DC hasn’t slept past 4am since the clocks went back.

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Help!

Has this happened to anyone else and how do I fix it. I’m feeling like a zombie right now.

DC is 18m. I try and get him to sleep but the more I try the angrier and louder he gets. He stands up and screams at me for hours until I get up. I’ve also tried warm milk and keeping him in the dark and silence. I have a semi-detached house and I’m worried about the NDN plus my other child who keeps getting woken up and has to get to school.

Shall I keep him up much later? I’ve tried an hour but that hasn’t worked. Any ideas much appreciated.

This is us too! (Only 4:30am) I have no suggests, only solidarity. DD is also at the point if dropping an afternoon nap which is making it difficult to readjust

You must be shattered. What’s his nap schedule like?

You both have my sympathy! This was my son 29 years ago. If it's any consolation he did re-adjust but it took a few weeks. Long, long weeks! He sleeps very well now he's nearly 31...

No idea, but it's happening to me and I'm tearing my hair out! DS adjusted well as a baby/toddler to clock changes (routine was out by an hour for a day or two which I can handle) but he's 5 and for the first time, it's affected him. Normally wakes up at 7 like clockwork, is now waking between 4:15 and 4:45 🫠🫠

What time did he wake up before clocks went back? What's your daily routine with him?

As Pp said it does improve slowly. We’ve now got to 5.15 am so a couple more weeks and it’ll be fine again

Yup, I'm in this with you 😴

We have had to put DS 22m down at 8.30/9 or so, and slowly making it earlier by about 10/15 mins each day.

It went from normal 7-7 routine, then clocks changed, put down at 7 (laid awake till 9/10 and woke at 4 and refused to nap) so it has been slowly working. Last night he went to bed at 8pm and still asleep as I write. Nap has also been later - but we're getting there 🤞

Sorry to hear there are more of us!

He's always been a poor sleeper (one of those up every hour reflux babies)
Normally goes to bed around 7:30 and sleeps until 5:30-6. So he’s waking an hour earlier. I tried putting him to bed an hour later but it didn’t really seem to work unless I need to be more consistent?

He still naps between 11am-12:30 usually, sometimes a little longer. Hes down to one nap now. Since the clocks went back he has been incredibly grumpy all morning!

If it’s any consolation, we’ve always glad a couple of weeks of excellent sleep when the clocks go forward in the spring. Hold on to that thought….

Well, I feel like standing up and screaming because this happens to me every year. I wake up at what was the right time and just can't get back to sleep. My body clock takes ages to adjust, I just wish we would stop this nonsense. How can it be good for us?
And can we stop the whole ' well in Scotland it won't get light till 10 a.m' They don't complain when it hardly gets dark in summer!
Rant over! 😕

Do you have blackout blinds? We had issues with ours and I got desperate enough that I bought black sugar paper (like they use on school display boards) and celotaped it to the window frames until we could source black out blinds and the separate blackout linings you cat attach to existing curtains. If he can’t detect the change in light outside, you should be able to override the waking urge?

I’d also keep him up a bit later for a few nights/cut down on daytime naptimes just to make sure he is extra tired?

ETA as teenagers I can’t get my kids to wake up now, so this phase will pass!

Ouch - that's really hard for you.

Try not to worry about neighbours. I'm sure they would understand how it goes sometimes.

Keep going and stay consistent. I'm finding that when DS has a full tummy and a larger cup of milk than normal after his bath seems to be helping.

In all honesty, I do think the fact DS didn't nap for a couple days has helped slowly get it back to normal (just a very grumpy boy for the majority of the day).

Try adjusting 10 minutes a day, bed later 10 minutes per day, for a week

Absolutely with a pp - the clock changes are a pain! I’m still adjusting now.