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Do we have a clock change moan thread yet?

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GlumyGloomer · 30/10/2022 06:27

Sorry if we do!

Both my kids are sick, neighbours on both sides had loud house parties last night so couldn't get the kids to sleep. Dd1 then woke up at 3.00 (old time), threw up twice and then dozed/call me of and on until insisting on getting up at 5am (new time). Dd2 woke up then too, and now we are all sleep derived and watching crap on you tube. Should have been an extra hour of sleep, instead it's just an extra hour of being tired, annoyed and worried.

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Lonecatwithkitten · 30/10/2022 07:43

Mixture of feelings here the standard poodle's body clock didn't change so he woke me at 5.30 am which woke the cats and everyone complained I was with holding breakfast.
But I love that for a few more weeks I will get up as the sun rises rather than in the dark. The period from late November to mid January where I live for work in the dark and cone home in the dark is the worst.

Workbabysleeprepeat · 30/10/2022 07:44

Yep DS was up for the day at 3.55am! Joy!

BiasedBinding · 30/10/2022 07:45

berksandbeyond · 30/10/2022 07:26

Same, I don't get the big deal with it?
And yes I do have a small child. I have friends who stress about it every time and adjust bedtimes 15 minutes a day etc and im like '... what?' We just roll with the whatever the time is?
How on earth do people deal with time zones when they travel, or jet lag, if one hour throws you so much?

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would You have been fine with waking for the day at 3.30am for six weeks after the clocks changed, bearing in mind work/nursery don’t just “roll with it”? That’s what one of my friends experienced, only for one year, but she was worried about it every year for a few years later. My 4yo and 2yo are fine with it, but even I can work out that not all children are the same so I don’t judge what others do

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BiasedBinding · 30/10/2022 07:47

“Oh I must be doing something wrong not to be bothered by this thing that seems to be bothering other people” <tinkly laugh>

or just be grateful that it hasn’t ever caused issues for you or your children and try to avoid being sarcastic about it

Swissnotswiss · 30/10/2022 07:51

PAFMO · 30/10/2022 07:37

Tuesday 🤣

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Yes, I realised that as,soon as I posted. Perhaps the clock change has messed with my head!!

solania · 30/10/2022 07:51

@Swissnotswiss not when it's your patronal feast, it's not!

AriettyHomily · 30/10/2022 07:52

I don't like it but I HATED it when the kids were young, it was literally the longest day.

Swissnotswiss · 30/10/2022 07:52

solania · 30/10/2022 07:51

@Swissnotswiss not when it's your patronal feast, it's not!

Fairc enough. I also thought it was Saturday so probably should just go back go bed....😂

Zonder · 30/10/2022 07:54

MintJulia · 30/10/2022 06:49

I love it. I'm enjoying a peaceful extra hour in bed, with coffee and MM.

Meghan Markle? 🤣

DinosApple · 30/10/2022 07:54

Love it here too.
Only in East Anglia but it was so much lighter this morning. DD2 is still fast asleep and DD1 is away. I remember it being a pain when they were small, but never since they've been over the age of 8. The spring change is much more of a pain these days though Grin.

solania · 30/10/2022 07:55

@Swissnotswiss 😆😂 I wish it was Saturday! We are bloody knackered here. Tbf this is more a DS didn’t sleep thing than a clocks change thing, but he was wittering away about it being morning and time to wake up at about 5.00am new time 😩😫

Anyway, you’re right about All Saints being on Tuesday, it does always feel weird celebrating All Saints' Day before Halloween has happened, but I do also love that we get to celebrate it on a Sunday so 🤷‍♀️

berksandbeyond · 30/10/2022 07:58

BiasedBinding · 30/10/2022 07:47

“Oh I must be doing something wrong not to be bothered by this thing that seems to be bothering other people” <tinkly laugh>

or just be grateful that it hasn’t ever caused issues for you or your children and try to avoid being sarcastic about it

Well a child with a regular 4.30am wake up time was a problem already no?

For most people it won't be that extreme!

NorthernChinchilla · 30/10/2022 07:58

What I used to do when the kids were small- and DS has always been a ferociously early waker- was to initially ignore it.
I'd keep all the clocks the same till about midday, THEN put them back.
Psychologically, an 'additional' hour in the middle of the day was easier to deal with than starting the day at 4am...Smile

DorritLittle · 30/10/2022 07:59

It affects me hardly at all but as I have empathy I can understand everyone feels differently about it...

StrataZon · 30/10/2022 08:17

alak · 30/10/2022 06:45

@gogohmm I'm in Cumbria and still hate it 😂

I'm in Scotland and hate it too, will be dark when I get in from work, I would do things after work if there was still some daylight, but they are not things I would ever do in the morning.

StrataZon · 30/10/2022 08:20

I drive some nasty country roads in the mornings, so 'for a bit of light' works for me.

But surely those nasty country roads will now be in darkness for people coming home after 5 shortly? It's just robbing Peter to pay Paul

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GlumyGloomer · 30/10/2022 08:46

NorthernChinchilla · 30/10/2022 07:58

What I used to do when the kids were small- and DS has always been a ferociously early waker- was to initially ignore it.
I'd keep all the clocks the same till about midday, THEN put them back.
Psychologically, an 'additional' hour in the middle of the day was easier to deal with than starting the day at 4am...Smile

I love this! Unfortunately I go by phone clock...

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Pinkywoo · 30/10/2022 08:53

PotentiallyPolly · 30/10/2022 07:36

How is it throwing off everyone’s body clocks? I slept the same length of time I always sleep, kids are still sleeping the same length of time too. It’s really not that big a deal, no adjusting needed Hmm

Well DS2 (8 months) also slept the same hours as usual, unfortunately that means he was up at 4 instead of 5. He then woke up DH who is working this weekend so could have done with the extra hours sleep, and then DS1 (3) heard him shouting and was up running around with a toy wheelbarrow at 4.45. I need more coffee. Hmm

YetiTeri · 30/10/2022 08:57

Iwritethissittinginthekitchensink · 30/10/2022 06:49

Flowers For those of you with young children!

I’m still in bed and DS age 9 is still fast asleep. We were out late at a lantern parade. Relishing the extra peace and quiet!

Just don't get a dog. They don't grow up to want lie ins.

Pugdogmom · 30/10/2022 09:03

I have a chest infection so was in bed at 9.30pm last night ( so rocknroll). I woke up at 7am and was delighted to see light streaming in windows.

I have struggled to get up for work last couple of weeks , am normally up at 6.30am because the mornings have been so dark and my brain says I should still be asleep.
Cosy nights. Love it. Going to get the battery operated twinkling lights on.

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GlumyGloomer · 30/10/2022 17:22

Well just to update the youngest dd (who by my reckoning got the most sleep last night) flaked out at 4pm. I did try to wake her but when she wants to sleep it is really hard work to persuade her otherwise. I expect she'll finish her nap just as I'm getting the elder one to bed, and then be up until 1am ish.
I do accept that the clock change is not to blame for that one

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