First time dealing with daylight savings!
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Topic: First time dealing with daylight savings!
Posted By: 1st_Time_Preggies
Subject: First time dealing with daylight savings!
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:12pm
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My son is 7 1/2 months, will be almost 8 months when daylight savings rolls around at the end of this month. He is up between 6 and 7am, and goes to bed at 7pm. Wakes once or twice a night for a feed.
What would your advice be for the change in time with daylight savings??? Do I try and move the bed time by 15 mins from now? And how does it work with wake up time? I can't really "change" it as such??? TIA! 
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Posted By: Jacobsmumma
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:41pm
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Hi, there's some really good info on the Sleep Store website about this. I read it last year but didn't actually need to do anything different as my DS just went down at his usual time (ie was in bed at 7pm regardless of the change). Not sure if it'll be the same this year as he's nearly 15mo. Have a read of the attached link. http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Babies+4+to+12+months/Adjusting+to++from+Daylight+Saving+Time.html - http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Babies+4+to+12+months/Adjusting+to++from+Daylight+Saving+Time.html ------------- 
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:44pm
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We just went with the flow, and put him to bed at the usual time - around 7 pm, so on the day it was actually 8pm but we stretched him out a bit and he was fine. It was harder going the other way to be honest. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:47pm
| Over the space of a couple of days we just adjusted his routine by 15m each day so he didn't even notice the change |
Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 1:55pm
| 15 mins adjustment works well. TBH tho I'm hanging out for it - 6am wake up becomes 7am and 6.30 pm bed becomes 7.30, which we will move to 7pm |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 6:21pm
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Lily has already started putting herself to bed about 30 mins later than normal what with it being lighter now already. She is also waking between 7-7.30am used to be 6.30-7. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 8:04pm
I'm not too worried DD is used to staying up occasionally so we should be fine. I'm more worried about her waking up too early at the other end  I'm not a morning person by any means.
But I have heard the 15min thing is the way to go. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: happymumma
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 8:08pm
| I've not really found the switch to be an issue. I just put them to bed round about the normal time (which can vary by 15 or so minutes anyway). |
Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 16 September 2010 at 8:25pm
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Ive never had an issue either, I just put them down at the normal time, stuck to the same bedtime routine, and they just adjusted. ------------- |
Posted By: Nikki
Date Posted: 17 September 2010 at 9:01pm
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I'm looking forward to it as the kids have started waking close to 6am at the mo, so that will be 7am soon! (hate it when it goes the other way!!!!!) With bedtime I just usually move it gradually over a couple of days, they seem to cope fine. ------------- DS (5yrs) and DD (3yrs) |
Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 18 September 2010 at 10:04am
Same!! But then the other day we had a 5.30am wake up and I was thinking noooooooooooo don't wake up even earlier. I remember last time I was worried, but it wasn't a problem at all - probably çause he'was so little and not on a routine anyway. Or maybe I forgot. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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millymollymandy wrote:Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 12:12pm
I'm hanging on for DLS....hopefully our wee larks 5.30am wake up will become 6.30am wake up...much more civilised lol  -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: millymollymandy
Date Posted: 22 September 2010 at 3:57pm
| Nice to know its not just us getting woken before 6! I have started a sleep log - def sleeps better at night with better days sleeps. Only thing is I don't want her going to sleep at 7.45 - like my evenings to myself. |
Posted By: myonlineself
Date Posted: 24 September 2010 at 6:44pm
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I am looking forward to being able to put bubs to bed a bit later so we can have dinner a bit later, I'm hoping to shift dinner to 5.30pm and bedtime to 7pm, instead of dinner at 5 and bedtime at 6.30. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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