Tell me again about time change

[alison]

I thought I was an old pro at this, and I could just shift kiddo's bedtime by 15 minutes each night until she's adjusted. Last night she went to bed at 7pm (which would have been 8pm before the time change). That backfired, and we had a really cranky, overtired kid, who woke up 2 hours later with a night terror.

Today, dd was tired by 4:30pm, but I thought, gee, that's way too early to put her to bed, otherwise she'll be up for good at 4am. So I pushed her through until 5:15 (the old 6:15, which was her old start of the bedtime routine anyway), and just had an epic bedtime routine battle. I ended up putting her down without a bath and without brushing teeth at 5:45pm.

What are you all doing to get through the time change?

[Thirteen]

Tell me again about time change

We white knuckle it, and curse under our breath.
Day 1 - awake at 4:30. Day 2? Awake at 5.
It would seem we take about a week to acclimate (myself included).


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[ladymoreta]

We white knuckle it, and curse under our breath.

Us, too. We just put them to bed at normal time Saturday night, and told them to wait on their clocks to turn green. I think we talked it up enough that they weren't too freaked out by them taking another hour after they wake up, but they were definitely getting bored and fussy. (We have a video monitor in their rooms so we could make sure they weren't getting into stuff or acting upset.)

They're both overtired messes. I think I'm going to have DS nap tomorrow.

[HouseofWool]

y'all are better than me because I curse out loud and steal the good Halloween candy.

[SuzySunshine]

Mine have also been up early. Saturday I let them stay up late, they were still up at 5:30 on Sunday. Today A slept until 6:30 but R was up at 5:30 or 5:45, I don't really think there is much you can do.

[spotty_dog]

Hm. I kept my kids up a little late (9:30, then 9, instead of 8:30) and ran them around a little extra for the last couple of days. They're getting up maybe 15-20 minutes earlier than normal (eg. DD4 is up at 7:45 instead of 8:00-8:15 by the clock), but that's it. :\

Sorry! I know you guys were having sleep issues already...if it were my husband, he'd reset his circadian rhythm by having a beer and a benadryl when he woke inappropriately; I guess that isn't an option here?

[Pollyanna]

We don't do anything. This is only our second time with the whole DST thing (AZ is smart and skips the whole thing. DD1 is a horrible sleeper anyway and the other kids didn't even seem to notice although dd4 was asleep by 7:15 tonight.

[alison]

Yeah, this is sort of the icing on the sleep issue cake. . I'm just going to sense when dd is tired, put her down, and not try to get her on a schedule. Any sleep is better than no sleep!

The past 4 nights have been pretty good sleep-wise, actually. The psychologist we spoke to told us that a child who has slept in his/her own bed but is now sneaking off to mom and dad's bed at night should work towards getting back to their own bed. We just aren't good co-sleepers. None of us gets quality sleep. So, we've been working on getting dd to be able to self-soothe again. This is SO interesting at age 4 to get this ability back. We read stories, but don't allow her to fall asleep while reading them. We leave her room while she's still awake and she falls asleep on her own. There's already a huge difference, because when she goes through her sleep cycles, instead of jumping out of bed, she's able to fall back asleep on her own.

Knock on wood.

When we've moved into our new house at the end of the week, all bets will be off!

[Deebs]

This has been our best time change ever. Thursday might, Trick or Treating was postponed, so I had a few families over for dinner, and let the kids stay up late, even though it was a school night. Friday was Trick or Treat, and we needed up at a neighbor's house after, so another late night again. Saturday, DH was out of town working! so the kids slept on a blow up mattress in my room with a movie until 9:30. They all slept LATER than the usual wake up, even after the time change. We haven't had one early day, of course, we're leaving Friday to go to AZ, so they'll get all messed up then.


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[GreyhoundsRUs]

We just do everything by the clock, so everyone was put to bed /nap an hour later on Sunday. The girls are sick, so they've been sleeping later than usual. Hopefully, by the time they're better, they'll just be adjusted


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[Ladybug]

.f it were my husband, he'd reset his circadian rhythm by having a beer and a benadryl when he woke inappropriately; I guess that isn't an option here?

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

We do what GRU does. Normal bedtime based on the current clock. She's been getting up an hour earlier but I expect that will even out in a day or two. The whole moving bedtime around in increments was too annoying for me to handle so we just skip it and push through. She's definitely seemed more tired in the evenings so we just hustle thru bed/bath routine, etc.

[SoonerTexan]

This is where our lack of discipline with bedtime is golden. No one has noticed

[alison]

Dh thought it was crazy to put dd down before 6:30pm, so we put her down at 6:45 this evening, and she was overtired... She's been up two times with night terrors. Hopefully it'll be quiet from here on out for the rest of the night, but FFS! Sleep begets sleep!!!!

[PrincessFiona]

This is where our lack of discipline with bedtime is golden. No one has noticed

+1

LOL Us too.