{"id":15897,"date":"2017-11-02T02:30:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=15897"},"modified":"2018-12-09T00:27:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-09T00:27:06","slug":"how-to-manage-daylight-savings-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/11\/how-to-manage-daylight-savings-with-kids.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Daylight Savings with Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daylight savings (okay, it’s actually “daylight\u00a0saving time,” but we have morphed it into “daylight savings,” over the years, so I am just going to go with the flow, here)\u00a0 never used to bother me. It was just a thing that happened twice a year, and I seemed to adjust fine when it happened.<\/p>\n

Until I had kids. Suddenly, I was drrrrrrreading daylight savings. Everyone was up before the sun and I just flat out get cranky when I’m up that early.<\/p>\n

So, I needed to figure out a way to prevent this awful time of year from starting our mornings off on the wrong foot for about a week, and after some trial and error,\u00a0have come up with a plan that has worked for us for several years now.<\/p>\n

So with this day quickly approaching, I thought I would share so you too can implement the plan if you so choose.<\/p>\n

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It’s pretty simple: About four days before daylight savings, start adjusting the child’s bedtime by 15 minutes each day, so by go-time, they’re already adjusted or close to it.<\/p>\n

For example. our kids normally go to bed at 7:00 and 7:30.<\/p>\n

And for this upcoming day, which is “fall back,” this is what our nights will look like:<\/p>\n

Thursday- Bedtimes of 7:15 and 7:45.<\/p>\n

Friday- Bedtimes of 7:30 and 8:00<\/p>\n

Saturday- Bedtimes of 7:45 and 8:15<\/p>\n

Sunday- Bedtimes of 8:00 and 8:30.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, we will even start this process even earlier in the week than the four days so that we have a little more time to adjust if the upcoming week is a busy one.<\/p>\n

So, when fall back finally approaches, the kids will be used to going to bed at “8:00 and 8:30” which is now really 7:00 and 7:30.<\/p>\n

Does that make sense?<\/p>\n

We have done this since Gwyn was a toddler and it has worked well throughout the years.<\/p>\n

And, to help little ones stay in bed in the morning, we use THESE <\/a>Ok to Wake alarm clocks. They glow when it’s okay to get out of bed and have been SUCH a blessing in our home!<\/p>\n

I hope it helps anyone who also dreads this time of year!<\/p>\n

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