Daylight Saving Time.... - Indianapolis,IN

If it's just your baby that's waking up earlier, maybe have your husband put him down at the same time as your 4 year old? That way he wouldn't have to lose any sleep and neither would you.

I know it's hard for people who haven't dealt with DST before, but everyone else in the country has been doing it for years. Since I wasn't raised in Indiana, I've had to deal with DST all my life. The first day or so, maybe more for the kids, can be a little rough while you adjust, but an hour isn't that much. It's just like a little bit of jet lag. Your body quickly adjusts.

This strategy is a little late for this year, but next year you might want to try adjusting the kids a little bit at a time over the week before the clocks change. That way their sleep schedules aren't disrupted.

DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED!!! I am so angry I could knock on HIS door and hand over my little one and say "YOU TAKE CARE OF HER!!!" Then he can see how it feels. My daughter's schedule is all messed up even though we prepared for this ahead of time, slowly making her schedule fall further back so it would then be back on time once this time change took place. And, can I take a minute more to vent, where are the big numbers this is supposed to have brought in? I don't see any big wonderful changes or economic growth--maybe for the golf clubs! Like I said, I worked with my 4 mo. old on slowly changing her schedule. Even though the books say it doesn't make a difference in when they wake up, if you keep them up later... I think it does. For a week, I made her stay up 10-15 min. longer, then the next week another 10-15 min. until she was up about an hour longer than normal and she finally got the hang of it after a few weeks at that time. Just keep trying to work on the schedule, it should work itself out in about a month or so. Good luck and I'm sure there's many others who feel the same. (You can't tell I'm bitter, huh?)

putting them down a little later might work, but his own clock will adjust to the time chane in a week or 2. my girls are having the same issue right now too.

I remember going through that when my 2 year old was about your child's age and it was aggravating. This is a little tacky, but no one will see it but you. I would use clothes pins and hang a really dark (blue) blanket over his window at night. It really did work for me very well. Sometimes I would have to wake him up in the morning. Just a thought. Good luck.

I know, I'm with ya. It seems like such a small thing, but with kids, it is hard. We had problems before we moved here because we lived in an apartment complex. All the kids were told they had to be home by dark. When dark started being at 9 PM, it really caused some sleep problems!! I agree with all the suggestions....probably darkening the rooms would be my first suggestion.

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Hi L.!!!

All of us or at least most of us, moms, have been there and it is AWFUL!!!!! I am totally agree with Stacey M. I am trying to adjust my baby's schedule little by little. My used to fall asleep exactly at 7 pm and woke up at 6 am. Now with the ending of the DST Iam moving my baby's schedule by 10 min everyday, and he is adjusting himself by falling asleep a little bit later every day. Now Iam working on the mornings....because he still wakes up at 5 am!(6 before) so..I am letting him stay in his crib a little more every day, and it is working.!.I don't know but, he is very patient and he is not crying for his first feeding in the morning, he just plays with a little bear and rattle.

Good Luck!
Alejandra

we moved to Colorado for about 6 months and they are two hours different than our time here in Indiana. To get them adjusted, I just moved their bedtime by a half an hour until they adjusted to the new time zone. It only took about 5 or 6 days to get them onto the new time. Plus, I had to re-adjust them when we came back. It just takes a few days, but they'll adjust. Mine are getting up an hour earlier still too. I'm hoping that maybe tomorrow they'll wake up at their normal time again.