I heard this weekend that I'm supposed to start "training" DS for the time change? Anyone have information on this? What did you do, if anything? How far in advance did you start working on it? Thanks.
Ohhh, I was going to ask this too. I can't figure out if we're supposed to start putting him to bed a little earlier or a little later. Luckily (knock on wood), C's been waking up later and later these days so it might even out. Last year when he was 2ish months it wreaked havoc on his sleep.
So far I have only gone through one rough time change for each kid so hopefully if you have already had a bad time change that will be the only one. Molly is old enough now that a one hour difference in bedtime is not going to wreck her.I am just going to take a day or two and start putting her to bed a little later. So the day before the time change she goes to bed at 7:30 instead of 6:45 so then next night when it is 6:30 it will feel like 7:30 to her and she will be ready for bed (please tell me that makes sense?)
I don't know that I can do much about the wake up though. She is usually content in her crib by herself to play for a little bit so I don't know exactly when she wakes up unless she makes some noise.
I just asked the googles for advice and here is what I found:
Assuming a 7pm bedtime:
Day
Routine during the day
Bedtime
Wednesday
Usual sleep & feed times
7.00pm
Thursday
Sleep & feed times 15 mins later, (eg first feed at 7.15am not 7am).
7.15pm
Friday
Sleep & feed times 30 mins later (eg first feed at 7.30am not 7am).
7.30pm
Saturday
Sleep& feed times 45 mins later (eg first feed at 7.45am not 7am).
7.45pm
Sunday
Wake your child at 7am (new time), then your usual routine times for feeds & sleeps.
7.00pm (new time)
If your baby or toddler wants to sleep in a bit later (after you start adjusting their bedtime, then allow this.
Try and adjust the routine from the first feed of the day by 15
mins each day. if your baby can't last first thing in the morning, just
try to make the routine adjustments as the day goes on.
Put your clock back on Saturday night before you go to bed.
Is he STTN yet? Maggie was born in August too and the first time change didn't really affect us much since she was still on a round the clock schedule.
I may take these words back in 2 weeks, but the time change has never been a big issue for either of my LOs...though I would say that I think the change in the spring is harder because it is lighter later and harder to get the kids settled down in the evening. Fingers crossed it's not a mess for you and your LO!
I just asked the googles for advice and here is what I found:
Assuming a 7pm bedtime:
Day
Routine during the day
Bedtime
Wednesday
Usual sleep & feed times
7.00pm
Thursday
Sleep & feed times 15 mins later, (eg first feed at 7.15am not 7am).
7.15pm
Friday
Sleep & feed times 30 mins later (eg first feed at 7.30am not 7am).
7.30pm
Saturday
Sleep& feed times 45 mins later (eg first feed at 7.45am not 7am).
7.45pm
Sunday
Wake your child at 7am (new time), then your usual routine times for feeds & sleeps.
7.00pm (new time)
If your baby or toddler wants to sleep in a bit later (after you start adjusting their bedtime, then allow this.
Try and adjust the routine from the first feed of the day by 15
mins each day. if your baby can't last first thing in the morning, just
try to make the routine adjustments as the day goes on.
Put your clock back on Saturday night before you go to bed.
Re: Time change?
I've been meaning to ask about this as well.
The time change RUINED. OUR. LIVES. last year
(okay, perhaps I'm being a tad dramatic...but it sucked.)
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So far I have only gone through one rough time change for each kid so hopefully if you have already had a bad time change that will be the only one. Molly is old enough now that a one hour difference in bedtime is not going to wreck her.I am just going to take a day or two and start putting her to bed a little later. So the day before the time change she goes to bed at 7:30 instead of 6:45 so then next night when it is 6:30 it will feel like 7:30 to her and she will be ready for bed (please tell me that makes sense?)
I don't know that I can do much about the wake up though. She is usually content in her crib by herself to play for a little bit so I don't know exactly when she wakes up unless she makes some noise.
I just asked the googles for advice and here is what I found:
Assuming a 7pm bedtime:
Sleep & feed times 30 mins later (eg first feed at 7.30am not 7am).
Wake your child at 7am (new time), then your usual routine times for feeds & sleeps.
https://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Babies+4+to+12+months/Adjusting+to++from+Daylight+Saving+Time.html
(pp was definitely on the right track with making the bedtime later in preparation)
FYI - The time change doesn't happen until the first Sunday of November -- Nov 7th.
https://tinyurl.com/cotu8k
Is he STTN yet? Maggie was born in August too and the first time change didn't really affect us much since she was still on a round the clock schedule.
This, completely. Every time I think we've got this sleep thing down...
And thanks to the poster who said not until 11/7...otherwise it would have been a long almost 2 weeks for us, I thought it was this weekend!
Thanks! I am totally bookmarking this - it's genius!
TTC #2: BFP 12/17/11, m/c 1/7/12 and D&C 1/12/12
baby blog/cooking blog