I am not! 🤧 It’s the worst time of year apart from the darkest time before the first snow. My mother’s favourite time of year, on the other hand. I will never understand that.
I get an extra hour of sleep when we shift to winter time - and I get to see the gorgeous autumn leaves in the sun a bit longer?
The flip side is that we get an hour less sleep coming out on the other side. And us parents don’t really get an hour more sleep, as our kids will wake up at 6 am regardless, which will now be 5 am for winter time. Unless we plan ahead days in advance, like I said, in which case we lose the whole advantage of the sleep-in hour anyway. It’s more work for no gain no matter what.
And when summertime comes, we have to wake our kids earlier a few days before the shift, if we remember, otherwise we are in for a shock of very sleepy kids in the spring, which also sucks either way you look at it. They will need to be convinced to go to bed earlier (lol yeah right), or be very tired and cranky for a few days. Children’s sleep can be very sensitive.
This is all added stress to everyone involved, and it’s not welcome whether you are an autumn person or not. It contributes to an already stressful everyday situation of having kids at all, just because we want a few minutes of sun on the way to work during a few weeks or so. All dependent on weather as well, which is mostly overcast where I live in the autumn.
You’re not weird in wanting more sun or loving the autumn, but there are aspects to this of which not everyone is aware. It’s easy to think about it only from one’s own perspective, of course. That’s normal. 🙂
I am not! 🤧 It’s the worst time of year apart from the darkest time before the first snow. My mother’s favourite time of year, on the other hand. I will never understand that.
The flip side is that we get an hour less sleep coming out on the other side. And us parents don’t really get an hour more sleep, as our kids will wake up at 6 am regardless, which will now be 5 am for winter time. Unless we plan ahead days in advance, like I said, in which case we lose the whole advantage of the sleep-in hour anyway. It’s more work for no gain no matter what.
And when summertime comes, we have to wake our kids earlier a few days before the shift, if we remember, otherwise we are in for a shock of very sleepy kids in the spring, which also sucks either way you look at it. They will need to be convinced to go to bed earlier (lol yeah right), or be very tired and cranky for a few days. Children’s sleep can be very sensitive.
This is all added stress to everyone involved, and it’s not welcome whether you are an autumn person or not. It contributes to an already stressful everyday situation of having kids at all, just because we want a few minutes of sun on the way to work during a few weeks or so. All dependent on weather as well, which is mostly overcast where I live in the autumn.
You’re not weird in wanting more sun or loving the autumn, but there are aspects to this of which not everyone is aware. It’s easy to think about it only from one’s own perspective, of course. That’s normal. 🙂