Here we are again—another season, another time change. While changing our clocks again and losing an hour of sleep may seem daunting, this can actually be a little less disruptive to your little one's schedule than "falling back." With Zen Sleepwear and a solid plan in place, you can “spring forward” and keep your little one’s sleep schedule on track.

1. ASK THE EXPERTS:
HOW TO AVOID
A DAYLIGHT SAVINGS
DISASTER
Here we are again—another season, another time change.
While changing our clocks again and losing an hour of sleep may
seem daunting, this can actually be a little less disruptive to your
little one's schedule than "falling back." With Zen Sleepwear and a
solid plan in place, you can “spring forward” and keep your little
one’s sleep schedule on track.

2. STRATEGY #1:
DO NOTHING!
Ideal for: babies with a current bedtime of 7 PM or
earlier.
If your little one is already on a solid schedule,
there's no need to change much. Your days will
simply be shifted an hour later. This can actually
work to your advantage if you have an early riser!

3. If your baby's bedtime is 7 PM and they
wake up at 7 AM, doing nothing simply
means you're shifting to an 8 PM bedtime
and 8 AM wake up time. If that works with
your schedule, there's no need to change
things up!
How to do it:

4. Expert tip
Even though bright sunlight won't impact your later bedtime as much an earlier one, this shift
does mean that the sun will be up an hour earlier each morning. Make sure your little one's
room is DARK—like really dark. Get those blackout curtains hung if you don't have them up
already...otherwise you'll be waking up an hour early and going to bed an hour later, which will
take away from the quality of your baby's sleep.

5. STRATEGY #2:
A QUICK SHIFT
Ideal for: babies with a bedtime of 8 PM or later.
If your baby is already on a later schedule, you will
need to shift back a bit so that you don't end up with
an even later bedtime after daylight savings. You'll
want to do this gradually so your little one can more
easily adjust.

6. How to do it:
The morning of the time change, wake your baby up a half hour earlier in the morning. Then
shift your bedtime that night to be a half hour earlier that usual. After a day or two, shift wake
up time back by another half hour and shift bedtime another half hour earlier—then you'll be
back to your original schedule!

7. For example,
if your little one normally has a bedtime of 8:30 PM
and a wake time of 8:30 AM, doing nothing after the
time change would land you at a 9:30 PM bedtime
and 9:30 AM wake up.
To make the switch, you'd wake them up at 9 AM on
the morning following the time change (instead of
letting them sleep until 9:30) and put them to bed at
9 PM that night. After a few days, wake baby up at
8:30 AM so their set up for a bedtime at 8:30 PM,
setting you back to your previous schedule.

8. Use light and dark in your favor.
Our circadian rhythm is dictated by lightness
and darkness. Therefore, getting lots of light
during wake times and keeping things dark
and calm during sleep times will help to reset
your little one’s internal clock.
Continue your normal routines. Bedtime and
nap time routines should all stay the same no
matter what time they are at. It’s the steps in
these routines, such as putting on her
Nested Bean Zen Sack, that help signal to
your little one’s brain that it’s time for sleep.
No matter which strategy
you choose to go with, follow these tips:

9. www.nestedbean.com
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