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November 2, 2008
NaBloPoMo 3.2: I'm putting a hit on whoever came up with Daylight Saving
Last week I heard some news person mention that this weekend everyone would get an extra hour of sleep.
That person obviously doesn't have kids.
Owen was up at 5:20 this morning. At 5:45, Katie started crying. I think she smacked her knee into the wall. Of course, she's usually up before dawn no matter how much she needs more sleep, so I didn't hold out much hope of her nodding off again. And naturally, her crying woke Jamie up, and she's not so much a sleeper in, either.
We have this rule that the girls have to stay in their room until 7. In Rex's mind and mine, this also means staying in bed and being quiet. I'd be ok with quiet whispers if they're both awake, but the key here is that everyone else in the house should be able to sleep. The girls are either completely unaware of that part of the rule, or they just don't give a damn. I'm going with not giving a damn. On rare occasions, we can convince them to stay in bed until 8, bribing them with the promise of a "special breakfast."
So the girls have been upstairs squeaking and chattering and giggling for an hour. If I were actually getting to sleep in, I would totally be laying in bed fuming, plotting their demise. Then, Katie tried to come downstairs at 6:30 saying she slept in, can could they have a special breakfast. HA! I sent her back upstairs for another 30 minutes of not sleeping.
Naturally, I got Owen back to sleep about five minutes before the girls came downstairs.
Extra hour of sleep my ass.
Posted by me at November 2, 2008 6:59 AM
Comments
I was just griping about this. Changing the time does not automatically change the kids' internal clocks. Falling back only means they wake up at 5:30 instead of 6:30.
Posted by: Anna at November 3, 2008 3:05 PM