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I am so glad daylight savings time is coming. I do not do well with mornings but when you take away the sun in the morning it’s hard to call it morning. I’m so glad that the sun will soon be out again when we get up and roll out of bed in the morning. If you have kids you know this time of year can be even harder because that one hour throws their whole day off!
Over the past 13 years of mothering I’ve learned a lot and every day I’m still learning but I’ve found these tips very helpful! Most have been tips passed on by other moms who have also lived through these times.
Daylight Savings Sleep Tips for Families
1. Go to bed 10 minutes earlier every night for a week. By taking a week to slowly adjust
2. Wake Up 10 minutes earlier each day. If you’re going down earlier, chances are you’re getting up earlier too. You don’t want to end up late because you’re dragging.
3. Exercise outdoors still. As the winter approaches we tend to stay inside more and more and doing less. Before the sun goes down take a family walk and tire those kiddos down and get some sunlight and fresh air at the same time.
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We go to bed about 15 minutes earlier for three nights preceding daylight savings..it seems to work for the most part.
We do a gradual transition of going to bed earlier.
Keeping a sleep routine is key! Our routine is baths, snack or bottle, stories, songs, and prayers. A sound machine or fan also helps. With daylight savings, we try to get our boys to sleep 15 minutes early during the week leading up to the time change.
We start putting them to bed earlier or later a few weeks ahead of time.
We use a white noise machine and room darkening drapes for better sleep.
My tip is to start adjusting their schedule the week before.
We go to bed about 30 minutes early than normal it helps with the new time.
We dont have a way but love reading the others suggestions
We get things started a little early in the evening and it helps with the transition.
We just wing it, now y’all are making me feel bad! And we have 6 children, just for the record.
We try to adjust by just 15 mins or so the week leading up to day light savings time!
We usually just take the extra hour of sleep in fall and fell well rested.
i am not sure i have any real tips…we adjust our bed times a little (about 10 minutes earlier) and we stick with our same bedtime and morning routines and we use one those okay to wake clocks for our older kids
We also start to prepare about a week in advance for the time change, but it is hard to make the transition regardless.
During htat week we go to bed 10 minutes earlier than before, by the end of the week, you’ve got your hour.
I was told just to proceed as usual since kids adjust quicker than we do
Keep to your regular evening routine but gradually adjust the time for several days before the actual time change.
I’ve never had a plan. I did not even realize I was a daylight savings time slacker. For us it’s been “It’s all fun and games until you have to spring forward.”
Truthfully…I don’t have a tip. It always hits me pretty hard and takes me a little while to recover. I think it’ll be even worse this time around since I’m pregnant with my first!
go to bed early
We just do it like it is. No gradual, we just wake up that much earlier or later. Thankfully it always seems to fall on a weekend lately so those that are too tired can sleep in later.
We haven’t had a problem before with the change, but now my son wakes up at 7:00 every morning even on the nights he goes to sleep late. So I’m not sure how we are going to do it.
Just try to keep to the same eating and sleeping routines.
my little ones are adults now so I don’t have to worry about it but I know my daughter struggles dealing with it with my grandson Eli
I have my kids go to bed earlier so they aren’t groggy in the morning, gradually I get them into the time change.
We just stick to the same routine and after a few days its ok again.
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We just stick it out… hasn’t been a real problem!
Stick to a routine.
enjoy the change will be great
we stick to our same routine and the kids adjust in a few days
adjust the clocks days in advance
Make a gradual change ahead of time so it isn’t disruptive to your sleep routines.
I believe in ppulling the window shades so it looks dark whenever they sleep
We don’t do anything different we just try to naturally adjust, but I always dread the time change.
Definitely having them go to bed a little earlier each night so they slowly get used to it.
We don’t really change anything just stay in the same routine.
Start a week early with bathtime and bedtime.
Just try to stick to a normal routine.
I try to gradually wean into the change. It just makes sense to slowly adjust into the time change.
We try to adjust naturally for the most part, but I will keep mine busy so they don’t notice it as much
I love the Fall back, it’s the spring forward that stinks. The Fall change- that’s easy, one still just sends the kids to bed at the same time! Even tho it might take a week or so for them to fall asleep early- I still send them at the same time.
My best tip is to set all clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night. This way you won’t be late for church because you forgot to do it. I put sticky notes everywhere to remind me.
go to bed early for extra sleep!
Patience and lots of lights on in the morning. It always seems so very dark in the morning getting the kids ready for school
We start changing his bedtime 10 minutes earlier/later 1 week before 🙂
we really don’t do anything special. We keep our schedule and seem to adjust in a few days. It’s spring that hits us!
It doesn’t really affect us much
we try to stay on a routine!
Be well rested
My tip is to not sleep in that extra hour; get up consistent with what your regular timing is and enjoy a more leisurely breakfast.. The kids will be more tired that evening and probably go to sleep earlier/easier. Try to avoid naps
We usually can get adjusted quickly after a day or two. I hope that wake up time on Monday will go smoothly! My kids are usually are pretty good about waking up on time. (knock on wood!)
We don’t usually have a problem with Fall, but in the Spring it takes a few days to get adjusted to losing the hour. We usually take a short nap each afternoon after changing the clocks in the Spring.
We don’t really do anything different when it’s aylight savings time. We just go about our normal routines.
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I don’t have any great tips. I just try to be consistent with sleep and wake times.
Luckily day light savings time doesn’t affect us.
I adjust bedtime by 15 minutes each night and all 4 of my kids have transitioned just great each time.
This time change is fine for us, but when time changes next time (in March) we have to change our sleeping time a week or two before, to get ready.
I live in a state that doesn’t do daylight savings (az) so I am unsure what to offer as advice.
start changing it earlier
I don’t really have one. I have an almost 2yr old who is pushing the litmits with sleep at night so naturally this morning she woke up early and then went back to sleep but still woke up an hour earlier than she has lately. It;s trial and error for us at the moment.
We don’t really have one. My almost 2yr fights sleep every night and definitely woke up earlier this morning.
let baby take extra naps 🙂
Just be sure to reset the clocks ASAP so you can start to adjust!
Get a little more sleep.
we give baby warm bottle then burp and put to bed after a nice warm bath with baby sleep time lotion.
Blackout shades! It will be light earlier in the morning now.
I don’t have one- all of my children have their schedules messed up now!
I don’t really have one, we just kind of roll with it and things work out.
Try to just keep everything on time, but adjust by a few minutes each day if things get really bad.
It was actually really easy for us this time. It’s lighter earlier, so it’s easier to get up in the morning, but we are more tired at night. :-/
Oh no tips here, we just wait it out a few days until we adjust
Thankfully, my kids adjust very easily. We just keep our routine the same.
our routine stayed the same..shower, story then bed
start a week early getting the kids to go to bed a few minutes early each time and gradually increase it
I start adjusting schedules gradually a few days before the change.
our schedule stayed the same and the boys never noticed the time change
Start early the week before to get on schedule
Don’t really have one, we just go to bed at our regular time.
My best tip is to adjust your children’s sleep schedule a little bit before it gets here, so that it won’t throw them off too much
We start adjusting our schedule about a week ahead of time.
I gradually change the time
We just go with the flow and sometimes it’s a little hard to adjust but it soon gets easier.
We use our favorite lavender body wash and soothing music!
I start trying to adjust their schedules a few days before so it’s not a huge deal.
We just try to stick to a schedule and get to bed a little earlier
Get some extra sleep!
bedtime an hour earlier!
We just get set the clocks back or forward early so we are running on current time all night and don’t notice.
Slowly adjust ahead of time is what we do!
My family adjust fine i dont have to do anything special,guess im lucky there!
I start adjusting my evening routine about 2 weeks before
Our family did just fine during the time change, but calming music usually helps also!
We try to get to bed a little early for a few nights before and after the time change.
We like an extra hour of sleep.
My best tip is to get plenty of sleep.
we go to bed 1 hr early everynight for a week.
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I put the kids to bed earlier by a few minutes each night before the time change
We don’t do anything different, just change the clocks and get on with our lives
bedtime an hour earlier for a couple days
We really don’t do anything to adjust…just deal with it.
I guess I will find out when I have my baby in June
We just made sure the kids went to bed on time for the new time, so they would get enough sleep.
We do not really have one. This year both of our younger children, ages 3 and 1 slept until almost 9:30 which is later for them 🙂
Make little adjustments until everyone is back on schedule.
We continue to stay on our weekly schedule with homework, baths, and reading before bed and just adapt to the change.
We start adjusting out schedules the week before…going to be earlier etc
We just make small adjustments to adapt to the change, although with it dark at 6:00, it’s hard to stay awake much later lol!
I think just sticking to the normal routine is important.
my tip is to embrace the change..go to bed an hour earlier and wake up an hour earlier to get the most daylight.
Having a routine for your baby is what helps!
We make minor adjustments to their schedule a couple days before.
We just adjust bedtime accordingly the night before.