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Offline betsysmum

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Going on Holiday - Jet lag and EASY?
« on: July 15, 2009, 06:37:27 am »
So my little one is on a nice little routine and is now sleeping from about 7.30PM through to about 5AM each night.

She seems very happy (although we are working to increase her cycle time - she's still on about 3 1/4 hour between daytime feeds at 13 weeks).

Here is my worry.  I'm taking her from the UK to the US to spend 10 days with my family and I just don't know what to do with her routine.  Should I try and get her to not notice the time change (not ideal for all the family who want to meet her if i'm putting her down for her night at 2.30pm local time).  She will be 20 weeks when we go and while I'm so excited to go (there will be lots of family and friends there loving her) I'm just worried that the trip will completely throw her off EASY.  Also, I go back to work 4 weeks after we return so I'd hate to have my last 4 weeks at home with her a struggle trying to get her back on track.

Any tips on how to deal?
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Re: Going on Holiday - Jet lag and EASY?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2009, 06:45:29 am »
Have a read of this thread.  It's got good info in it.
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=152008.0
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Re: Going on Holiday - Jet lag and EASY?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2009, 06:56:15 am »
Hi -
I did a similar trip with my dd when she was about 4 months old.  We were going to eastern Canada so it was a 4 hour time difference.  On the flight and on the travelling days, just do what you have to to get her to sleep (ie nursing rocking, holding, whatever) and I kept her up the first night till 7 local time.  From what I remember she crashed out until 3 (which was 7 at home) when she woke up hungry.  I fed her and she went back to sleep.  She did this a couple of nights and then went on to sleep till about 5.30 (when she would normally wake up at home).  The trip home was trickier as bedtime was now mid afternoon.  We had a couple of nights where she would go to bed and wake up 45 minutes later thinking she'd had a nap.  I kept her in bed and did shh-pat I think to get her off to sleep.  I think literally there were about 4 days on each leg of the trip before she acclimatized and it was easier going west (to the US).  It will be fine.
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