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Back in my younger, pre-motherhood days, I loved that Sunday morning when daylight savings time ended. Of course, I hated how it got darker earlier, but I sure did love the excuse to get an extra hour of sleep. This all changed after my older son was born and I quickly learned that babies do not observe the time change. And thus, I joined the legions of parents who complained on social media about the travesty of it all.
Well, fellow moms, we can now add Kaley Cuomo to the club. Kaley welcomed her daughter Matilda in March 2023, so she is still right in the thick of it with a toddler. On Sunday morning, Kaley made a post on Instagram, sharing that she “finally understands” why parents of young children are always complaining on the first Sunday in November. She also reposted a video that joked about it being a “direct assault” on parents.
“I finally understand what parents were always bitching about regarding their kids and daylight savings time,” Cuoco wrote over a photo of herself. “Now I know. I get it. I see you. Why is the world doing this to us?”
In the light-hearted snap, the Based on a True Story star — who shares her daughter with fiancé Tom Pelphrey — gave the camera a playful glare as she partially covered her face with hair while clutching a coffee cup.
The Big Bang Theory alum later reposted a video about daylight saving times from Caitlin Murray’s Big Time Adulting Instagram page.
“What are we doing here with the changing of clocks?” Murray asked. “Why are we doing this? This is a direct assault on parents of young children. It’s a well-known fact that when you have young children, hours in the day are measured in dog years.”
She joked, “By 11 a.m., some of us would have already been awake with our children for 42 hours.”
Meanwhile, Cuoco also shared a video of Matilda appearing to be tired, but refusing to fall asleep.
“I wish she would admit she’s tired. Look at those yawns… Look at them! WHY ARE WE AWAKE,” Cuoco wrote as her daughter sat in her highchair. The adorable tot was filmed holding onto her juice packet while yawning.
Ha, the quip about being awake with kids for 42 hours by 11 a.m. made me laugh because it’s so true. Hey, I get it. The struggle is real. The only fun thing about setting the clocks back is getting that extra hour of sleep. Usually, my biggest complaint after daylight savings ends is that my kids would be waking up later throughout October because of the later sunrise time, and once we changed the clocks back, they’d be back to being awake super early. It felt like that was standard time’s gift that kept on giving. This is the first year when both of my kids slept until a reasonable time after we moved the clocks back, and only had a tough time adjusting their body clocks for meal times. So, if you’re also dealing with a younger child and measuring hours in dog years, hang in there! It gets better and more restful.
Note by Celebitchy: this story was written before the election was called
Photos from Instagram/Kaley Cuoco via People Magazine and credit Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
