Tips for Daylight Savings THIS weekend!

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Parent Category: Holidays and Special Events

Category: Misc Special Events

At 2 a.m. local time this Sunday, daylight saving time arrives with the promise of many months ahead with an extra hour of evening sunlight.  Sure, you lose an hour of sleep but the longer days and evenings are so worth it!

Make sure to turn the clock ahead — remember it's spring forward — before heading to bed Saturday night to avoid the panic of a late rise.

Here’s some advice about adjusting to the time changes:

1. Have a later bedtime the night before:

"I have found that the spring time change is easier than the fall one. I will put my kids to be about 1/2 hour later on Sat. night with the hopes that they will wake up approx. 1/2 hour later. I know, it doesn't always work. And then I put them to bed at their regular time on Sunday. Sometimes it takes a few days of adjusting their bed times, but it works itself out."

2. Get ready several days out and introduce self imposed time changes:

"Try to shift your child’s body clock before the Spring forward comes.  You can start now by putting them to bed 15 minute earlier for the next 5 days which should help.  It’s a shift a bit in the time of the routine, but make sure to keep the routine. (Note: it may take a week to adjust to the new time… it will pass- really!)"

3. Be gentle with yourselves over the week:

"Spring Forward last year was like being jet lagged and beaten with baseball bats so this year we are going to bed 15 minutes earlier each day and getting up a little earlier too. It's not too late to do the same. In any case, whether you ease into it or tough it out, be gentle with yourselves next week."

Safety Tips:

This is also a good time to put new batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors as well as other battery operated devices like hazard warning radios and flashlights.

As a crime prevention tip, the 78th precinct also advises to change PIN numbers when you change the clocks for daylight savings time.

Finally:

Some places don't observe daylight saving time. They include Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas.

Daylight saving time ends Sunday, November 2nd.

For some fun facts and trivia about Daylight Savings, read the PSP page Spring Forward (O The Humanity)

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This Sunday, Meet Your Next Best Friend

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Parent Category: Home Life

Category: Animal Advice

On Sunday, March 9 from 11 - 4pm, head over to 1112 Cortelyou Road (in front of Qathra Cafe) and meet Cloudy, Amos, King, Almond Joy and other kitty cutie pies from the Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition.