Daylight Saving Time was started during World War I in order to take advantage of the greater amounts of sunlight during April and October. It was initiated again during World War II. In 1966, Congress passed the Uniform Time Act and Daylight Saving Time was consistent across the states. In 2007, Daylight Saving Time was increased by four weeks in hopes to reduce the amount of oil consumption during daylight hours.
If there's one thing I know about Daylight Saving Time, it's that "fall back" or "spring forward" I lose an hour of sleep. This fact was reiterated once again this year as both my children woke up at 5:45, even with trying to push Beanie's bedtime back a bit.
There's no winning with Daylight Saving Time as a parent. The days of enjoying a late night with dreams of an extra hour of sleep are long gone. Sure, you can enjoy that extra hour Saturday night, but you just may find yourself pouring an extra big cup of coffee come 5:45 Sunday morning.
How did Daylight Saving Time go with your family? Did you get an extra hour of sleep?
ditto! I heard someone on TV make a comment about spending an extra hour "out" partying... yeah right. :) I felt lucky that my kids slept until 6:45... they could have been up much earlier.
ReplyDeleteScotty gave me about 30 minutes...and that was POSSIBLY because I couldn't hear him. There's no telling how long he was yelling "I'm awake" before I finally noticed :) On the bright side, we went to bed relatively early last night and I'm not doing too bad!
ReplyDeleteGoodness no! Of all nights Lucas chose to want to eat at 2am, who knows why and then woke up at 7:00 this morning to eat again. Of course he sleeps through the night every night except for the one that I could have gotten an extra hour. I just knew that him eating at 2am would stretch out his sleeping and I could get some more, but nope, not a chance.
ReplyDeleteWe were up at 5am. It's naptime, so mama's crawling back into bed now too...
ReplyDeleteUgh - It was particularly awful here this year. Alex has a cold, and was up something like 4 or 5 times during the night fussing for me. As soon as I'd go into his room and tell him to go back to sleep, he was fine, but the constant up and down, plus a husband passed out Nyquil and snoring, made for a very restless night. And, of course, Alex was wide awake with the sun and his internal clock, not the one in his room....
ReplyDeleteI got lucky! My daughter went to bed at 6pm last night which is really early for her. And she always sleeps in so even though she was up early for her it was still only 8am. It was so funny. She just crawled up in my lap around 5:45 or so last night to nurse and next thing I know she is out for the night.
ReplyDeleteI obviously have no kids so it is a bit different for me but I hate it too - the "extra" hour of sleep is fine that first night but coming home in the dark is for the birds.
ReplyDeleteI hate the time change. I still have half my clocks on the wrong time and I am waking up everyday at 4 instead of 5. Annoying.
Oh the darkness really gets me too. I hate the sun setting at 4:30. I feel like I'm ready for bed by six!
ReplyDeleteWe were actually on a road trip this weekend in Illinois, so we were already way screwed up. Elsa's actually sleeping until the same time or later (so far).
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