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The evenings are getting lighter and that can only mean one thing. Spring Daylight Savings Time is just around the corner. Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 2:00 am clocks are turned forward 1 hour to Sunday, March 9, 2014 at 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Just when you have your baby on a great sleep schedule, right? We have to remember moms and dads; this is the GOOD time change. The one where we can possibly get an extra hour of sleep in the morning. Hallelujah! Alanna McGinn, Certified Child Sleep Consultant and Founder of Good Night Sleep Site, shares a few steps you can take to better prepare your entire family for the time change.
You can slowly introduce yourself and your baby to the new time, by waking up slightly earlier than usual. If your usual wake time is 6:30 am move it to 6:00 am a few days before the actual change so that once the clocks spring forward you will already be adjusted to the new times.
If things are going well and you're happy with your babies sleep schedule then my advice is to keep wake-up and bedtimes the same using the new adjusted time. Our children adjust eventually just as we do. You would wake your child at his usual time on the Sunday morning of the change and carry on the day as usual.
Parents of an early riser, start your happy dance now! This time change could be that little miracle you've been looking for. To achieve your desired wake time you want to make sure you move the entire day earlier by at least one hour, including meal times. It shouldn't take more than a week for your child to adjust to the new time change.
Article provided by Family Sleep Institute
