LoveMaGirl

My two year has a very set body clock. 8pm in the summer, she has to be in bed. If not, it's a struggle to get her to sleep. Well now that the clocks have moved back she doesn't want to change.

I tried for a few days in the run up to the change, to do it gently. But last night she was complaining about being over tired at half six! Sigh. I think that our bedtime just got an hour earlier.

How are you dealing with this?

ToyShop

I can only suggest moving bedtime back by five minutes a day. Do it slowly, maybe take the weekend off, just stay at Friday bedtime for two more days.

Recent studies have shown that you NEVER truly adjust to DST. Our body clock just does not move like that, does not work like that. So you really might have to put up with the winter of early nights.

newmommy

It can be really tough adjusting to DST. Not a problem with adults as we can well manage any changes. The greatest challenge will have to be our babies.

frumpyhousewife76

My puppy would concur. He does not like this sudden change in feeding time. And he's not shy about letting me know either. I've just let him deal and give him a couple more "snacks" during the day.

Perhaps she can take a nap between her old bedtime and her new one to help adjust? Move the nap back slowly until she's going down when you want?

cutebaby

As everyone have told already, you have to change the sleeping time slowly.

Its the same as with a grown-up person who just migrated to another country which is 12 hours earlier than his original home. So that person needs to adjust slowly for the body to cope up with the sleeping time the body clock has.

You might try doing a 10-minute advanced sleeping time every week. Its hard to do it everyday for the body needs to adjust. Try reading your baby a book or telling a story or singing a lullaby just for your baby to go to sleep. Also, when a child is tired, its much faster to get to sleep so if you have time try to play with your baby 30 minutes or so before bedtime.

LoveMaGirl

We always read, three or four books at bedtime. She will not take a second nap-the second time she goes down for the day, that's it, she's out for the night.

It's not the worst thing in the world to have her go to bed an hour earlier. I could learn to deal with this, especially if it meant she would still sleep well.