Author Topic: Daylight Savings Time (Read 3122 times)

AMJ · « **on:** October 15, 2015, 20:35:31 pm »

Hi ladies,

Daylight Savings time is coming up in two weeks here and I'm dreading it! Slowly moving the BT never worked for us. Please share some of your strategies. Thanks

Haribo2012 · « **Reply #1 on:** October 16, 2015, 17:56:02 pm »

I hate it, wish they'd just leave the time alone.

We end up with a really early WU then just have an OT night next night with NW but then seem OK!

I just jump to new time...pushing it daily never worked for us.

trimbler · « **Reply #2 on:** October 16, 2015, 19:33:19 pm »

We slowly push WU, mealtimes, nap times - everything, by 15mins for 2/3 days, then again then again... It helps that it's usually during a school holiday when DH is off so no worries about childcare timings. Of course the actual WU doesn't change right away, but they've both had to get used to lying awake for a while until it's 'time' to get up if they wake early, so it's not too different from that. Of course we get OT but they settle down in the end

But I've always preferred to do changes slowly, I know others much prefer the jumping straight in approach

michaeljacknnugg · « **Reply #3 on:** October 16, 2015, 20:12:58 pm »

Yep, we just go for it! Always works here, but DS handles ot really well.

creations · « **Reply #4 on:** October 17, 2015, 08:23:55 am »

I'll probably move in 30min steps. This year I'm hoping he'll just do it and WU will move after a few days but in previous years I also found moving slowly moving BT didn't work. The 15 min increments just meant he lost sleep over a longer period of time and eventually was losing an hour per night every night because WU didn't shift. What I found was that moving more rapidly and going *beyond* the hour worked. So I prepared to move to 1.5 or 2hrs later (moving in 30 min increments each day) to force WU to shift. Once WU had shifted I could move BT earlier again and WU remained where it should be.

AMJ · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2015, 14:27:26 pm »

Sorry ladies for not replying sooner. We were away. Thanks to all for responding. I also wish they would just leave the time alone!!!

Creations we used your method previously to move the BT later and it worked great so I think we are gonna do the same with daylight savings time. One question do you increase the nap length?

barbaraz78 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2015, 23:20:21 pm »

We jump to the new hour as well. We do a late night and hope that wu is at least at the same time as usual, then we move on with the new time. I hate that it is Sunday, if it was Monday a ewu would not be as important!

Haribo2012 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 24, 2015, 06:20:20 am »

We used to leave the nap the same just carry on with the new day.

We will get a 5/5.30 WU in the morning but it's DH turn to get up

lol.

creations · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2015, 17:27:59 pm »

Quote from: AMJ on October 23, 2015, 14:27:26 pm

One question do you increase the nap length?

No I didn't. Same nap length but moved at the same time as BT so the whole routine moves on... actually I don't remember him having a nap, maybe the time I took him right over the hour to force later WU was the year he had dropped his nap so it was only night I needed to move. But even so, when he was younger I moved everything, naps, food times, everything.

AMJ · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2015, 13:20:45 pm »

Lol Zoe in that case it's alright

Creations thanks I'll do that then.

Thanks ladies! It is not going too good now. So far I moved her BT till 10:00 pm from her usual 9:00 pm but yesterday she took over 1hr to fall asleep which made her BT 10:15pm and today she is up at 6:20am. She is definitely it after an 8hr night. I'm debating if I should give her a long/uncapped nap today and then shoot for 10:30/11:00 BT.

CattyPads · « **Reply #10 on:** October 28, 2015, 22:42:30 pm »

I forgot to prepare!

so now he is waking at 7am instead of 8am, but only since Monday, not Sunday...anyway, will he get back on track or do I need to do anything? Thanks!

Haribo2012 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 29, 2015, 07:12:33 am »

AMJ how's it going?

Cattypads I normally find they adjust after a couple of days, just carry on with new times x

CattyPads · « **Reply #12 on:** October 29, 2015, 07:47:06 am »

Thanks haribo,
He woke at 7:20 today so I guess we are heading in the right direction!

-Maya- · « **Reply #13 on:** October 29, 2015, 08:53:31 am »

I always try to prepare earlier, but till now it has never worked. I am chicken with pushing BT later. During weekdays he wakes up early and there is no other possible option, since I have to bring him to grandmas before work.
This time, it took Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for him to shift his time. Last two days he woke up around 7, that is ok for us. Hope this lasts!
On EW days I let him sleep as much as possible during the day, but it does not always work.

Haribo2012 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 29, 2015, 14:35:07 pm »

Great WU cattypads x

barbaraz78 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 29, 2015, 15:33:25 pm »

We are riding it our, as usual. He is waking a little earlier than usual (so do I!), but I guess we will be on track by the end of the week. Things are much better since nap dropping

AMJ · « **Reply #16 on:** October 29, 2015, 22:23:50 pm »

Zoe, we are ok I guess. Thanks for asking.We reached 11pm BT (since her usual was 9pm) and today she woke up 9am but she has 1-2 OT NWUs. I will keep it at 11pm for another day or two and then slowly will bring it to 10pm which will be 9pm this Sunday.

P.S. But now she is refusing a nap

either because she is OT or OS from a Halloween party we attended today. Gosh now 11pm is way too late if she doesn't nap but I don't want to go back to 9pm since we will be back to square one

CattyPads · « **Reply #17 on:** October 30, 2015, 09:23:08 am »

My DS has gone back to 7am today. will he really get back on track on his own? dont I need to do anything? his teacher at nursery today told me she sees him yawning in the mornings. thanks girls

creations · « **Reply #18 on:** October 30, 2015, 18:45:33 pm »

Have you shifted BT, nap times and E times to where they need to be?

CattyPads · « **Reply #19 on:** October 30, 2015, 22:00:44 pm »

Hi creations

I am doing them at the same time as usual, meaning for example I put him down for his nap at 2:30pm last week and the same (2:30pm) this week after the clocks changed, am I making sense lol

creations · « **Reply #20 on:** October 31, 2015, 07:53:19 am »

Yes, making sense. So he's losing an hour sleep per night because you're putting him to bed at the new time but he's waking at the old time?
If your routine was stable before the clock change, so you know it's all as 'right' as it could be then you can force the WU time to move by putting to bed later for a few days. I had to take my LO past his BT to make WU later because his body clock was so set on that WU time rather than night length.

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Author Topic: Daylight Savings Time (Read 3122 times)