During the holidays, it can be hard to stick on your normal sleep and naptime routine when busy visiting with friends and families. Here’s a few tips from Kim West, aka The Sleep Lady®, to help you create a calming bedtime routine, which is especially important during the hectic holidays.
Keep to your child’s regular bedtime as much as possible. A later night here and there isn’t as problematic as multiple late nights especially if combined with skipped naps.
- Be flexible with a nap schedule. If traveling in a car for a few hours, it may be easier on everyone if your little one sleeps right through the trip. Try to get back to your hotel (or relatives’ home) to have an early bedtime. Remember, a well-rested child is better behaved and more adaptable to all the changes and new people they will meet while away.
- It’s always best for baby to sleep in one place while you’re away. Choose the home of one set of grandparents/relatives as a “base camp” and arrange to have relatives come there to visit your little one. You can carefully explain to all concerned why your baby needs this, and to avoid bruised feelings, let all concerned know that the other grandparents/relatives would be the “base” for the next visit.
- When traveling with your child, bring comfort items. Always bring along the lovey and pack a night-light. Since there’s no such thing as traveling lightly with a small child, go ahead and take along favorite books and toys.
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We try to get at least 10 hours a night.
No little ones my kids are grown – would love to win for my soon to be grand baby
I just leave parties early if necessary. I don’t mind doing it, and I want to be fair to the kiddos. THey come first.
I make sure that she gets to bed at a decent hour every night even though there is no school for winter break and also she love her night time tea that helps her rest.
We keep to our routine, if we have family coming, I try to lay them down for naps a little earlier. If little guy gets out the routine too much, it is hard for him to relax and sleep at night.
We try to keep our routine and bring all their night time blankets/stuffed animals with us.
my kids are older but i find that if they need some quiet time we take it.. no one gets offended and everyone is happier in the long run.
being flexible
Tried my best to work around nap time for a happier child
We extend our children’s bedtime by an hour or so, since they have the days off it doesn’t hurt their schedule too much.
We try to be very flexible with nap time during the holidays.
I try to do it a little earlier.
our daughter to be’s nursery is owls…would really love this
We try to plan things around nap time but it doesn’t always work well.
We try to stick to schedule, but are more flexible during vacations
We try to stick as close as possible to the routine
My kids still have to adhere to their normal bedtime of 9 pm for the youngest and 10 pm for the older ones.
try to keep them on their regular schedules
My baby isn’t born yet, She will be here in a few short weeks!
We just keep to our normal schedule no matter what.
all my childern are grown this would be for my new grandbaby
my kids just fall asleep by 9
For the little ones, we try to keep their schedules as close to normal as possible.. we have a few days thrown in during the holidays thats not possible is it makes it extra important that we do stick to our schedule every other day… routine bedtimes is a must for us, not only for the little ones but for my oldest who has epilepsy and when she gets over tired its a huge trigger for her. We sometimes have to leave places early but its a must.
Rocking or nursing.
I just play a quiet song and it always works.
keep the same routine everynight
We try to stick with routines, even when we’re out of town. They are less cranky that way.
We keep the same sleep schedules even during holidays so my kids sleep patterns do not become disrupted. It keeps things running smoothly that way and less crankiness.
Try to stick to the routine, as best as we can.
We just play it by ear and get them in whenever we can!
I have found that taking my daughter for a ride in the car puts her to sleep instantly so we try to plan our trips around her sleeping on the way there.