Children & the 5 hour time difference.

[ujpest doza]

My daughter adjusted pretty well the 2 times she has been at 13 months and 23 months old.

She slept most of the outbound journey on both occassions and went to bed pretty much at her normal time so woke up pretty much at her normal time as well. We don't usually allow her to have a daytime sleep as when she does (even 15 minutes) she is wide awake long after her bedtime, so having a decent sleep on the plane helped adjust her body clock to the time difference.

[berni_richards]

also on the way back home try to get the baby to adjust by going to bed half an hour earlier each night. Our daughter was 4 mths when we went in Jan 07 and got used to the time difference on the way there and back within 3 days/nights.

Hope this helps

she is now 7 months but we wont be going again until Oct 07.

Good luck

[The King of Sheba]

Thanks for your feedback.

I guess Mum & Dad will be on the same time clock as the little ones, so it wont be too much of a shock.

We'll just have to laze by the pool for the first few days...!!!

Shane

[chrizzy100]

I wake up bright and early in FL and I live in the same time zone ...

[msnsmile2]

[ccarcher]

My Daughter (4) still wakes up through the night and is often downstairs with TV on by 6 am in the UK

Last night was up at 4 and 5 with her

Hate to think what its going to be like in Orlando come July

She'll be getting up as the wife and I go to Bed at this rate !!

[TracyAndDean]

I think children always adjust much quicker than adults - our son who's 7 doesn't have a problem, we keep him up late on the first night and he just eases into the time frame. Our daughter who is now 16 months woke a few times through the night but again was fine after 2 nights, I on the other hand take days to adjust!

[ccarcher]

Too be honest I also like the waking up early and making the most of the Florida Sunshine and an early start to the day, so the kids being up wont be a problem for me and it wears off after the first few days

Just wish I could keep my own eyes open late in the evening when I attempt to watch all that US TV

[:O]

[Dinky]

We first took our son when he was 7 months. Went to sleep at his normal time and then woke @ his normal time- problem was it was 3am US time[msneek]

He pretty much adjusted that day though and was fine after that.


More or less same thing on the way back but took longer to adjust back to UK time. We're heading out this weekend and he's 22mths now so expecting much of the same really. Much easier if you just go with it. First day everyone's knackered so if your L.O is up early and wants to go back to sleep @ 7am, Id go too for an hour or so.