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<\/p>\nThe last couple nights, Lucy went to bed a bit later and even (oh joy!) slept a bit later this morning. Normally, I’d try to ease her back into our goal of a 7pm-7am sleep pattern. But then I remembered: daylight-savings time is rapidly approaching. Who wins, Lucy or the clock — or both? Do we even have a choice? <\/p>\n
I hadn’t even thought about this dilemma until Keri brought it up in an email to me a few weeks ago:<\/p>\n
bq. Do we move bedtimes, mealtimes to match the clock? Or leave them the same to match the kid’s body? Our family tends to do like the farmers do: sleep more (in theory, anyway) in the winter and have an earlier bedtime, then have a later bedtime in the summer to enjoy the outdoors and family events a little more. I’d be interested to see what your other readers have done with their families. Who knew it could be so complicated?<\/p>\n
I’m guessing that the fact that the daylight hours change along with the time will help in making some adjustments. We aren’t really sure what the pros and cons are, but we know some of you have been there and can probably tell us a tale or two.<\/p>\n
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(Props to Keri M. for raising this issue. Anyone else who wants to propose a question or topic for the Boyds’ Nesters to toss around, feel free to do so and I’ll try to post about it!)<\/p>\n
p{color:gray}. Photo: Just a month ago, the sun was still streaming through the window onto Lucy at 6:30 PM. By that time today, it will be well below the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The last couple nights, Lucy went to bed a bit later and even (oh joy!) slept a bit later this morning. Normally, I’d try to ease her back into our goal of a 7pm-7am sleep pattern. But then I remembered: daylight-savings time is rapidly approaching. Who wins, Lucy or the clock — or both? Do … <\/p>\n