After this strange weekend of change to summer time (or winter, for the countries of the southern hemisphere that apply it) we can comment if we have noticed effects due to the time change in our children.
Faced with the positive aspects of the time change, such as energy saving or increasing hours of sunshine to enjoy the outdoors, there are certain repercussions in our organisms that can cause our internal clock to also fade, especially that of the smallest .
And, according to some specialists, the change in time, especially the one that takes away an hour of sleep, can be negative because upset the wake-sleep rhythm, causing a small jet-lag and generating more problems in people with sleep difficulties.
Now, I imagine that a baby or child who sleeps without an alarm clock, the night of the time change will sleep the same as any other day. The effects may come the following days.
These are the following days (the time change takes place early in the morning from Saturday to Sunday so that the effects of the lag have less impact) when we try to adapt to the new schedule. Although it would be best not to "advance" everything (or "delay", depending on the change) one hour on the same day, that is, not keep the same schedule as always (with the new schedule and a lag time), but take half margin time for this first day we get used to.
For example, in the northern hemisphere it would be a matter of eating at 2:30 pm instead of 2pm as every day, since in reality those 2:30 pm would be 1:30 pm yesterday. At bedtime, we would do the same, to that the change be gradual. The "problem comes when Monday arrives, if the child goes to school ... there is no choice but to heed the alarm clock with the new time.
Anyway, I'm a bit skeptical with these little tricks so that the time change affects children lessWell, we, especially on weekends, do not follow a strict schedule for eating or sleeping, and variations of half an hour we can have every day.
So this time change, like previous ones, has not seemed to have a significant impact on my daughters. It probably costs a little more to wake up, but that happens to everyone at home for a couple of days.
And it is that the small mismatches produced by the hours of sleep and the light cycle in the day, are shortly assimilated by our body, which adapts to the new situation in less than a week.
The best of this Time change, as I have already commented, and once the small sleep disorders have been overcome, it is that good weather arrives and we can enjoy more hours of sun and outdoor leisure with our children. A good change that invites optimism, don't you think?
