Which is why you should start easing into the transition now, while you’ve still got a week to get their bodies ready to lose an hour. If possible, wake him up a little earlier, as well. “Doing this step-by-step is not as much a shock to the system as it is when you abruptly expect your child to fall asleep an hour earlier after the time change,” Dr. Lewin says. (If you don’t have blackout shades, I’ve also pinned up a dark, lightweight blanket in a pinch; it works fine.) There is no shame in purposefully wearing them out so you can head into bedtime as earlier as possible.

Source: The Nation March 05, 2021 15:06 UTC