I am not a fan of time changes, either springing forward or falling back. It always messes up the schedule for a week or so until all the bodies in our brood adjust. We kind of let the kids wake up in shifts, as their bodies acclimate. Today, my 5-year-old was the last to wake up. By her internal clock, it was the same time she wakes up every day. Unfortunately for her, everyone else was up and dressed. Some had finished breakfast, some were just finishing. On Mondays, the little girls go to a craft class, so we do need to watch the clock, and she knew it. She burst out crying and asked if she could still have eggs. Of course.  And she had time to get dressed, do her morning chore, and make it to craft class.

The boys were a little more cranky, but they came around eventually.

Since, as homeschoolers, we get to control most of our schedule (there are still outside activities this week to attend), this is only a minor inconvenience, I suppose. I recall those days when I worked as a speech pathologist in a school. Time changes were the worst. Some kids missed the bus because their families didn’t know or didn’t care that the clocks had changed. Most, if not all, were super tired for much of the week. The week after a time change were the worst days ever to be a teacher (with the day after vacation running a close second).

So, I’m not a fan of changing clocks. I think the lawmakers should get to spend a week with a couple of toddlers after messing with the clocks and see if they still think it is such a good idea. No, I don’t mean letting the nannies deal with it, I mean getting them up and then back on meal and nap schedules and keeping up with appointments and all of that. Then we’ll see who wants to mess with Father Time.

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