Not exact matches
Your child should go to bed at the
same time every night — weekends included — ideally between 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. (Many parents, especially those who work outside the home, balk at an
early bedtime — but unless your child can and does snooze until 8 a.m. every day, a 9 p.m.
bedtime will deprive him of much - needed sleep.)
I agree with the last comment, I have twins who sleep in the
same crib, we don't have too many problems with
bedtime, but they seem to be going through the talking to sleep phase
early.
If we try an
earlier bedtime, say 8 pm, she won't actually fall asleep until the
same time (10 pm) but by then everyone is now tired and frustrated from spending hours gettinng her to fall sleep.
If you're really keen on keeping your child on the
same schedule, you can wake them 1 hour
early on the day of the time change so as not to see any lasting effects from the time shift (however if your child has a very strong internal clock, you may find them still not able to fall asleep until their «usual»
bedtime).
Respond to her tantrums at
bedtime, night wakings,
early rising, etc. the exact
same way you always do.
For example, if your baby goes to bed on the
early side and wakes
early in the morning (5 / 6 pm -5 / 6 am) you may decide to keep his
bedtime the
same without using the 10 - minute adjustments suggested above.
Stick with the
same bedtime routine night after night and your mind and body will come to anticipate sleep at an
earlier hour.
Parents» engagement in these activities was higher than that reported in the National Survey of
Early Childhood Health (NSECH) 6 and the Commonwealth Fund Survey of Parents with Young Children (CWF).4 For example, more Healthy Steps parents read to their children daily or showed their children picture books (Healthy Steps, 68 %; NSECH, 52 %; CWF, 48 %) and had the
same bedtime (Healthy Steps, 77 %; NSECH, 68 %).