Today (officially at 2 am) began the European Daylight Savings time. America starts in another week (on 4 Nov). Why they can't have it uniformly across the world, I'll never understand. The same goes for Arizona not participating. It makes calling people and figuring their time zones hard. Not even to mention trying to find all the obscure clocks and remembering how to reset the cordless phone ones, car, and the DVD and satelite reciever boxes. Ugh. The worst part is that the children don't care about it at all and Niki woke up at his normal 5:30 am, which was 4:30 am on the clock!
I was curious to learn about why we do it. Read about it here. I liked the part where Benjamin Franklin's idea was just to have people wake up an hour earlier in the summer!
Reasonings & pros/cons in brief fromt he link:
PROS: Adding daylight to afternoons generally benefits retailing, sports, and other activities that exploit sunlight after working hours, can give greater exposure to the sun's vitamin D, help decrease SAD, cut traffic fatalities
CONS: DST's clock shifts complicate timekeeping and can disrupt meetings, travel, billing, recordkeeping, medical devices that have timers, and heavy equipment. DST is said to save electricity by reducing the need for artificial evening lighting--but the evidence for this is weak, and DST can boost peak demand, increasing overall electricity costs.
Note:fire safety officials encourage citizens to use the two annual clock shifts as reminders to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
particularly when DST rules change.
Posted by Krista at October 28, 2007 06:49 AMI am a fan of Daylight Savings Time, I just wish we could keep it that way all year instead of switching. I missed not having it when we lived in Arizona.
I hope Niklas adjusts his sleep schedule for you soon!!
Posted by: Kari at October 28, 2007 05:28 PMSorry, I'm a bit late and catching up again so my comment is actually about the last post. I seriously don't know how you do it. My daughter is 18 months old and already starting this frustrating phase with the tantrums and becoming unhinged, and it honestly makes me want to jab knitting needles in my ears or something so I won't have to hear her. It's either that or I want to hurt her (I wouldn't do that though). Apparently I have a very low tolerance for stress, and I absolutely cannot stand this age. And I know that's a horrible thing for a mother to admit. I love my child, but I can't stand being around her right now, and the bad news is that this toddler phase sometimes lasts until they are 4-5 years old. So anyway, I absolutely cannot imagine what you must be going through with 2 toddlers at the same time. I'm keeping you in my prayers. :-)
Posted by: Missy at October 29, 2007 06:02 PM