From installing blackout curtains to wearing kids out, parents and sleep experts explain how to adjust to the time change.
, a certified pediatric sleep consultant and mom of two."That being said, it still can be a jolt for our little ones."
Owens suggests figuring at least one day per time zone crossed to adjust to the new time zone or time change, which means the biggest impact will be on Sunday night when kids might have a hard time falling asleep.On the Monday after the time shift, Jacque Rogers Foster's four kids struggle with waking up for school. To help them feel tired enough for an earlier bedtime, Rogers Foster and her husband, who live in Greenville, South Carolina, have developed a strategy.
This trick will, of course, require extra energy from parents, too. But the restful evening will make up for it.If you can start a few days in advance, as Nashville mom Alexandra Toppins does, you can slowly nudge sleep to where you need it. Dr. Shalini Paruthi, co-director of the St. Luke's Sleep Medicine and Research Center in Chesterfield, Missouri, said that keeping the room dark the entire time a child is sleeping and maintaining a temperature between 65 and 72 degrees will help too.In this method, parents split the extra hour by scheduling bed and nap times 30 minutes later to allow their child to adjust.
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