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How to Prepare for Fall Back 2024: 3 Steps to Shift Schedules Later
Wondering how to prepare for Fall Back? Follow our 3 steps to shift your baby or child’s schedule later. Let’s prevent that early rising that comes with the end of Daylight Saving Time and move into the holidays well-rested!
The Back to School Sleep Transition
Transitions can be really hard for kids of any age, and the back to school transition is one of the toughest. Here's the conundrum: bedtimes get later as the summer progresses (following the natural rhythm of the sun), often reaching their latest just in time for early school bells. Without advanced preparation, this can lead to some major overtiredness and sleep debt in that first week or two of school. Your kids will lose an hour or two of sleep until they adapt to their new routine and start falling asleep earlier.
Being overtired is not great for quality rest and sleep debt is not good for learning, executive functioning, or your child's mood — and definitely not the best way to start the school year.
Follow these sleep tips to get your little one, and yourself, and your biological clocks ready for #backtoschool.
Use a mantra: the mindfulness instructor’s secret weapon for better sleep
Mantra is a powerful tool available for free to everyone, everywhere, to improve sleep and in many cases, cure insomnia. Learn everything busy, tired parents need to know about using a mantra to fall asleep faster from a mindfulness coach. And did you know that mantra can improve your child’s and even baby’s sleep too?