Nov 1st is the end of Daylight Saving Time – that means it’s time to “fall back” and set the clocks back an hour. In your pre-parenthood days you may have looked forward to that extra hour of sleep. For me it was always a treat – the equivalent of playing hooky from school or reaching into the pocket of my winter jacket and finding a twenty dollar bill that had been missing since last spring.
Sadly, once we become parents the end of daylight saving time is something to get a lot less excited about. It’s a worry – we know that 6:00 am wake ups will become 5:00 am wake ups, naps and bedtimes will be off – even meals!
But here’s the good news. The time change this fall doesn’t have to be a schedule buster or sleep wrecker. You can help your child transition to the new time without a hitch.
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