Anyone else having problems since the clocks went forward?

[coppertop]

Ds1 (6 and with ASD) just doesn't seem to be able to cope with it. We had the same problem last year but as dd had only just been born the school staff put it down to his routine being interrupted. Yesterday morning he was tired and tearful, which I'd sort of expected. This morning he completely lost it and point-blank refused to go to school, even though he's been really enjoying it lately. It's been a while since he had a full meltdown and it really brought it home to me about how it's going to get physically harder to cope with this. He's 6 but not much smaller than I am. His strength also seems to treble when he has a meltdown.

Anyone else having problems?

Sorry CT- not much help I am afraid. Just hope your DS gets into the new time frame soon.

In fact me & DH were laughing about Amelia. We bathed her and put her to bed at about 7.30pm- she would normally go between 7-7.30 on a school night.
Said "Goodnight Amelia."
Amelia looked a little confused and repied.
"No sleep-wake up!"
We replied. "No- Sleep time now!"
At this Amelia got out of bed, went over to her curtains and pulled them open saying "LOOK!!!! Light out...no sleep!"
It took her about 45 mins to get to sleep, and I am hoping that the new pattern is well on it's way!!

Not any help to you now CT- but how about trying to sort of prepare in advance for the clock changes. Sort of build up to it over a few weeks by making little changes to his routine every day!!!!

Sorry! Not going to help at all now!

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Coppertop, We struggle also! Ds is 7 (ADHD/MLD/ASD)and this year went smoother than previous. We have inched Ds forward on bedtime in preparation, put in light stopping curtains, and wore him out Friday and saturday night! Trouble is he is still inching forwards! We also have trouble with the extended hour change in Oct, and go for the same approach. I worry about handling meltdowns also, Ds is 1 foot shorter than me!However his recent meltdowns are more tearful wobblies in need of a good hug, (less agressive) so perhaps there is hope of a gentler future for us all.Hope he soon recovers!

Yep same here ds2 went to bed at his usual time last night, 11 pm he was still awake.
Bedtime is his biggest/strictest routine so I suppose I should of expected a big reaction i guess.
I've just been upstairs & he's standing staring out of the window running his dummy up & down the window sill & licking the window.

LOL at Amelia's "Light out...no sleep!"

It's also strangely comforting to know I'm not alone with this. Ds1 protests a little bit about going to bed but can be persuaded that we're not playing tricks on him when we say it's bedtime. I suspect he might be waking up during the night more often than usual because, like Tobysmumkent's ds it's very difficult getting him out of bed in the morning.

Thanks, everyone.