Mumsnet row: Mum needs sleep tips after clocks go back in October


The clocks went back an hour on Sunday, giving us more sunlight in the morning and an extra hour in bed. However, after one mum questioned whether we should still carry on with these clock changes, she was met with huge support from parents across the country.

Writing on Mumsnet, the parent posted if we “Can stop d***ing about with the clocks?

“Just that, really. I’m up at 4.30am for the second day in a row because of this clock nonsense.

“Changing bedtime is not adjusting wake-up time, just resulting in a tired infant. Can we all just leave the clocks where they are from now on?”

Others said the change has altered their own sleep patterns and childrens’ wake-up times, reports Chronicle Live.

One wrote: “Oh I’m so with you! Also up because of a small child, who went to bed far later last night so will be tired and grumpy all day.”

Another mum added: “Been awake since 3.30am so I’m with you!”

And a third said: “I loathe the clocks going back with a vengeance. Feel like a zombie mum. Toddler complete out of whack with sleep here too, I feel your pain.”

Another parent posted: “I agree. I also have a toddler who has woken up at stupid a clock and will be tired and grumpy all bloody day.”

Others talked about the effect it had on people who worked night shifts.

“Totally agree,” said a Mumsnet user. “I was on a 12 hr shift last night, which turned into 13 hours. I’m shattered.”

And one added: “I’ve never understood changing the time.

“I mean, if you don’t have to use lights at one end of the clock, you DO have to use them at the other. Just leave the time alone, please.”

But daylight savings has been used for more than one hundred years in the UK and various other countries to make sure we get the most out of the dwindling daylight hours that the winter months bring.

The date varies across the world for different countries, but the UK always sets the clocks back on the last weekend of October.

The clocks have now reverted to Greenwich Mean Time, as they do every winter.



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