Let's do the Time Warp again

Time change in North America this Saturday into Sunday.

1. Come back to this post next Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, and post how it affected your kids, with ages of kids, please. Trying to gather some data just to see which time change is actually worse.

2. Do you like going back to Standard Time? Some people love it because it's not dark when they wake up anymore. I hate it because it's dark before I leave the office so I feel like I don't get any daylight hours with my kids.

3. I thought of a new benefit of the switch back, but it's only for people like me who wake up every morning for ten mintes at 5 o'clock: We'll wake up at 4 o'clock for a week, which means a decent stretch to sleep again until the alarm goes off.

Comments

[SarcastiCarrie]

Way to find that silver lining.

Put me in the camp that does not care for standard time in the winter. In fact, I think we should spring ahead again in the Fall because I want daylight when I can actually use it. The way it's going to be now, it will be dark to just getting light out when I get to work, be light while I'm inside all day, and be dark long before I leave again the evening. Basically, I will spend the next 4 months never seeing the sun shine.

[melissa]

This will be our first time change after my girl has any noticeable schedule. (The other was done in the heady disorienting newborn days). She is a great sleeper (I wrote about her super sleeping because I was worried in an earlier post) and I am very curious as to how this will affect her. She's 9 months old and just cut her first tooth and is rocking to try to crawl. Am I in so much trouble? Will this be this the ultimate combo of tooth cutting/sleep regression/time change/new skill sleeplessness? Tell it to me straight. Sleep is over, isn't it?

[wendybird]

I dread this time change and am beginning to think that the only people who like it don't have kids.

My very sweet and very early-to-rise preschooler (almost 3) will now be getting up at 4:00 a.m. every day instead of 5:00. Yuck!

[I'mtheMama]

I'm with @wendybird! Our little guy is also an early riser. I'm not looking forward to being up before 5am either! *Tear* Not to mention the tedious task of gradually pushing his bedtime forward so he sleeps a little longer in the morning.

[CoCo]

DD has never been a great sleeper but now that most of her teeth are in we seem to do pretty good most night...but she's an early waker. I'm lucky if we sleep in until 6am. Most day's it's 4-6 range. If it moves from 3-5 range....I'll get fired from my job too many sleep mistakes.

[Lumberjack]

How about putting the babes to sleep an hour earlier Saturday night? That's my plan. When Jack and I have traveled to different time zones, he adjusted better than me. And he is an all night diner nurser.

Lookin forward to seeing how all the kids react to the time change! Here in AK, it is dark most of the time, so lack of light isn't a problem.

[Lumberjack]

Wups, I meant an hour Later!

[Jessica]

My proactive plan with my 19 month old is to put her to bed 30 minutes late tonight (Friday) and 45 minutes late on Saturday and then at the regular 8:00 time on Sunday.

We'll see how it goes.

[Kathy_B]

I love daylight saving time; I much prefer light later than in the evening.

[Zenmoo]

Well, in the southern hemisphere - summer is coming! No change of the clocks in Western Australia though (yes it is a state by state thing - 4 change, 3 don't). We had a trial for 3 years and I loved it. It gets so hot here that the only cool time of day to get outside is first thing in the morning. It is now light out at 4.30 am. That is NOT awake time! 5.30 is much more reasonable.

[Melba]

I am dreading this. For our summer holiday in late August, we traveled west one time zone... and during the entire 2.5 weeks baby Annie did not adjust. Falling asleep at the dinner table at 6:00 p.m. and waking up at 4:30 a.m. for the day. It *almost* ruined our holiday (and I say almost because it really does take a lot to ruin a holiday for me).

I'll report back on Monday.

[Charisse]

I love Fall Back!! I hate that DST got extended several weeks from mid-October when it traditionally ended. It means it's light until like 7 on Halloween, which is just plain wrong. Trick-or-treating is supposed to happen in the dark. And seriously, I have enough trouble getting out of bed at 7:10 even when it isn't dark. Mouse and Mr. C are even less morning people than me (they get up at 8), and we all really need the morning light.

I've been looking forward to this for weeks. :) (When Spring Forward comes around again, I will be the one gnashing my teeth as I try to drag my hopelessly evening-person family out of bed for the first week.)

[laura]

Okay, so we are kiiiiind of skipping the whole Fall Back thing this year, because we are in Maui right now.

BUT, that means we are in Maui right now with two seriously jet-lagged kids who were up and at 'em at 4:30 this morning.

However, we're here long enough for them to totally acclimate, so when we get home, maybe for ONCE they will sleep past 6am! Woo hoo!

[maria]

I love going back to Standard Time because my daughter goes to bed earlier in the evening and it's not as hard to get up in the morning. Moxie, I can't believe you hadn't thought about the luxurious hour of morning sleep before now!

[momofthree]

I like it. I am a terrible morning person. Waking up in the dark just wrecks me, and then I grump at my children. More AM light+nicer mom in this house.

[Carolyn]

There are some mixed feelings about this DST. I love having an extra hour on Sunday to sleep! But it will be getting dark right when I am leaving work, so no more outside time with hubs and Little Man before dinner.
Also, I'm feeling the need to brag for a moment (forgive me). I planned ahead for once, and have kept Little Man (who is 2 yrs) up 15 minutes later every night for the past week, so by Sunday he will be going to bed at his former bedtime of 7pm. And, he's been sleeping in a bit, so he's waking at 730am (which will be 630am on Sunday). Woo-hoo!

Seriously, this is the only thing in my life this week that has been a success...Not looking forward to the Spring change...

[Claudia]

In Denmark, the change is short-lived. Just as you are getting horrified at how dark it is in the morning, it's time to change the clocks forward. But within a few weeks, the darkness creeps in on both the morning and evening ends of the day, and it's like SarcasticCarrie said, you never see the sunlight if you have to work all day.

DD adjusts in fairly short order to the changes. I've learned not to stress about it finally -- she's 4 1/2 now.

[Lizzie]

I am thrilled to skipping it this year, now that we are in Okinawa. My daughter was always affected greatly by the change, as her sleep cyle is completely in tune to the sun. I bought room darkening curtains from Bed Bath and Beyond over a year ago, and they changed our lives! They are the really heavy ones, that velcro together as the ones in hotels sometimes do. I am convinced that they also helped her kick her jetlag sooner after we moved. I wish I had some for my room!

[paola]

We've been back a week now and everything is going pretty well. 3.75 year old is waking up a little earlier (like 15 mins) than usual, but 5.75 year old doesn't seem to have been affected. They do seem a bit more tired in the evenings though, but that could be due to their busy days and no nap ( short nap for DD)this year at kinder.

I'm thrilled to not be waking up to the dark. I actually don't mind that it is dark early in the evening as the kids start winding down for bed time a bit earlier.

[paola]

@zenmoo

How do kids handle it being morning at 4.30? My bro and SIL live in QLD where they don't have DLS either, and I remember them complaining about their kids being up with the sun at some crazy hour. Does everthing (bed time in particular) get shifted back an hour?

[Becky]

I abhor the time change(s), but the change to Standard Time is the worst because of the lack of light in the afternoon. In a few weeks, it'll be dark in the morning again anyway.

The best thing about the time change, in general, though? It helped me realize not to take Weissbluth so literally when I had an infant. He seems so regimented about naptimes, but for the time change? Just do it. Hmmmmm.... ..so I always think about how this annual annoyance helped me relax as a parent (which is always a good thing!).

[Zenmoo]

@Paola

Yesterday I made the mistake of taking my 10 month old into the lounge when she woke for a feed at 4.30am - I'd left the blinds up and it was light by the time she finished so she didn't go back to sleep (her usual wake up time is 7.30) It was a looong day - but she just had a longer nap to compensate. I didn't make that mistake again this morning.

In a general sense, people seem to do a lot early in the morning here. There are always a lot of people out early in the morning around where i live. the other week I met a friend for breakfast and the cafe was packed by 7.10am. I can only assume they are going to bed early too. I also was surprised by how busy the trains were at 6.15am - I couldn't get a seat some mornings. When I worked in the country, I was definitely the odd one out by starting at 9 and finishing at 5.30. I was often the last person in the office at 5 - people started heading home at 3.30 or 4....

[MargieK]

Kids are grown (in their 20s), and sadly I can't remember the effects we experienced with the time change.

I like going back to Standard Time because we get that extra hour back -- a weekend hour, at that -- to do whatever we want. I've become a (relatively) early riser, waking around 6am (often earlier) and it's so nice to have light, or lightening skies when you wake up (or have to get up, depending on your schedule).

It seems like we're eventually going to have it be dark before 5pm anyway (it all depends on your latitude), and I'll gladly take a little more of that over dark in the morning.

.. and your #3 all depends on how early you normally get up. Waking up at 4 when your alarm's going to go off in another hour and a half or so? Sucks.

[MargieK]

Reading through the comments reminded me of another thing...

A few years ago, the Monday after switching to DST, I got in a car accident at dusk. I was attempting to turn left and didn't see a car that was obscured by one slowing down in the left-turn lane. I think lack of sleep, plus it being dusk when it would have been dark (and thus, the obscured car's lights would have been on) -- both due to the time switch -- contributed.

Moxie, if you're doing a study, it would be interesting to see if there's a greater incidence of car accidents (if someone hasn't done so already) with one switch over another.

[BiteSizeTherapy]

@MargieK - I think there has been studies done, and yes, there are more accidents after a time change.

[Jennifer]

We changed last week already. My 3 year old has been waking up at 6 am all week; my almost 6 year old had two early days and then more or less adjusted. I have been waking up early all week too. I hate it.

Sunset is just after five, in one week from yesterday the sun will set BEFORE 5 pm. We live in the country so it's just DARK after sunset and the kids are now stuck inside during the witching hour while I cook. I hate that too.

Winter in this part of Switzerland is actually kind of a long slog, - it is grey and foggy and we're at least a good 90 minutes from some decent mountains - and my Australian Friend and I bitch about it from November to about mid-March. We're charming fun.

Somebody cheer me up!

[Melba]

@zenmoo, paola, we get the seasonal daylight swings where I live too (Edmonton, Canada). The shortest day of the year is December 21 and the sun won't rise until nearly 9:00 a.m. and it sets before 4:00 p.m. On the longest day, June 21, the sun rises by 4:00 a.m. and sets after 10:00 p.m. We have blackout liners on all the bedroom curtains to deal with this, and have taught Rosie that bedtime and morning time have nothing to do with whether it is dark or light outside.

This time change will bring light back to our mornings, but it will only last a few weeks and it will be dark again. Honestly the daylight hours become so short that we're awake for all of them whether we were on Standard Time or not.

[alexe]

I am crazy excited. My little girl and toddler wake up at dawn, and I have to leave for work at 7:30, so this means we'll get to hang out for a half-hour or so before the morning rush begins.

I've never been excited before, but this year, I can't wait.

[mom2boy]

So interesting the differences around the world. Feeling bummed for those of you with the extremely short days. :( Sunshine is happiness for me for sure.

Since the boy turned three, my white knuckled fear of all things sleep related has relaxed somewhat and I'm not really afraid for the time change this season. It happens tonight, so I guess I'll see if the sleep gods will smite me for this bold statement or if we really have turned the corner on sleep around here.

[Bonnie]

We switched our clocks back last week (we are in the UK), here is what happened for our 24-month-old boy:

Usual wake time:
7:50am and rests/talks to himself in crib until around 8:15 (till after we've showered/dressed and can give him our full attention)

Usual bed time:
8-8:15pm (usually asleep by 8:30-8:45)

General temperament with time changes (2-3 times per year we travel at least 5-8 time zones in either direction):
if going east (i.e., to Asia), he takes about 4 nights to adjust night time sleep, day time sleep pretty easy to deal with. If going west (i.e., going back to the UK or going to the US) it takes him about 2-3 nights to adjust depending on how many time zones we are crossing.

What happened last weekend:
- Saturday night went to bed at normal time. - Sunday morning woke up exactly when he would normally wake up, so one hour early (after accounting for the time change - at 6:50am). Instead of leaving him in his crib for 25 minutes, I left him there for almost 50 minutes (till 7:40am). He didn't seem to mind. Then we had a leisurely breakfast before getting to church on time (for once!)
- He had a nice long 2+ hour nap that pm and that night night he went to bed just before 9pm (i.e., about 50 mins later than he normally does).
- Woke up the Mon morning about 20 mins earlier than usual; napped for 2 hrs, went to bed at 8:30pm.
- Tues morning everything back to normal.
- I didn't do anything to "pre-empt" the time change; just adjusted things after the change had happened.

It was very painless, and he is a good sleeper at night (thank God those nights of howling/night nursing have finally passed and my sanity has been restored). I also have a child who really loves his crib and asks to be in it (especially when he is just a little tired and wants "down time") so he didn't mind staying in bed longer just to get the time difference sorted out.

I am also not a morning person and I prefer to have more light toward the end of the day.

[Erin]

Time changes thou art mine enemy. Listen to this ya'll - I had to go to Rome for work (I know, poor me!) w/ my baby (5 mo). We were there for almost 3 weeks until Nov 1. That means we flew over 6 timezones, adjusted, dealt w/ fall time change in Italy, then right away flew back and less than a week later, another time change! Baby is doing great overall tho he's started waking up at 5 AM.

[Minty]

So far so good. We've been reading The Sleep Lady and have been trying to get Hedgehog on a better schedule and this morning she woke at 7:15am adjusted time (her normal time is 8:15am) and so this might just work in our favour. It's the first time we're experimenting with an earlier bed time too so fingers crossed. Anything to get this wild one on a more regular schedule!

[Melba]

@mom2boy, yes the short days can get depressing. BUT, where I live, our winters aren't foggy/cloudy/grey, they are sunny with big blue skies most days. Just bitterly bitterly cold. But I'd prefer -30 degrees on a sunny day (just have to dress for it) than a warmer grey day. It's hard dressing a baby for that kind of cold though, they kind of get lost in the snowsuit and blankets!

[SusanOR]

Well, DD was up at 4:30 AM (she normally wakes at 5:30 or 6). It's now 9 am and I feel like I've already lived a whole day. And I was up late lat night myself. Ugh.

[mom2boy]

@Melba - A cold day with clear skies is actually nice...with the proper clothing! :) I can imagine dressing little ones to venture forth is kind of difficult. Always makes me think of that scene from A Christmas Story when Ralphie's little brother is so bundled up that his arms are stuck straight out.

[Nancy]

My girls miraculously solved the DST problem for themselves this weekend. Saturday, they woke up an hour late (gray, dreary day), and were happy to stay up an hour late because Grammy was here visiting. Today (Sunday) they woke up at their normal time on the clock... done and done!

[ARC]

@Melba and others in the cold North :) - I'm with you. When I go to work in the winter, it's dark, and when I come home it's dark. Add to that the fact that most Seattle days are grey in winter, and it makes for some depressing times. So I'm not looking forward to entering that phase of the year.

But for now, the autumn days are sunny and gorgeous :)

[Alexicographer]

I'm a night person and a fan of DST, but there it is. Though I don't consider myself lucky to have just one kid (I'd hoped for another), there are pros, and one of course is that at least there's just one kid's reaction to the change that we have to deal with. He slept in this morning ('til ~8:30, body time, i.e. 7:30 new clock time, about an hour past normal for him) due to being tired because of a phenomenally active Saturday, and I'm working to make sure we really have him in bed by 7:30 or no later than 8 now that the time has changed. That'll give me a wake-up time (his) around 6:30 or 7:00 which, honestly, is earlier than I like but also, equally honestly, a better fit with my scheduling needs due to awkward realities like, you know, work (and wanting/needing to get a few things done some days before I get into the office). So, we'll see how this works...

[jo]

Another northern-latitude poster here. I'm in AK, and though it's going to be daylight for a very short time during our winter day, it would be nicer to have what light we have in the AFTERNOON when the children are coming home from school. I have experienced lots of disruption and crabbiness from my two children in the past during time changes, and would love to just pick one time and stick with it.

[erin]

We live in the Pacific Northwest and I abhor time that isn't DST. We need all the help we can get up here, and I wish we'd just change to DST ALL THE TIME!
Our daughters (almost 5 and 2.5) woke up on the late side this morning- 8am "regular time" and 7am "real time." I was able to steam clean the carpets before church (!) but by 6:30 pm "real time" my 2.5 y.o. was trying to convince me to lay down in bed and nurse her (so she could fall asleep) We managed to keep them up until 7:30 "real time" but they were acting like little drunks- running wild and giggling like mad women (it's not like they don't ever stay up late, but tonight was somehow strange. I blame the time shift ;-) So, I'm just hoping they stay asleep until 7:30 or 8 "real time" tomorrow. But of course, now that I've typed that....

[Melanie]

Day 1 (Sunday) - little one woke up at 5:35am, played quietly in his room til 7:30am. To bed and asleep by 8pm Sunday night.

Day 2 (Monday) - little one woke up at 4:30am insisting he "is awake". Me insisting "it's the middle of the night". Somehow he did actually fall asleep and was still asleep when I left the house at 7:30am. But, he does have a cold, so that is almost definitely affecting both his quality of sleep (less) and how much he needs (more)

[Mogget]

DS is 5 and DD is 3. They usually go to bed around 7:30 on weeknights. On Friday and Saturday they usually get to go to bed when they want which is usually about 8:30 for DS and 10:00 for DD. On weekdays they usually wake up around 5:30 and on weekends it's usually around 6:00.

With the time change they both went to bed at their usual weekend time. They were both up an hour before normal on Sunday. Both went down by 7:30 Sunday night with no complaints but were up about an hour early this (Monday) morning.

They usually come snuggle with me in the mornings but lately the snuggle time has turned into "who can have more of Mommy and kick the other one without Mommy figuring out what just happened and steal all of Mommy's blankets and leave her shivering while we continue to fight over her" so I shut my door last night and let my STBX (who sleeps on the couch--partly to avoid dealing with them in the morning) deal with them. I could hear them from about 4:50 on, but I just rolled over in my nice warm bed, with plenty of covers and fell back asleep. When I came out around 6:00 they were nicely sharing the recliner and watching Cartoons. I'll take that.

DD stays home with my STBX and DS is in full-day kindergarten so I figure in another day or so, we'll have the kinks worked out with them. I, however, don't like "falling back" because I don't have daylight in the evening. I like getting home when it's still light outside, and I don't really care if it's light in the morning--I have to be at my desk at 7:30 in the morning so the morning light does me no good.

[Anne (maxzmama)]

I find this change hard, with it being dark when I leave work to pick up my 4 year old son from daycare. Outside fun is kind of shut down, and the reminder of a brutal winter beckoning.

My hour of extra sleep yesterday that I was giddy about as I went to sleep on Saturday night, did not really happen. My son went to bed/sleep extraordinarily early Saturday night (for him) because of a long active day and I think he was fighting something. He work up at 6 am (7 am old time) raring to go! But he did also go to bed earlier again last night.

[M_B_A_J]

My 14 mos old normally sleeps 7pm to 6-6:30 am. Sat night we kept her up until 8 and she woke up at 5:45. Not tooo bad.
Though, she normally goes down for her nap at noon and yesterday she was whining and rubbing her eyes by 9. So we had a 9-11 and then a 3-3:45 (woke up screaming...yikes) but that short nap got us right back on schedule with 7pm bedtime and 6:15am wake-up today, Monday. Daycare puts her down at 12:30 so I know she'll remain on schedule.
Overall, not as bad as I was expecting!

[the milliner]

Our data points: 2y5m old boy. Usual bedtime 7:30pm, Usual wake time: anywhere between 5-6:30 am. Lately, sadly, closer to 5am.

I did absolutley no planning around the time change this fall. I was going to, but honestly, DS' sleeping has been a bit irregular lately, so I figured, why bother. Also, I've found for us that putting him to bed later (by 15 minute increments - which is what I would have done if I was going to try to ease in) does absolutely nothing to get him to sleep in later. In fact, he usually just gets up at the same time or even earlier than normal.

So, Sat night, went to bed on the late end of the usual time. Sunday, he woke up at 5am the new time (6am the old time). He was still on the old schedule as by about 10:30 am he got really cranky (despite having lots of playtime outside that am) and I asked him if he wanted his nap. He said 'yes', and usually he is never that eager for his nap. So, napped from 10:30 - noon (exactly on schedule with the old time. He usually naps from 11:30am - 1pm).

We spent most of the afternoon out and he definitely had more tantrums than normal. But, with a bit of extra Sesame Street videos before dinner, we were able to get him to eat dinner at the proper time - 6pm (and still eat - yay!). He was looking really sleepy at 6:15 (which would have been 7:15 the old time - close to bedtime). But he made it through teeth brushing and bathtime with ease and went to bed easily.

Night wakings last night were the same as they have been lately. Though I was totally confused as all of our clocks, except the bedroom clock, had been adjusted for the time change. Didn't figure it out until the 4am waking.

This morning DS was in a good mood and I hope that all goes swimmingly at daycare today. Hopefully we're over the hump of the change.

Like @Melba, our winters here are cold but sunny. Sunny makes a big difference. I have a window at work, so at least I get to see the sun, even if I don't go outside during the day. It's pretty much dark when we get up and dark when we come home, so technically the time change doesn't make so much of a difference. But like @MargieK, I love getting that extra hour in the fall. I used to love it to be able to sleep in and lounge in bed. But yesterday I was amazed at how much I could get done with an extra hour in the day! Tired last night. But seem to be OK today.

Agree with @Charise, I hate the new timing for fall back. Here it was so dark so early in October. It felt like winter was coming more quickly and the last thing we need here is to have a longer winter. Hello April snow storm. Argh. Fall back is awesome in general though, and Spring forward is always a mess for us. Late for appointments, etc.

[ML]

I agree with the Milliner--the transition to Standard Time is way easier than transition to Daylight Savings Time. Gaining an hour is generally easier since we tend to be a late family--our kids are routinely the last to arrive at daycare and the last to be picked up and as a result, the youngest tends to miss many enrichment activities because the younger classes go first. I find it easier to keep them up an extra 15-30 minutes than send them to bed 15-30 minutes earlier (I can only do this on weekends when I can push dinnertime a little earlier). Plus, I'd rather have daylight when I can use it (later in the day: one can still bike more safely on the streets and perhaps even squeeze in a run) vs. in the morning, when I am in a groggy rush.

[Melba]

Well, so far the result of the time change is that Annie (9 mo.) is waking up twice per night instead of her usual once. We pushed her nap/bedtime schedule by 1/2 an hour on Saturday, then the other 1/2 hour Sunday. Both nights she woke up at around midnight and then 5:00. Despite her protests, I treated the 5:00 a.m. wake-up as a night waking, not morning time, and she did manage to get back to sleep each time until about 6:30-7:00. So, we're officially on the new time but I think the 5:00 a.m. wake-up is because of the change, and would love that to just Go Away. We'll see if/when it does.

Rosie (3 years) went to bed later than usual on Saturday night, and woke up at 6:00 a.m. (an hour earlier than her usual 7:00-7:30 wake-up time). I told her it was still night time (easy to do when its still so dark and she can't tell time!), took her pee, and put her back to bed. She slept for another hour (or at least she stayed in her room for an hour, I don't really know if she slept). Sunday night she went to bed at her normal time and this morning woke up at her normal time. So she's on track (but she's easy when it comes to sleep... always has been. Its Annie who's tough).

I was pretty tired on Sunday though, despite the extra hour of "sleep" (ha!). Between the 2 kids I was up 3 times, and I never did really get back to sleep after Annie's 5:00 a.m. waking and then Rosie's 6:00 a.m. waking. Plus I'm a total insomniac lately anyway. Bleh.

[CrazyMama]

I could not wait to get on here and vent about this today. Our kids are 3 and 22 months. They are early risers and up even earlier now. I don't mind the 530-615 wake up but I do mind the before 5am craziness.

They are both napping an hour or more earlier today and I'm hoping to keep them up until their regular bedtime at 730. I also hope they are not so cranky this evening that I cave and get them to bed earlier.

I am struggling today. Surely by weeks end they will have adjusted. On a positive the 3 year old so super excited to go play outside by 7am today.

[Wilhelmina]

I can do the time warp a week early as our clocks went back one hour on October 31st as usual in the UK.

We're also a late family, as in our only DD is a night-bird so she actually got up an hour earlier and I tried to wear her out with extra exercise so she went to sleep an hour earlier too. Worked pretty well. Easier than the other way around.

We get a little more light in the early morning when I see DH off, but that's very temporary as the days are still shortening of course.So that benefit wears off in weeks.

I'd rather we didn't have to go back an hour in the autumn , and more and more people here agree as time goes on. It makes a huge difference whether it's dark by 17.30 or 16.30 and shortening of course too.Schoolchildren have to go home in the darkness and it feels very gloomy when you're out.

November always has the most car accidents, particularly around 5PM.People seem to drive more aggressively too. Time changes do affect people.

The other is psychological. The minute the clocks go back it's all " planning for Christmas" in full force.

It's being so cheerful as keeps me going!

[MJ]

I have a 22-month-old son. His usual bedtime is between 7:30 and 8, and gets up anytime between 5 and 6:30. I put him to bed slightly later Sat. night, hoping for the best, but he was up just before 5 Sunday morning. Brought him into my bed and he fell back asleep until 7:30. Last night to bed at 7:30 because he was exhausted, and he was up again around 5. I brought him into our bed and again he fell back asleep.

His usual wake-up lately has been toward 6/6:30, so this is indeed about an hour early.

I dislike this time change for the reasons Anne noted...it's the beginning of a long and dark winter (I live in upstate NY).