Jet Lag, Baby
My head is still in a fog. I didn’t expect to be hit by jet lag this hard. The Philippines is 14 hours ahead my normal time zone. Yesterday morning after playing with Ace at 3:00 am, my husband and I got up and watched a movie. We were up. Ace adjusted to Philippines time without a problem. We had two long layovers and traveled for a total of 40 hours. I think she was exhausted when we got to the hotel.
She slept a lot better on the plane on the way back, but now that we are home it is hard to get her back on her old schedule. Tonight we are driving 4 hours to visit family for the next three days. Maybe the traveling with our jet lagged baby will help her get adjusted again.
I tried to keep her up yesterday by leaving the house and going shopping and I put her down at her normal bedtime, but she would keep waking up every few hours. Then at one point, I let her stay up to wear herself out. Then at the next waking we laid her in bed with us. That didn’t work. Finally at 2 a.m. we were exhausted, so we put her in her crib and shut the door. I don’t know how long she cried, we fell asleep. Then I woke her up at 9:40 this morning when we got up. Maybe a controlled wake up time will work. I don’t know. She is now sleeping again.
I know she will figure it out soon. Hopefully, really soon!
Thanks to Dawn, McKenna’s friend, Kristi and Sara for sharing their insight and stories with us while I was away and McKenna was working on finals. Also, Amelia did a great post on disposable diapers which is worth the read if you haven’t read it. Amelia, thanks for your great posts!
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Christmas is just around the corner. Enjoy your time with the family and kids. I know I am looking forward to seeing more of Daniel the next few days.
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
Amanda
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Well, for being jet-lagged, this was very well written! I haven’t been able to keep my thoughts organized these past couple weeks, so I can’t imagine how I’d be babbling if I was going through jet lag too. I don’t have any suggestions, but I hope you all get adjusted! You guys are busy!! Have a safe trip.
I”m going to pray for you!!!
glad you got home safe!
Amanda, Great to hear you guys made it back safely. Jet-lag is yucky; my son and I usually adjust OK pretty quickly, but Duane has a TERRIBLE time. It takes him about 2-3 weeks to get used to an 8 hour time change, where Julian and I don’t take more than a week. Poor guy!
Hope we can see you after the holidays. I’d love to hear all about your trip to the Philippines.