The clocks change this weekend and I’m a bit worried. OK, to be honest I’m abnormally worried because I’ve been dreading this. I have Jack on a great schedule at the moment: wake up at 6, nap at 9, nap at 1, bed at 6. And I’m afraid that this whole fall back spring ahead crap is going wreak havoc on, my, I mean, his schedule.
I’m debating keeping him up an hour later Saturday in hopes that he will sleep an hour later and wind up right back on schedule. Though I worry that it won’t solve the problem and may only make him wake up earlier which is what late bedtimes seem to do to Jack.
I could put him to bed at his regular time but, doesn’t that mean he will wake up at 5 and not 6.
And what if, he does start waking up at 5, what do I do then? Do I let him hang till 6? How do I get us back on schedule?
This time change is really a hassle. I swore, I read somewhere that we were just going to stay on standard time and forget all this daylight savings crap?
Why do we turn the clocks back anyway? Isn’t it leftover from the time when there was no electricity and the farmers wanted to get up early and plough the fields?
I worked really hard to get Jack on a schedule and obviously I’m not laid back enough to just go with the flow. I need a plan.
So can someone help a new mom out and tell me what I should do? How do you deal with the time change? Does it ruin your kids’ schedule?
We were just speaking about this at work. Someone said joyfully that we get an extra hour of sleep Saturday night. I said not when you have kids. For Nick, fall back has always meant his already early wake up time is an hour earlier and unfortunately lasts about a week (maybe a little less) until he gets readjusted. For Gabi, I may luck out as her 5 am feeding leaves me no time to catch a few more minutes sleep. However, if her 5 am now becomes a 4 am I may luck out! Good luck Jul, it will be a temporary headache but will work itself out. Just hang in there.
There is a section on daylight savings in the book. It says to continue wih your regular routine and since he household is staying with the same schedule it's not too bad of an adjustment. If he gets up an hour early turn off your monitor, set your alarm for the normal wake up time, and go back to sleep. He should adjust in a few days. Obviously I've never done it before since crosby is younger than Jackson, but that is my plan!