They can't seem to go to sleep
By dorannmwin
@dorannmwin (36392)
United States
March 10, 2013 11:14pm CST
Here we are at after midnight and both of the kids have to be at school in the morning. Yet they are still awake. I know that it is the fact that what is midnight now is only eleven yesterday evening. However, this is still not a good thing for them and I know that they are going to be really tired in the morning.
When the clocks change, does it seem like there is a huge impact on your children or yourself. Or, are you a person that is able to roll with the punches?
Me, I'm typically able to roll with the punches and I've never had a huge problem with time changes and I don't typically have a lot of problem with jetlag either when I travel.
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21 responses
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
11 Mar 13
My kids have trouble getting to sleep with this as well. I don't mind if they want to be chatter boxes but they need to do it earlier in the evening and go to bed earlier to have enough time for discussions after their bed time story.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I typically let them put on a movie when they are going to sleep and last night they kept starting more movies all evening long.
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
12 Mar 13
My two adjusted well for this time change. Not so much me and my husband. I don't deal we'll with the time change at all.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
I would be one of the happiest people alive if they would make it so that there was no more time changes.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
No, it wouldn't really mean that we would go to sleep when it was light out. It would just mean that it would stay light later in the evening year round like it does during the spring and summer.
@ShyBear88 (59342)
• Sterling, Virginia
13 Mar 13
I wounded how life would be if we didn't have one. Would that mean we would go to bed when it was light out?
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
21 Mar 13
Well I had a hard time falling asleep and getting up with the time change the first night. I am one who never does good with change, and some of it with me being diabetic, but when I travel especially when I get home all I want to do is sleep. So maybe they just need to adapt to change and it will be short lived once every 6 months unless you travel?
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
22 Mar 13
Yes, thankfully it is only something that we have to go through occasionally. However, it also was something that was very difficult for them to get adjusted to.
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
11 Mar 13
Sometimes I have a little problem with mine, but since they cannot tell time, or maybe they just don't look at the clock (not sure which)the time change does not effect them so much. I just move meal times half an hour and try to keep it like a normal day. I also try to wear them out so they are so tired they do not notice when they are going to bed. I think that works best. Torture for me though.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
Oh, I did have them in the bed by their usual bedtime, but they weren't able to go to sleep so they were up and down for hours with the claim of "Mommy, I can't sleep."
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
That is good that it does seem to work out really well for your family. I wish that mine were still little enough that they couldn't tell time, but it just isn't the case any more.
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
18 Mar 13
hi dear dorannmwin, I had a problem with jetlag when I traveled to the USA about 20 years ago but I dont have a problem with adjusting to DST which we will have at the end of the month. In fact I am looking forward to our DST for sure as I find it so convenient to get home when its still twilight or even light outside and not dark.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
19 Mar 13
That is the thing that I like the most about DST is that it really does make it seem like the evening is longer and that is something that does make me happy.
@missjahn (4572)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
and so would say that, i can sleep late but what i hate is to wake up early in the morning. i hate that the coldness of the dawn would penetrate my senses. it would make me weaken and so very sleepy. but if i slept late at night, i would just hope too, that in the daytime i could find a time to take a nap, of course. but too, if you were, and you are facing the computer, you could stay yourself all awake for whole time in the day. still, you need to sleep to regain the strength being used.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
13 Mar 13
I'm not at all a morning person. I have never been and I really don't think that I will ever will be a morning person. I mean I did okay when I was working outside the house, but since I've been a stay at home parent, I don't do mornings well at all.
@wolfie34 (26770)
• United Kingdom
11 Mar 13
In my country our clocks are not due to change until Easter Sunday, 31st March, we lose an hour of sleep, but I usually make up for it, as I tend to be a night owl, I am more active and alert late at night, I am just not a morning person, also due to my medication I need on average 12 hours sleep. I have never had jet lag because I've never been on a plane more than 4 hours, and I try to avoid flying if there is an alternative.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I too tend to be a night owl. The thing that bothers me personally about the changes in time is that I sleep too late in the morning and it really gets me discouraged.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I like the falling back part better than the springing forward actually. I think it is because the kids will go to sleep better when we fall back than when we spring forward.
@katsmeow1213 (28716)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I don't know about jetlag as I've never travelled out of my time zone.. but the time changes do tend to affect me a little bit. I had trouble falling asleep last night, and had trouble getting up this morning, as did my kids. They should be nice and tired tonight though.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
That is exactly what I'm thinking. The kids had a hard time getting to sleep last night and I suspect that they won't have any problem getting to sleep tonight because of the time change.
@Archie0 (5654)
•
11 Mar 13
Sometimes children really don't sleep, it just a phase, someday's they never sleep and it causes change in entire routine. The next day they are tired, don't even eat breakfast on time. Then they are not attentive in school, and then when they are home. The studies are at bay, food is not eaten and then they just beg to go to bed. It is a tough time. But you see the next day when they are too tired they go to bed immediately and then the routine comes back in it's place. One day it is a mess i agree.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
That is pretty much what I'm thinking. Because of the fact that they didn't get all their sleep last night, I really do think that they will be in bed on time (or maybe a little bit early) tonight.
@natliegleb (5173)
• India
11 Mar 13
because they are still not feeling tired and cant get rid of the usual sleep worries
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I know that you are right, but they did need to realize that even though they were not feeling sleepy last night, they are paying for it today.
@rafiholmes (2896)
• Malaysia
11 Mar 13
u need to feed them valium..for kids..in small dosage..
lol..i was just kidding..
well..let them drink Hot Chocolate..can help them feel sleepy..
or any Malted drinks..preferably hot.. or even Marshmellows..helps.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I didn't think about letting them have a mug of hot chocolate before bed last night. That might have been something that would have worked for them. Oh well, I suspect that they will be in bed on time today since they were both up late last night.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
11 Mar 13
wow.. they do better than I do. i got off work last night at 6pm. I was in bed and out by 730 pm here.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
They really didn't want to get up for school this morning, but I got them up and out the door for school in time to catch the bus. Luckily, they only have three more days of school this week and by next week they should be adjusted to the change in time.
@catchpazuzu (99)
• Portugal
11 Mar 13
I'm able to roll with the punches. The main problem of jetlag is not only the lack of sleep itself, but the incapability of adjusting to different time settings. It does screw with your mind for a while, but once you get used to it... it's not that bad! It's all a matter of whether you have the capability to adapt to different realities.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I suppose that the reason that I've not struggled a lot with jetlag is because of the fact that I'm a highly adjustable person. In addition to that, I've also worked off shifts and that has helped me to be more adaptable as well.
@lelin1123 (15594)
• Puerto Rico
11 Mar 13
I live in Puerto Rico so I'm not dealing with time change here. However, when I lived in New York and New Mexico I did. I would be out of it for about a week when we changed the clocks. I feel bad for your kids because they will definitely feel it in the morning when they have to get up for school. I think they should just leave it at Day Light Savings time for good. So people who suffer with the problem won't have to anymore. I'm so happy we don't change the clocks here ever.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I would be one of the happiest people alive if they would just leave the clock alone all the time. It drives me nuts to have to make that adjustment twice a year when in the modern world there is really not reason for doing it.
@bounce58 (17380)
• Canada
14 Mar 13
My kids generally sleep in on the weekends. So, I let them sleep a little late on Sunday nights. It usually just means one or both of them would take a nap on Monday afternoon after school. They don't generally notice the time change.
I've traveled a lot at my last job. And I didn't have any problems with jet lag. But since I've moved to this job, where I stay in the office most of the time, I think it's changed my body clock. After I went back to my hometown last Christmas, it took me almost a week to adjust.
@randylovesdar (4932)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I hate when the time changes and I get jetlag easily. It takes me a few days to get used to the new time change and when I get jetlag it takes me about a week. Has this always been a problem with the kids or just a recent thing? I know growing up I had difficulties with the time change and what my mother always did was put us to bed 15 minutes early each night so we would get used to the time change.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
For my daughter, this has been something of an issue for her for the last several years. This is the first time that I'm seeing it with Paul, but then again, this is also the first time that he's been in school when we've gone into DST.
@natliegleb (5173)
• India
11 Mar 13
for sure and they always suspect at the child for not sleeping well and also getting up[ often
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
They were up and down last night until almost one in the morning. They didn't want to wake up this morning, but they did make it to the bus stop on time so that is a good thing.
@mrswhitfield (2044)
• Indonesia
11 Mar 13
I don't have children yet, but I know how the kids always seems to have extra energy to keep them awake till late of night because my nephew and niece always be like that when they sleepover at my place. Still I don't have problem with jetlag even though I only have short time to sleep.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
Yeah, kids do seem to always have a hard time sleeping when they are away from home and their usual routine has been broken. I do believe that the time change is something that does break their usual routine.
Now I can't wait to see how dinner time goes today because my son seems to think that we should never eat dinner until it is dark outside.
@teotimoponcerosacena (1550)
• Philippines
11 Mar 13
They can't sleep for thinking of soo many none sense and if not over fatique of days work.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
11 Mar 13
I really don't think that it had anything to do with fatigue so much as it seemed to them like they were going to bed an hour early.
