{"id":6015,"date":"2015-11-03T21:42:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T04:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6015"},"modified":"2015-11-03T21:42:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T04:42:55","slug":"stapleton-fall-back-preppers-have-successful-daylight-savings-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=6015","title":{"rendered":"Stapleton \u201cFall Back Preppers\u201d Have Successful Daylight Savings Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"preppers\"<\/a>For many Stapleton parents, daylight savings time creates all sorts of havoc. Nap times, bed times, eating times can all get out of whack. \u201cIt takes at least two weeks to get my kids back on the right schedule,\u201d said Stapleton mother of three Julie Farrell. \u201cI hate the spring forward, and I hate the fall back. I remember when I used to enjoy the \u2018extra hour\u2019 before I had kids. I even enjoyed the spring forward knowing we were going to get a longer day. But daylight savings is only a pain in the ass once you have kids.\u201d Angie Mason is in complete agreement. \u201cYou can\u2019t explain to your kids that they need to be awake or in bed based on the time,\u201d said Mason. \u201cIf they\u2019re not tired, or not hungry, that\u2019s their rationale. It really sucks.\u201d\n\nAlthough most Stapleton residents with kids have a difficult time with daylight savings time, there is one group who has figured out a way to make it through daylight savings time with little difficulty. The group calls themselves \u201cfall back preppers.\u201d \u201cA small group of us started doing it about six years ago,\u201d said fall back prepper Dave Graham. \u201cWe were discussing all of the difficulties we were having adjusting our families to the time change, and decided something could be done. So, we started brainstorming how we would prepare for the event every year.\u201d Graham says being a prepper just means being willing to make some small changes. \u201cIt\u2019s not rocket science. It\u2019s just the willingness to change your schedule slightly every day for a week.\u201d Graham says his group has about 35 families committed to fall back prepping. \u201cIt is not about money, as there is not a financial commitment. We just have a blog that people go to to discuss different ideas.\u201d\nFellow prepper Marc Koellner outlines the changes prepper families make. \u201cWe literally adjust everything by 10 minutes each day,\u201d said Koellner. \u201cSo, Monday, if the kids normally get up by 7, we have them get up at 7:10. If they eat at noon, we don\u2019t feed them until 12:10. And then bedtime becomes 8:40 instead of 8:30. Then, Tuesday, we add ten more minutes. They get up at 7:20, eat at 12:20, bed at 8:50. By Saturday, it\u2019s a full sixty minutes, and we are all set when things move back an hour.\u201d Graham says that although time is the big factor, there is other things the group does. \u201cSome of us work on light simulation, making it seem lighter in the morning during that week,\u201d said Graham. \u201cBut for the most part, just adjusting body clocks is the issue.\u201d\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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