like to think of myself as a planner. Since becoming a mother, some of those planner skills have vanished. But in my mind, my life is still organized, despite the mess it is in reality.

When you have a young child, they don’t understand the concept of the time change. (Do any of us really?) When my son was younger, I would try to prep him by moving forward (or back) his bedtime the week before the time change. There was one fall, I got completely confused and instead of moving his bedtime back (as I should have,) I moved it forward. So on Sunday morning, he was 2 hours ahead instead of the typical 1 hour. After that, I gave up and just dealt with whatever mess we woke up to on Sunday morning. (Or I sent him to the grandparents’ house and let them deal with it!)

But Daylight Saving Time is coming – this weekend! So let’s make the most of it. Here are some recommendations to reduce those fatigue effects from the experts at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center:

And I’m a big fan of sleep all the time, so I’ll throw in these extra recommendations for year-round good sleep.

Some of those are easier said than done. Here’s hoping we catch at least a few zzz’s this weekend and to saving some daylight!