Comments on: We not only lost an hour, we lost our sanity

By: Mum's the word

Mum's the word — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:29:00 +0000

Loved the post.
I really enjoyed reading what your 3 & 4 year old had to say.
You showed great restraint – well done!
As for sanity – its over-rated.

By: fraught mummy

fraught mummy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:44:00 +0000

As a mother to a toddler who likes to get up at 5am, I’ve embraced the clocks going forward, but could do with out the battles at bedtime – ‘it’s still light outside mummy’ being a fairly common refrain here.

And as for the b word. This household’s 3 year old classifies everything he doesn’t want to do as boring. This includes walking up any hill. Getting into bed or the car. Getting dressed. Eating anything that isn’t chocolate. He flops down with the melodrama worthy of a teenager.

Congrats on not beating with the bag or banging your head on the table during the ear steaming moments. I so know where you are coming from!

By: Mrs. C.

Mrs. C. — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:44:00 +0000

Oh, that’s a good story. I don’t laugh at the stress it is causing you, but I chortle mightily at the way you told it.

Especially as I picture you with steam whistles poking out of your ears flogging your child with your handbag.

By: rosiescribble

rosiescribble — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:43:00 +0000

She is using the B-word already? Oh no! I haven’t recovered from the lost hour either, nor have I changed all the clocks yet. You have just reminded me! Doh!

By: Reasons to be Cheerful 1,2,3

Reasons to be Cheerful 1,2,3 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Yep, whoever had the idea to change the clocks clearly did not have young children. Neither did the person who stopped petrol stations having people to come and put the petrol in…oh yes I could go on all night, but the clocks have gone forward and I’m behind…

By: b

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:05:00 +0000

I feel for you, my kids have found it harder to get up in the morning,hence we have been running late every day this week so far, evenings are not the problem but they are older and if they want something they have to get it themselves.

By: Coding Mamma (Tasha)

Coding Mamma (Tasha) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:47:00 +0000

I’ve actually been enjoying the getting up an hour later. Rosemary started waking up at 6am a few weeks ago, and is now waking up at 7am. Going to bed has been done gradually, though last night she reverted, plus some, and didn’t go to sleep until 8.30. Grr.

By: Dana's Brain

Dana's Brain — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:55:00 +0000

It's amazing the difference between my 5yr old boy and 2yr old girl. We can put her to bed and she will talk to herself and "read" books until she falls asleep.

He is of the, "I just have to ask you something. I need to pee. Does ham and stan rhyme? I need a tissue. Where's Daddy? Etc, etc, etc." type.

I feel your pain!

By: Corey Schwartz

Corey Schwartz — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:46:00 +0000

We never have a peaceful bedtime, so the time change didn’t affect us much

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:07:00 +0000

I put my two to bed very late on Saturday night and got them up early on Sunday morning. We had an active day and they were exhausted by the time (the new) bedtime came around. There have been no problems since.