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Latest post on 30 March 2012 - 05:12

oh and yes as mentioned below, when you wake them in the morning give them breakfast and get them straight out into daylight to help re-set their body clock.

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Just did this for the second time 2 weeks ago. Basically you stick EXACTLY to their normal schedule but in the new time zone. If they normally go to bed at 7pm Dubai time then 7pm US time. They will wake in the night and feel hungry. Deal with this as per your parenting philosophy, (so for us I got up, cuddled him and gave him a breastfeed but no solids, keeping the lights off, some parents might choose to do CIO). First 3 nights were rough, he was awake for about 3 hours each night (normally sleeps through) I did not play with him but more or less kept laying him back down and patting his bottom etc until he finally fell asleep. I woke him up at normal getting up time each morning and put him down for normal naps. The biggest temptation is letting them sleep in the morning or take long daytime naps, don't do this is will make the whole process much slower. Its alright to put them to bed slightly early to catch up on lost sleep if they seem overtired but don't keep them up late at night. It took us 3 painful nights and we had a 9 hour time difference, he has slept right though since then, napped well and gone straight off to sleep each night.

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seriously? No one? :-( I did it but it was a few years ago and I have no memory of how I did it. So it must not have been that bad! :) Sorry that I have no practical advice for you. Just play it by ear and you'll be fine.

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Sorry it took a little while to respond, I just joined yesterday... I brought my son to the Middle East from America when he was 4 months old (that was two months ago) and will be facing your same problem when I go back to visit in a few months. My plan is just to ride it out; jet lag is almost a sickness and I've found it's best to just give in to it. I've been fortunate in that my son naturally falls into his schedule, so when we came over he transitioned pretty well to the new time zone. It took about 2 weeks before he was "normal" and during that time I just let him sleep when he was tired and tried to keep things quiet and dark if he woke up at night. When I go back to the U.S. this summer, I'll just do the same. You can't tell a baby that their sleep schedule will be screwy for a few weeks and expect them to understand and happily comply with your efforts to make things easier for them :-) So, I'll just let him sleep when he wants and hope he's up enough during the day to see everyone and sleeps enough at night to let me get some rest too. I know if I try to keep him awake I'll just have a cranky, unsocial, tired baby on my hands. I have heard that it helps to expose them to daylight when they are up during that time, though. I know I wasn't much help, but hopefully things go as smoothly as possible for you. There's really no use in worrying, it won't change anything :-) I'd just face it knowing it'll probably be a little rough but everyone will make it through and will hopefully be back to normal within a few weeks of your return. Good luck!

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seriously? No one? :-(

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Hi, Anyone did this before? We are going on a 2 week holiday and all I can think about is how will I change her sleeping from day to night and back again in just 2 weeks. How easily do they adjust? I cant get excited for this trip as all I am stressing about is if she will ever be the same good sleeper she is now once we are back in Dubai? Any suggestion on how do you change the sleeping? Do i merely try to keep her awake once we arrive in New York? We will be travelling during the day - leaving Dubai early morning (8:30) and arrive 12 hours later at 14:15 (which to her would be night time). Also returning at night 23:00 and arriving 12 hours later at night 7:50 - i guess for this one I can let her sleep most of the day of our departure and then try to keep her awake during the flight? Hoping to hear from all of you

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