Clock change has upset sleep routines

[Sarah0161]

My 7 month dd had been sleeping 12 hours a night (8pm - 8am) and napping twice a day until the clocks changed. When the clocks changed we put her to sleep as before at 8pm and expected a few bumpy mornings. When she woke we tried to distract her so she wasn't feeding straight away. However, its not worked. She is now waking earlier and earlier (5.30 this morning), exhausted, and napping less and less. Any ideas?

Have you put your whole routine back, ie naps and meals, or just bedtime?

You might also have to do it in small increments, ten minutes a day. I started changing DS's routine about two weeks before, I was so dreading the clock change. We had a few early mornings, and I felt as though I was living in a different time-zone from everyone else, but he seems to have settled now. He is a bit older, though, at 13 months.

I may be wrong, but I think there's also an 8-month sleep regression, so it might have happened anyway...sorry, not much help am I!

Hi bunnyfrance, Thanks for replying. I started out moving everything later but have slipped. She would usually have morning nap at 10am. Today I put her down at 9am because she was heading for a meltdown. I was sorted of thinking getting too tired might get in the way quality sleep at nap time. Will try 10 minutes a day and to be more consistent. Thanks.

Same here! :(
(DD is 2 and it's getting silly now!)

Sorry, no further help although when she was 7 months, she used to have a sleep at 9am anyway, so maybe it will help.

Sorry 'sort of' not 'sorted of'

Us too! DD (9mo) was waking up v early anyway- 5.30am- but since the clocks went back it's been more like 4.30am every. single. morning.

She grumbles/cries for an hour with intermittent comforting from us, til I give in and feed her at 5.30 (which I don't think she really needs but I misguidedly think it will settle her), grumbles some more til we give her toys to play with, then konks out again til 7ish. So basically we are up for around 90 minutes at the arsecrack of dawn every day. Madness I tell you.

I don't want to put her bedtime back as she's still going down fine at 7pm and I love my free evenings she gets overtired if it's any later.

But the mornings, they are killing me!