kids and jet lag...

rachbc

My 13yo has been away for 3 weeks -and he's just rung to say he's back:j. Gonna finish work early and pick him up soon

He's been in the Far East fon an 8 hour time difference. Any ideas on best way to deal with his jet lag - should I put him straight back to UK time/ routine or ease him in? Its years since I did long haul and really can't rememeber. He needs to go back to school asap (tomorrow) as he's missed a few days

Kira000

Best to keep him up as long as possible today, without a nap in the day. He should feel properly knackered by early evening, so early dinner and then bed. He will most likely be very tired after school for the next few days, so earlier dinners and bedtimes will be needed!

rachbc

yeah - by the time we get home at 6 his body will be thinking its about 2 am. Hopefully the excitment of christmas presents to open will keep him awake a bit.

I'm guessing he'll crash out then wake up stupidly early tomorrow. I'll stick a note in his planner to the teachers and remind him to tell them but he's even dozier than usual!

lady1964

Would agree with keeping him up tonight, maybe until about 9pm, he may well get up very early for a few days, but then again, he's a teenager so maybe not!!

Hope he doesn't suffer jet lag too much!

jakes-mum

keep him up till bedtime, we have taken DS to australia twice when he was younger (age 3, then age 6!) and when we let him go to bed as soon as we got home in the morning it really threw him out. Kept him up the second time till bedtime and he slept like a log and was raring to go the next day.