In August we moved from Spain to Thailand, which is 6 hours ahead. We flew through the night and 5.5 month old DD got some sleep but not her usual 12 hours. We left home at 9pm and by the time we got to our new home here it was around 10pm, so a day had passed without much sleep and she was certainly ready to go down for the night. Lots of
We let her sleep for as long as she wanted that night and I think she woke around 11am, so she had had a pretty good sleep. She then had an afternoon nap and a catnap and went down as usual at 7pm. We woke her up at 8am the next morning, which was awful because we were so jet-lagged ourselves! But it was worth it because she was then back on track, as quickly as that.
There is a lot to deal with, with the time difference, the stimulus of the airports, the plane, the flight, the people on the flight poking and disturbing and shaking things in LO's face in the middle of the night, the travelling either side of the flight and most likely severe over-tiredness at some point. We were worn out and stressed the day we travelled and the day after but waking up early the second day paid off big time and once LO was sorted we could focus on catching up ourselves!
I wish you a smooth and happy journey. I know just how stressful it is but it really won't take long to get back on track if you have a plan and stick to it. Good luck and have a safe journey.
