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Re: Daylight savings time

Posted by MandyM on October 19, 2001 at 19:06:31:

In Reply to: Daylight savings time posted by Burchy on October 18, 2001 at 04:22:20:

I was thinking about this too, my baby is just starting to sleep much longer at night, with pretty regular wake times.

I think I'll keep her schedule as it is; ex: if she goes to bed at 8pm and wakes at 8am, she'll now go to bed at 7pm and wake up at 7am.

I'll do that for a bit; then if I want her to go back to sleeping from 8-8, I'll do it gradually, 15 minutes at a time, for a few days at a time. Ex: she'll go to bed at 7:15 and wake at 7:15 for a few days or until she seems good with it, then I'll keep moving it up. In one book I read, I remember reading that it's easier for people to go to bed later and wake up later; so this should be easier than in the spring.

What I've started doing, since it's still dark in the morning sometimes, is set a small lamp (I think it's 25 watts) on a timer, so that it goes on around 7am every morning. I had a terrible time with my 7-month old still waking afte 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1-2 hours, ALL night! I didn't want to let her cry and leave the room; I tried co-sleeping, etc. but it was awful (I'm sure it's great for some babies, just not mine!). Anyway, she now falls asleep on her own; I had to let her cry a bit, but I was right there singing to her, etc. I just didn't pick her up.

But I always wondered how she'd know when it was "okay" to get up; every time she semi-woke up or woke fully, she might think I'd take her out of her crib. Since she seems to wake between 7:30-8am, and that's a good 10-12 hours of sleep at night (depending on exactly when she falls asleep, if she wakes and for how long, etc.); I set the small lamp to turn on at 7am; so that if it's before that time and she wakes up, she "has to" go back to sleep (she'd be tired); and if she wakes after 7am, the light will be on; and maybe it'll help her know that it's now "daytime" and time to wake up if she wants. You could try something like that, and move the time up 15 minutes at a time. It might help!

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