This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Pampers. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.
One of my favorite things about fall (besides the endless variety of pumpkin desserts!) is the cooler weather and early sunsets. We are also huge football fans and enjoy watching our favorite games on the weekend. But with the fall also comes daylight savings time. Normally, I get very excited about “falling back” because it feels like you gain an extra hour of sleep. However, the reality is that unless you adjust your bedtime, you’ll probably find yourself dragging out of your bed the first few days after the time change. To help you and your little one transition into daylight savings time I’m sharing the following 5 tips to ease the process:
5 Tips To Help Your Baby Adjust To Daylight Savings Time
1. Start the week before.
Daylight savings time starts in a week, so to ensure your baby transitions easily start adjusting their bedtime this week. This will help your baby transition to the time change without any drastic changes to their current schedule.
2. Go in small increments.
Since the clocks will be turned back an hour, you want to keep your baby up later so that their internal clock can adjust to the new bedtime. Start by putting your baby to sleep 10 to 15 minutes later each night. Continue by adding more time each night until you are up to an hour later than your current bedtime. It will wind up being the same bedtime once the time is adjusted.
3. Don’t change the routine.
The only thing you should be focusing on changing is the time, so make sure that you stick to your normal bedtime routine. Whether that involves a bath or reading a book, just make sure that it’s the same thing you currently do.
4. Join your baby.
This is also a great time to adjust your own bedtime so that you don’t find yourself dragging the first few days after the time change. This will also help you transition to the time change and be well rested for your baby the next day.
5. Make sure your baby is comfortable.
Ensure your baby is comfortable. This means comfy pajamas, a comfortable sleeping space and a dry diaper. A 2013 survey conducted by Pampers found that nearly one-quarter of mothers (24%) felt that a dry diaper was the number one thing that enabled their baby to sleep through the night. Using a trusted diaper brand like Pampers is very important to me since our baby girl currently sleeps 10-12 hours through the night.
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We use white noise and it works wonders!
I run the mobile to relax before sleep
Baby girl is only two weeks old and so far all i’ve found is a nice clean diaper and a full belly! Of course a few sweet kisses and a lullaby don’t hurt either 🙂
Keeping the same routine and making sure he has both of his blankies. Also we use a sound machine.
i make sure my babies belly is full before i put him down to sleep
We use a fan in our babies room for noise.
Fully belly and a night time story <3
White noise!!
I always give my baby a bath, and use lavender oil. It helps them sleep!
making sure the room is a comfortable temperature helps the baby sleep
We would dream feed!
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A Bath Before Bedtime Always Helps Baby Have A Restful Night’s Sleep.
My tip is to use light blocking curtains.
We keep the same routine each night: bath, brush teeth, sing songs and read books.
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 10 minutes early during the week leading up to the time change.
Use a white noise machine.
Keeping the room dark and with a little noise such as music or white noise. and staying on a sleep routine.
Using a sound machine that produces white noise to cancel out the noise of my older kids!
Keep a routine!!!
Nice full belly, well burped of course… and being nice and toasty warm. And having a baby that loves their sleep… makes life even better 🙂
Playing music helps the baby sleep.
This is exactly what we’ve been doing this week – adjusting our baby’s bedtime by 10 minutes or so each night. I have found when my baby is warm, he sleeps better – so we use a sleep sack for him, and warm fleece pajamas. Love Pampers, too! I may use other diapers during the day but Pampers are my go-to at night!
Daylight Savings has been the BANE of my existence since I had children. Thank you for these tips!