Preparing for the clocks going forward...!

[snowboarder]

Any tips? We are trying to stick to strict nap and bed times (limited success but hey!) but think this weekend could throw us completely!

[lorraineliyanage]

argh i thought they had already gone forward yesterday. oh no, that means i'll be up at 5.45 - flippin heck! am watching this post keenly for tips!

[snowboarder]

Oh lord it is next week isn't it?!? Otherwise am late....

[Ko]

next sunday i think...!

[The Nappy Lady]

This is so funny....it is next Sunday 28th girls don't panic, proof if ever you needed it that being a Mummy sends you a bit loopy (in the nicest of ways....I only know because it says in my diary!!).

Hugs, Molly

;-)

p.s. we always just carry on as normal and they usually adjust within a day or two at worst. You can split the difference and shift everything by half an hour for a couple of days if you want to do it a bit more gently.

[lorraineliyanage]

Somebody (I'm not sure who, but I'll go bonkers at them when I remember) told me they went forward yesterday, so I was thinking we'd done quite well to get through it, ha!

[Polly D]

At least they go forward, I feel this will make it a bit easier for us parents, as opposed to people who can have lie-ins and feel they lose an hour. Or am I being optimistic, sigh.

[helena handbasket]

My son seems to be getting up at 5:30 a lot lately. If it means he gets up at 4:30 there will be hell to pay I tell you!

Note: I do believe there is a point where it no longer makes a freakin difference.

[snowboarder]

No no it means he will get up at 6.30 which is excellent!!! But then he wonder why you want him to nap an hour earlier than usual and will not want to go to bed at what he believes is 6pm (actually 7).

Yes Polly - for the first time ever I hated the extra hour in the Autumn...

In the vain hope of extending morning sleep I have bought one of those stick on black out blinds, but baby screams at me every time I try to put it up, and the rubbish little suction pads won't work....

[Polly D]

No, it'll be half 6, so it will feel better! You see!

Oops, crossed in the post

[The Nappy Lady]

This is how I remember;

SPRING forward

FALL back....

Otherwise I never remember which way the clocks go when without thinking very hard (like Paddington Bear)!!

Molly

[plimsoul]

i guessed clock change was due as a week ago the kids who always sleep past 7 started waking before. each year it's the same. come october they'll be giving us great lie ins (since when has 8:30 been a lie in??? since children) and then i realise the clocks are going back....

in my 4 years of experience nothing you do will change what time they get up!

[snss75]

plimsoul, I SO agree, nothing you do will change what time they wake up. mine has always been an early riser seemingly unaffected by clock movements in either direction... :))

[lorraineliyanage]

ok if we get a 6.30 start instead of 5.30 then I'm all for it! Now just need to keep the nipper awake for the extra hour at bedtime...

[snowboarder]

I needn't have worried. Bsb anticipated BST perfectly and woke an hour earlier than usual (so 4am GMT). Oh good.

[The Nappy Lady]

Oh yuk, poor you. I was in with C from 5 but managed to eventually get her back to sleep til now...8am which is unheard of, but of course it is normal 7am really. Might put the clocks forward every weekend just to make it feel like i've had a lie in!!

How are baby sb's naps now, any better?

Xx