Blinking Through the Time Change
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Family on Monday, March 14, 2011 10:41 PM
I had to laugh today when I came across Jennifer Fulwiler’s rant against Daylight Saving Time. This just when I was feeling happy and grateful about the time change - it was still light out when my husband got home from work! I love evening daylight.
We’re not a particularly schedule-driven family. Our kids’ bedtime varies by an hour or more many nights anyway, for various reasons. I do dislike “losing” an hour of sleep in the spring (and we generally try to go to vigil Mass that weekend to make the transition easier). And “fall back” means our early-rising toddler gets up at an obscene time by the clock. But for the most part, the transition goes pretty smoothly for us. We try not to watch the clock too carefully for a few days, and by the next weekend, things have always evened out.
This doesn’t mean I don’t have sympathy for those for whom the DST transition is difficult. I certainly do! Many families function most happily on a tight schedule or routine, making time changes tough on parents.
But I know we have lots of seasoned parents here - as well as plenty of ingenious young ones - and I’m guessing some of you have tried-and-true tips for surviving the time change with sanity intact. If so, I’m sure the rest of us would love to hear them! Please share!
If you’d like to have your own rant about the evils of DST, or - with me - rejoice in the arrival of light evening hours, feel free to do that too!
By the way, my personal solution to the time-change problem is to suggest that we adopt DST year-round. So far, though, my Senator isn’t returning my calls on this one.
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