CLEVELAND — It’s daylight saving time and Dr. Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer with the Cleveland Clinic said that losing one hour of sleep can affect you.

What You Need To Know

  • It’s daylight savings time and Dr. Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer with the Cleveland Clinic said that losing one hour of sleep can affect you

  • She said that there are immediate consequences after you lose sleep

  • Paul and Julie Taylor, parents to two kids under the age of two, said that losing an hour of sleep for daylight savings time will likely mess with their kid’s sleep schedule

“It actually throws off our schedules much more than we would think, with one hour of sleep loss,” she said.

She said that there are immediate consequences after you lose sleep.

“Significant daytime sleepiness, you know cognitive impairment, and so there are studies that show increased rate of motor vehicle accidents on the Monday after the spring shift ahead,” she said.

Paul and Julie Taylor, parents to two kids under the age of 2, said that losing an hour of sleep for daylight savings time will likely mess with their kid’s sleep schedule.

“Especially when you change a young kid’s schedule, it’s even harder because they’re so used to like routine, so the fact that it’s basically, you’re moving back their sleep schedule an hour,” Paul said.

Julie Taylor explained that the time change will likely affect her and her husband’s sleep schedule even more.

“I will just be tired because the kids will nap so they’ll kind of recoup and I’ll just be tired for a few days,” she said.

Both Paul and Julie are parents, and they expressed that their students will likely be affected by the loss of an hour of sleep as well.

“They’re ready for spring break, I mean even at the elementary level, they want to go outside when it’s nice outside," Julie said. "They’re getting spring fever, so losing sleep for anyone, they’re going to be tired."

“High school starts very early... the kids have to be there at 7:25 and so they’re already, even before the time change, they’re already coming into my like first two classes like very tired," Paul said. "Some of them are nodding off in class and stuff, and so I will definitely see probably an uptick in the amount of kids that either complain that they’re tired or they just look and like act super tired."

Dr. Foldvary-Schaefer recommended keeping electronics out of bedrooms, setting a standard wake up time and getting sunlight exposure as soon as possible in the morning to help with sleep deprivation.

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