The single hour gained or lost from Daylight Savings can wreck  havoc on your baby's sleep and nap schedule.  Follow these tips from Dream Team Baby to get through it smoothly.

These tips are for the end of daylight savings, when we set the clocks back and gain an hour on the first Sunday in November.

If you have a more flexible sleeper:

• On Saturday night, simply put your child to bed at their normal bedtime. No pregame adjustments necessary. 
   
• Sunday morning, your child will most likely wake up at their normal time. According to the new time, this will be an hour early. Just for this day, allow your child to get up "early" this first morning. However, if your little one sleeps that extra hour and makes it to the new wake-up time naturally, great. You're all set. 
     
• Use your child's naps throughout the day to help him or her adjust to the new time. Try your best to put your little one down at their normal nap time or times throughout the day. This may be a challenge the first day or two since it will feel an hour later to their bodies. Stretch your child to this "new" nap time by getting him or her plenty of fresh air and introducing fun, novel activities to keep engagement high.
   
• At the end of the first day (Sunday), try your best to help your child make it to this or normal bedtime. If they are utterly exhausted that first evening, it's okay to let him or her fall asleep 30 minutes early. 
   

If you have a more "sensitive" or challenged sleeper:

• Start working on the time change adjustment on Saturday. This way, you will have your partner's help on Sunday to continue working on the transition.   
   
• During the day on Saturday, use your child's nap and bedtimes to help him or her pre-adjust to the new schedule in 15 or 30 minute increments. For instance, a 1:00 p.m. nap and 7:00 p.m. bedtime would turn into a 1:15 nap and a 7:30 or 7:45 bedtime. Doing this homework ahead of time will give your child a head start on Sunday. 
   
• If you need further tweaking on Sunday, continue to follow the instructions for flexible sleepers above.

Please remember that all children are different. Some may make the jump in time change seamlessly, and others may take a few days to fully adjust. Just be patient and it will all "fall back" into place.