CLOCKS ARE CHANGING NOT HERE IS NOTHIGN YOU CAN DO

[FluffyMummy123]

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I have to admit I have never had a problem with clock changes, maybe they wake up half an hour earlier the first day but after that don't notice any difference.

I had to wake mine at 7.50am this morning so I could get to nursery on time.

Same here Fio, DS1 wakes anytime between 5am and 5.45, and has done since he was little he's 9 now.
Cod's right, it makes no difference

We never have a problem, I always bloody forget at least one clock and end up being early for something

I have just posted similar on another thread

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I was thinking this the other day when saw that thread. It takes mine a few days to adjust but isn't really a big deal. We let them stay up a bit later on Saturday so hopefully they wake a little later in Sunday still makes for a bloody long day though.

Feel the same about moving from cot to big bed, nighttime toilet training etc type threads so now tend to avoid , must be getting old

my one parenting tip is

GET THE FECK OUT OF BED WHEN YOUR CHILD WAKES UP

you can say GO TO SLEEP all you want, they will not, you will not sleep either as they will be a whinging little sod at the end of the corridor keeping you awake

so:

a) get up, make coffee, put the tv on, everyone happy

b) lie there seething, baby gets red and annoyed, get up an hour later having had NO extra sleep, everyone pissed off

Speak for yourself olive, I give mine a little cuddle if they come in then they play happily in their rooms until we get up (as long as we don't take the piss)

My dd didn't wake up until 9.30 today so the hour will be useful in getting her up to get to pre-school on time

it is so true

dd1 and dd2 used to be 5.30am

after dying inside, I realised that cbeebies started at 6ish so staggered about until then, then collapsed on the sofa

go to bed earlier until they see sense

(off to do boring work now)

how true olive, how true. DS1 (6years) up at 5am today, cue much gnashing of teeth and whispered "GO BACK TO SLEEP" "DON'T WAKE THE BABY" etc. But he didn't (go back to sleep I mean, he did wake the baby grrr....)

hmmm, well at 6yrs I fear I would hiss a bit

babies and toddlers, get up, older children would get a hiss tbh

OR I would get up and be VERY grumpy so they would know not to do it again

oh I DO (get very grumpy). To be honest it's an ongoing battle. He goes through phases of improving - 6.30 and {gasp} occasionally 6.45 but he's fallen off the wagon at the moment and is back into a 5/5.30 pattern. TBH I (sometimes) feel sorry for him as he genuinely seems unable to go back to sleep, he does try well he says he does!

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I'd totally forgot about the clocks.

Used to not getting any sleep anyway so it will make not a jot of difference.

You know what the problem is, don't you? The clocks go back so you think you've got an extra hour in bed, but the reality is that you've just had a day with 25 hours in it...

...no wonder we all end up knackered!

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it always takes my three a while to adjust, DS usual wake up time is 4-5.
i don't stress about it whats the point

if they are 2 or over teach them to turn the tv on and leave it on a kids' channel the night before .. leave foodstuff on a shelf they can reach

then you don't shout 'go back to sleep' you shout 'you can go put the telly on and there's a yogurt in the fridge .. oh and take your little sister with you'

I agree it makes no difference at all.

Even if they do wake early, just leave them to play, read, watch tv, whatever (over 3s at least). DON'T get up.

the good news is that cbeebies plays a song continously from 5.30 til 6 with all characters on it. ds doesn't realise he's watching the same thing over and over and I can just lay and slob for a precious extra 30 mins. Discovered he quite likes open university maths too at 4.45am (yawn)

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