How to adjust baby sleep 6 time zones westward?

Question

Hi everyone!
I'm traveling back home to to US from Norway alone with my 5mo. I'm trying to be zen about the flight, but the only option available was at 6am (she usually wakes up at 7) and then on top of that, I'm wondering how to adjust heye to the new time zone (6hr behind). Does anyone have any experience or advice? I'll be there for 2 weeks so I'll need to at least partially adjust her. I hope it goes ok!

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I don’t think at 5 months there should be much you should change just for a 2 week trip. They sleep so frequently at that age that it probably won’t phase the baby much unless they don’t get enough sleep. So I would just let your baby sleep whenever they need to. 
If you haven’t flown before with the baby, here are some tips. Breast or bottle feed on the take off and landing. Have several pacifiers ready. Use a carrier. Baby will likely be sitting on your lap and it can get hot for the both of you, so don’t plan to have lots of blankets on the plane. Really at 5 months, they are easy to travel with. 
We recently made the move from Europe to US with our 3 year old. He ended up not napping at all throughout the entire travels and that got him over the 8 hour time difference right away because by the time we got to our destination, he was exhausted. I don’t advise that for you and don’t think you should plan to change much for your baby. They won’t be able to make that full adjustment within 2 weeks anyway.

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We recently moved +7 hours away, of course it was a move and not just a 2 weeks trip so it's a little different. I just kinda rolled with the punches. I tried to keep to the new time zone as far as sleep and meals, but theyd take longer naps at random times the first few days. I only prevented it when it was too close to new timezone's bedtime eg 4 or 5 pm if they tried to nap I would keep them up. Sometimes we would go to bed late, like midnight, which they never did in America, but I didnt fuss over it, we just slept in a little late. So try not to overload their day too much to allow more naptime early afternoon. Our flight was overnight but they didnt sleep. They really liked the personal screens on the plane lol and I brought lots of little snacks to keep them busy, my little one (3) did nap a bit during the flight.

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I woluld not do anything special. They don't have a decent scedule anyway, so your scedule is off on travveling and the day after maybe and all is still well. Like my son slept on plane so much and then we kep him a bit awake, so the bedtime was later and basically next day he was cranky and then it was ok.

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I'm not entirely sure, but I think maybe TakingCaraBabies has a post about it 🤔

How to adjust baby sleep 6 time zones westward?

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