Ok - I'll be the one to ask the question. What do you do with the time change? We have a schedule, and it's a GREAT one! This is great for us, as we have an older son to take to school early in the morning, so his wake up time is PERFECT. Until TODAY! I tried keeping him up 30min later last night, but he wasn't interested in the playtime... he was rubbing his eyes, and telling me 'mommy, you know I should be in bed!'. How do I handle this? I was up at 5am this morning... I let him play in the crib for a bit before I went in (530) and he really looks forward to his morning bottle. So we got a bottle an HOUR EARLY!!! How do I handle feedings, naps, and nighttime to get him back on track??? Our normal schedule is this: Bottle at 645am, breakfast at 8am, nap 9-11, lunch/bottle at noon, nap 2-4pm (this varies on 1-2 hours of napping) dinner/juice at 5pm, and bath at 630-645, bedtime book/bottle at 7-715pm... sleeps 11-12 hours...
Thanks everyone! Things are back on track 100% now! We also saw the doctor today for our 9 month ck up and were reassured that our schedule is fitting for our son's needs. She also mentioned that there's typically some adjustment for daylight savings time with the little ones - usually 2-3 days or so!! I'm so glad things have returned to normal for the little guy! And so glad to know there's moms out there with positive advice!!
I went through this with my daughter. Just stick to your schedule. He may be a little cranky for a few days while his body adjusts to the time change, but after that it should be fine. Although, don't be surprised if your son decides he wants to change his schedule. My daughter did this to me on one of the time changes and I was cranky until I adjusted to her new schedule :)
What we are doing with and have done with our son (we also moved and changed times again!!) is we move everything up 15 minutes for a few days and then another 15 minutes in a couple of more days until he gets used to the new time. Daylight savings has always been hard for me to get used to as I grew up in Arizona, the ONE state that doesn't have dst!! Good luck!
I went through this with my son as well. I remember him having a really hard time adjusting when he was still a little baby. I just tried keeping him up later at night, even though it took him WEEKS to adjust (ugh). This time he is 21 months; I moved his nap up and kept him up later at night a week BEFORE the change. It worked great! Good luck.
We did the same thing that Judy does. I found that 15 minute increments was the easiest. (We did this when we moved from CA to VA as well.)
My 2 year old and his 5 year old brother have gotten up sooo early the past two mornings! Yesterday seemed like the longest day ever.... I think you just have to give it a couple of days, try to push everything up a little later throughout the day, to a little later bedtime. And just hope for the best. Get yourself to bed early in anticipation of the early morning. I think eventually they will be too tired to get up so early! Good luck.
If you keep doing the same things you do with him that you have been doing in the mornings. He will get use to the time change and it will be like it use to be. Just give him time to get use to the sun being up just like him.
