day 6 when you would wait 1 hour if necessary. Sometime during the week their body will shift enough that they WILL be starting to wake up at the adjusted 6am time.⁠
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It will take about a week to get them on track.⁠
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If you have a toddler or older child, shift 30 minutes each 3 days too. You'll need to re-set their clocks to change the alarm to waking at the appropriate time. In the first 3 days, know that you are expecting them to wake at 6:30 instead of 7. Set their alarm accordingly. ⁠
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Any other questions about this? Post them here if you have any!⁠
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(And good luck - we'll be struggling along with you!)⁠
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