Have Long Days Made Your Nights Depressingly Short? Ten Tips To Help Get Your Family Back On Track.5/27/2024 As we round the curve into the longest days of the year, those long balmy days can lead to some frighteningly short nights. Humans naturally tend to sleep more in winter and less in summer. Also, we tend to want to pack more into our days when it’s nice out – it’s so tempting to go for a walk after dinner! And kids will whine, “but it’s STILL LIGHT OUT” if you try to coax them to bed at their normal hour.
But kids don’t seem to sleep any later as a result. If anything, they are likely to wake up even earlier. Ideally, your child should wake up between 6-7 am. That may still be earlier than you prefer, but it’s considered biologically normal. If your child is waking up earlier than that, especially if it’s earlier than 5:30 am, your child is having early morning wakings that are most likely not serving their biological need for rest. What’s a tired family to do? Here’s a few tips:
If you’d tried these tips and you still have miserably early mornings, schedule a free consult and find out how we can get your family back on track. Remember, for those of you who just need a bit of customized advice and not a full coaching package, I offer a 30-minute Ask Me Anything call. This is a great option for returning clients and for those who already have great sleep habits in place but need to make some changes in things like morning wake time.
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AuthorAbby Wolfson is a pediatric nurse practitioner, certified child sleep consultant and certified life coach for parents. She divides her time between Brooklyn, NY and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Archives
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