Helping Children Transition with Daylight Savings Time + Pampers GIVEAWAY
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This weekend is already time to spring our clocks forward ahead for Daylight Savings Time. While I absolutely love that extra daylight at the end of the day, it is definitely a hard transition when you lose an hour, especially for children. My older boys have been transitioning a bit better by simply going to be a bit earlier. But for babies and younger children, the change can be even harder. I am thankful that because I stay home with my two year old Wes, I can adjust our schedule to fit him. But that doesn’t mean it is easy to change his nap and night time routines.
I had the opportunity to submit a few questions regarding sleep to expert Kim West, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and author. She has written three books related to sleep including: “GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT: The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep and Wake Up Happy”, the “Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook” and “52 Sleep Secrets for Babies.
Here are the questions I asked regarding Daylight Savings Time and sleep in general:
- How can we most effectively prepare in advance for Daylight Saving Time?
- What are some key practices to keep your baby a happy one, and thus a better sleeper.
- How parents can adjust their schedules to help the whole family transition?
- Do you have any tips for parents on what to do and not do before bedtime? Are there certain types of foods and activities to stay away from so children can transition better to sleep?
- Since we are losing an hour of sleep this time of year, is there anything we can do to help our children fall asleep faster and sleep more restful so they get the most out of the time they have for sleep?
- Got any tips for waking up our children in a way they helps them transition and avoid crankiness?
Here is a video of Kim West’s sleep advice for me!
I love her advice about blackout shades. If you don’t yet have them for your child’s room, I highly recommend them. Wesley’s room stays completely dark during the day, which really helps him transition for nap time. It is also really important if your child has an earlier bedtime, especially during those extended days in the summer.
Certain products can definitely help create a more restful night sleep, including Pampers diapers to keep your little one dry all night long. Having some sort of nightlight, such as the Cloud B Twilight Turtle is a great way to help your child transition to sleep.
Do you have any favorite night time products that help your child fall asleep?
WIN IT:
In honor of helping your little one get the a good night sleep, I have a daylight savings prize package from Pampers to give away to a lucky reader!
- Month supply of Pampers Baby Dry Jumbo Pack Size 6 (four jumbo packages)
- Month supply of Pampers Sensitive Baby Wipes (two 64ct tubs)
- Kim West’s book: “The Sleep Lady’s Good Night Sleep Tight”
- CloudB Twilight Turtle
Disclosure: I have received a gift for sharing this post, however all thoughts are my own. Pampers has only provided me the product that I am using as the prizes for this contest. The contest is not otherwise endorsed, designed and/or administered by or associated with Pampers.
stick to your ordinary routine
Keep them up a little later, but still get them up at the same time in the morning. They will be so tired they will conk out!
Stick to a routine.
I try to adjust to the time change by keeping their schedule the same as always but they always have a hard time for about a week.
We just strive to stick to our normal routine as much as possible and usually they adjust within a few days or so.
I don’t have any kids, I’m pregnant with our first. I can barely transition myself to daylight savings. My husband teases me b/c he thinks its ridiculous but I still say you can feel the loss of the hour! A woman’s/mom’s time must be more valuable than her husbands/significant others! lol
We always go to bed a little earlier every night. It helps to not do it all at once.
Stick To A Routine Is My Favorite Tip.
I try to stick to a routine.
We try adjusting their schedule slowly a week before
We just stick with or usual routine
Have a routine and stick to it.
Thanks for the chance to win this 🙂
My favorite tip is leading up to daylight savings time, make bedtime and wake up time 15 minutes earlier, then 30 minutes earlier, so they are used to the time difference by the time it gets here.
I do not change my kids routine, it takes about a week but hey get adjusted themselves to the time change
WE DO NOT CHANGE OUR ROUTINE
Start putting them to bed a little earlier every day for the week before the time change.
We continue with our regular routine, but gradually change bed time every night for about a week before and continue working toward our regular schedule for the week after.
We have always stuck to a pretty tight routine and never have had a problem!
My children are only 2 and 8 months old, and I stay home with them so I’m not sure if I will change anything.
A week or two before start moving bedtime about 5-10 minutes a day and when the time change gets here you will be on schedule.