There's a lot going on

1. Stay safe, people. For anyone who wants to watch Sandy to see what's going on and who's affected right now, the Weather Underground site is great. Also search #sandy on Twitter for posts from all over.

2. Time change: It's this Saturday night in the US and Canada. (I apologize, UK--I thought you switched the same weekend we do here.) We're falling back, so that means 8 pm yesterday will be 7 pm next Sunday. If you want to transition your kids over this week, move bedtime 10 minutes ahead every day. So if normal bedtime is 8 pm, tonight put your child to bed at 8:10, Tuesday at 8:20, Wednesday at 8:30, etc. On Saturday you'll put your kid to bed at 9, which the next night will be 8 again. (It's like an Escher drawing, isn't it?)

3. Halloween. I wrote a jokey post about what not to hand out instead of candy (the last one's my favorite because my dad actually did it). But seriously, watch yourself. Sugar lowers your immune system, and you can feel all hungover and crappy from too much candy at one time, so pace yourself, especially if you have a kid in a sleep regression. Lack of sleep plus candy rebound hangover will make you feel like Sid Vicious. And drink a lot of water.

4.Candletime starts Thursday, November 1 and runs through Wednesday, November 21. Remember, to celebrate, just light a candle or five or six when you come home in the evening and it's dark out, enjoy the flames, and have a calming beverage of your choice. The whole point of the holiday is to be festive and cozy as the weather gets colder without having any ideological overlay or obligations.

5. Ask Moxie Meetup: I'll sort through everything posted on this post and do some kind of roundup of locations on Thursday.

 

Comments

[pennifer]

Thanks for the roundup in advance. And maybe we'll try the 10 minutes/day time change this time around. Stay safe, East Coasters! Here's wishing you a boring storm and dry homes.

[Kathy B]

I love Candletime. Also, did you plant the broom corn last year?

[Claudia]

We had the time change yesterday here in Europe. This morning, DD6 woke at 5:20. yay...

[Wilhelmina]

The upside of a daughter you cannot get into any routine at all, no matter how much we've tried it all in nearly five years is that the time change yesterday in the UK was just a number.

Perhaps we're just permanently jet-lagged without leaving home. Contrary to what everyone predicted I can wake her up whatever time in the morning and she functions fine! The tantrums have gone for now after an appalling peak at just after age 4 to 4 and a half.

But were still utterly unable to get her to sleep in the evening at any reasonable time. Which makes moving the clock a breeze.

On that note I fervently hope Sandy will be boring, boring, boring. I hope all in the path will be bored at their dry homes.

I don't know about rest of the UK but Halloween is very subdued this year in London. It was getting bigger every year but this year it's completely overtaken after the Olympics ended by Ho Ho Ho Christmas! In the shops that is. Retailers are hoping to make up for losses.

[Joy]

I have a 2.5 year old (see last askmoxie post for details)
He quit napping last month
He goes to bed at 6:30pm

Daylight savings is going to SUCK.

[hush]

Great post on the Krim tragedy, @Moxie--

http://blogs.babble.com/babble-voices/magda-pecsenye-moxieville/2012/10/26/on-the-krim-tragedy/

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