How or what do you do to get your body over to the new time zone when travelling long haul?
Going from Perth australia to France is a 6 hour time difference but it is actually a lot easier to just try and stay up 6 hours then sleep in 6 hours. But, heading back seemed quite chaotic (especially to the children) how no matter that they were very sleep deprived, I could not convince them to go to bed 6 hours early 😞
They were up until 3am each morning, then I made sure they woke at 10am with no naps, we tried drugging them (phernorgon antihistamine), yelling, screaming, cuddles, bribing, massive activities during the day, sunlight,sunlight,sunlight....aaaggghhhhh
So last night was the 4th night on our timezone with them going to sleep eventually at midnight, and me waking them at 7 (tomorrow it's back to school so got to get this sorted!), they're walking around in a zombie state.... will eventually it catch up with them.... cause I really need some sleep!
Reply to this LOL drugging your children! (bless phenergan and painstop!) cant say I have ever travelled across timezones with children but I do know i need a good few days sleep and lying on the couch when I get home. I can NEVER sleep the day I get home, I will wander around, sit up on facebook for hours until its daylight, maybe that helps a bit...not really school friendly hours though. I know my workmate who has just taken her daughter to france for the holidays is having the same problem as you are - hope you get some sleep soon and welcome home 😊
Reply to this I reckon adjusting to changing time zones of 6 hours by heading east is far harder then changing time zones of 6 hours by heading west.
Reply to this You've read all the articles written on the subject I'm sure and the suggestions to drink fluids to avoid dehydration, don't drink caffeine or alcohol, start adjusting your daily pattern before leaving in an attempt adjust to the local time and stay awake when you get there. Science says this and science says that....
Hog wash. Jet lag is tough.
You circadian rhythm gets turned on its head.
Every article I've ever read says to stay up when you get to the new country. Do not sleep. I'm usually so beat from the travel and changes the first thing we do is take a warm shower and a nap (under two hours) Then we get up and try to stay on the new schedule.
We try to give us a full day to day and a half on the return trip to let our bodies do what they want. In honesty it generally takes nearly a week for us to return to normal. I can't imagine doing this with kids. Bless you.
Better living through chemistry...drugs have got to be the way to go.
Reply to this If you're using iPhone, they change to the local time zone automatically. I love how this works.
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