Daylight Savings
Anyone having a hard time with daylight savings??? 🙋♀️
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Kids are typically getting up earlier & thus become crankier in the evening. Here are some tips that may help:
1. Keep bedtime routine the same. Consistency is key. Kids thrive off of predictability & it helps them feel safe. .💤💤💤
2. Start bedtime routine a little earlier & incorporate some calming activities, such as yoga. I love the book called “Good night Yoga” which shows various yoga poses for you & your kids to do together. I will turn on my @youngliving diffuser & add a few drops of lavender essential oil (I only do this for kids ages 2+). This particular diffuser has instrumental music on it as well (on my amazon shop under category sleep) & can reach out to @thenaturalnurturer to purchase through her- queen of EO’s. . 🧘♀️ 🧘♂️ 🧘♀️ .
3. When kids get up too early, hold the frame and don’t cave. Walk them back to their room and keep the lights off. You can adjust your ok to wake clock (in my Amazon shop under category sleep) slightly earlier and then add 5-10 min each day. If they continue to get out of bed, here are some things you can do: . .
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a) Make sure everything in room is bolted (dresser, bookshelf, etc) . .
b) Add a baby gate to door way, but make sure that your LO doesn’t have any furniture they can move in order to climb over the gate. Make sure to install gate slightly higher so they can’t climb over it. If they can still climb over it, then can tape cardboard over slats. You can say “when you come out of your room, I can’t keep you safe. I need to put this gate up to keep you safe.”
c) Walk them back to their room, limit language to “it is time to sleep,” & put them back in bed. .
4. Once they get up at a time you are ok with (ie, 6am), you may allow them to read quietly in their room by letting them know. This allows them to feel a sense of accomplishment that they stayed in their room with the light off and can now do something they enjoy. Plus it teaches them to read/look at pictures independently.