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Smudges*Mom
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Readjusting from time zone changes. . .
Smudges*Mom
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LO and I were in WA and MT for the last 9 days. Evidently, LO is still very much on Mountain Time--it is 11:30am EDT and he is still fast asleep. He has never, ever slept this late. Granted, yesterday was a full day (two flights and only a 30 minute nap). He was a hot mess when we got home last night at nearly midnight.
I am more than a little curious about how the rest of the day is going to progress. Do we skip his nap and put him to bed at his usual time of about 8:00pm? Any tips on how to help LO? I wonder if we should wake him up, but I feel that if he is still sleeping, then he needs the sleep. . . . At this rate, LO may miss most of Father's Day!
I am more than a little curious about how the rest of the day is going to progress. Do we skip his nap and put him to bed at his usual time of about 8:00pm? Any tips on how to help LO? I wonder if we should wake him up, but I feel that if he is still sleeping, then he needs the sleep. . . . At this rate, LO may miss most of Father's Day!
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Re: Readjusting from time zone changes. . .
What I've usually done with my girls when traveling across time zones is to try and get them on the 'local' time zone as quickly as possible....even if it means an earlier waking, etc just to start helping them adjust to a different 'clock'.
For example, we flew to Spain when my older daughter was ~7 months old and arrived early morning there. She had slept okay on the overnight flight but not great and we had ~2 hour drive from the airport in Barcelona to the house we were staying at. She dozed a bit in the car and by the time we got to the house it was early afternoon. I counted the car ride as her morning nap, tried to give her an afternoon nap at her normal nap time in the local time zone (2pm), which kind of failed on day 1 b/c of all the excitement from a new location. Then, I put her down at her normal bedtime in the local time zone (8pm). She was definitely a little overtired b/c her afternoon nap was a fail and her previous nights' sleep was just okay (she's a big 12-hour sleeper) but the upside is she went right down at bedtime and then got right onto her normal home schedule but in a new time zone by the next day. My daughter is pretty adaptable so I know not everyone is this easy but I do think trying to stick close to the 'usual' schedule is a good idea to help them adjust. GL!