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Tweaking sleeping, eating, drinking and online habits all can help, experts advise By Robert Preidt
FRIDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) -- The loss of an hour of sleep that comes with the switch to daylight saving time overnight Saturday can be uncomfortable if you don't take some simple steps to prepare, experts say. To help you adapt, Dr. Praveen Rudraraju, director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y., offers the following tips:
The bedroom should be used for sleep and sex only, Rudraraju advised in a hospital news release. Dr. Lewis Kass, a children's sleep specialist at Northern Westchester Hospital, also has advice for parents who are concerned about how the time change will affect their children's sleep habits. Because it stays light longer after the change to daylight saving time, it may be harder for many children to get to sleep at their normal time. This can result in daytime sleepiness, he explained. But longer daylight may play less of a role in children's sleep problems than their use of handheld electronic devices until well after sunset, according to Kass. Ideally, children should stop using the devices at dusk but it might be more realistic to turn them off by 8 p.m. or 9 p.m., he said. "Don't read too much into what the time change means. If bedtime is 8:30 then keep it at 8:30. For a few days it may take a little longer to fall asleep or a child might feel a little sleepier in the morning, but they will adjust as long as sleep times and wake times are kept on schedule," Kass said in a hospital news release. More information The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has more about making the change to daylight saving time. SOURCE: Northern Westchester Hospital, news releases, March 7, 2013 Health News Copyright © 2013 HealthDay. All rights reserved. URL:http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=674050
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