When the clocks go back this weekend??

[Tweakster]

If he's not crying then you can leave him actually.  If he's chatting then he's fine and enjoying his own company.  As long as he's not keeping you up it's fine :-)  When you say it's hard are you meaning it's hard for you or him?

[Mashi]

I find most attempts to get the change started prior to the time change is not really that effective - unless you're going to move everything...eating times, starting nursery times, bath times, etc.  We do as Liz, and wait until after the time change and it has usually sorted itself out in a week or so.

[huby]

So Mashi, please explain to me how you do it? Thanks

[Mashi]

As pps above have said - move everything about the day by about 15 minutes every 2-3 days. 

[huby]

So you do all the same, but after the clocks have changed? The only things I would change are bedtime and nap as nothing else at all is really pinpointed tie-wise. You mentioned trying to change prior the even fails, not sure why and how this would be different to pushing everything forward 15 mins every three days after. Confused.
By the way, did your LO have a good b'day?

[Lolly]

We have always done the same - waited until clock change day and followed their cues. I've usually tried to stick to the new times as much as possible but made naps and bed a bit earlier (or later depending on which way the clocks go) to allow them to adjust over a few days. It doesn't take long, but my two aren't particularly sensitive to getting OT so it works for them.

This year I only have DD napping in the day so with the clocks going back I expect them to wake around 6am (new time) so her nap will be around 11.30 (she would normally go at 12.30) on the Sunday and they will be in bed and asleep by 6.30.

Hopefully then they will sleep until at least 6.30 on the Monday morning so her nap will be 12 and bedtime back to the normal between  7/7.30.

If it doesn't work quite like this I will adjust each day as necessary so she has around 5/5.5 hours of A time and then a bedtime around 12/12.5 hours after wake up as this is normal for them and hopefully we will get back on track!

HTH!

Laura

[Mashi]

So you do all the same, but after the clocks have changed? The only things I would change are bedtime and nap as nothing else at all is really pinpointed tie-wise.

No, I change everything - as our life changes as a result iyswim. I know you say nothing else is pinpointed but surely you have certain times of the day when you do certain things, no?  Our playgroup that meets at 930am will still meet at 930, not a"new" time of 830am.  Lunch that we have sometime around noon is still at sometime around noon, not a new earlier time of close to 11am.  Our lives adjust to the new times on the clock, we don't suddenly change our daily routines to one hour earlier, iyswim?

You mentioned trying to change prior the even fails, not sure why and how this would be different to pushing everything forward 15 mins every three days after. Confused.

 Why I find it does not work is because doing it before the time change means that the only thing changing in my LO's day is his sleep.  His daddy still leaves for work at the same time as usual, we eat our meals at the same time (I don't mean at an exact time, but within reason), and so on.  So the only thing changing is his sleep - this will take a lot longer to get accustomed to as there is nothing telling his body clock and sleep hormones what time it is.  Sure, I can try for a few days before hand, but it's a total pain to attempt to adjust everything in a day -- you don't try to re-set yourself for these very reasons; you wait until after the clock has changed to slowly et yourself to adjust. And probably for a good week or so you will find that you wake up an hour earlier than normal, as well, and are tired for bed an hour earlier, too.  It takes a good week (or more for many people) for all of the things in your day that tell your body what time it is to readjust themselves.   Does that make sense?

[NetMouse]

I have been generally trying to get bedtime a bit later for over a week now, with some success.  Last year I just put our 3 year old to bed an hour later, and she continued to wake at the same time for the whole week, going from a happy well-rested little thing to a sleep-deprived monster in a few days! As her bedtime can vary from 7 - 8 pm anyway, I'm just making sure it's closer to the 8, unless she's really tired.
With the baby, I put in an extra nap if she's not looking like lasting the course. Sometimes that makes her really cranky in the evenings, but I think she's then less likely to wake at the crack of dawn.

[huby]

ok, I think will try and get her used to a later bedtime day-by-day, just slowely, in the hope sh wakes later. She's already a massive earlybird so looking for the most fail-safe way really...am getting more and more confused by the day though. Help!

[Tweakster]

I think at times starting the late bedtime too early can also backfire and send LO OT before the big event and then you get a bigger mess.  I think it's really dependent on the LO.  If you don't have a consistent sleeper anyway I always figure well it can't hurt to try something and then dig out with damage control later.  Since our LO is at daycare, like Mashi says, nothing there will change on Friday so really there's not too much point in us trying to do much until Saturday and then we may end up with OT anyway.  Those Romans really didn't think of us when they developed this did they lol

[huby]

what did the Romans ever do for us? (monty Python, just in case you thought I was a complete nutcase)
Hmmmm, so for me - what do I do??? 10 mins later each day starting a week before?