Sleeping with your pet
Should you be sleeping with your pet? Have you ever done it before? All night? Just a nap? Do you have a fond (or not-so-fond!) memory of sleeping with your pet? April 11 is National Pet Day. We love our pets and there are times inviting them into our beds is...
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How Much Sleep Do Kids Need
You know your kids need sleep. You learned how vital it is to future wellbeing and health. You’ve witnessed how everything gets off track when your kids don’t get enough sleep. Yet so many of us ask ourselves at least once a week “How much sleep do kids need?” Why...
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Ten things you’re doing right for better sleep
The easiest way to get better sleep is to amplify what you’re already doing right. This list of ten things to do for better sleep is an easy guideline to follow. How many are you already doing?
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Epiphany
Epiphany – flash – insight – discovery – aha! It didn’t take a lightning bolt aha! to tell me my kid needed a nap. It was Sunday, January 8th. She was 14 months old. She was pulling her ear, rubbing her eyes and you could not hear the bishop recite the liturgy of...
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Habits for Better Sleep – Wind-Down Time
Better habits make for better sleep. WInd-down time is an important one to plan for in your day. Here’s why.
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Bedtime Matters
Bedtime matters for a good night’s sleep. Like the real estate “location, location, location” slogan, when it comes to bedtime and sleep it’s “routines, routines, routines”.
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Bedtime Curtain Calls
The bedtime curtain call is not the time for applause. The bedtime curtain call is the time to set up bedtime boundaries. There is nothing charming about them. What is a "curtain call"? It's when your child gets out of bed again and again after you've done your best...
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Father’s Day, Count Your Blessings
You can read my latest Huffington Post blog in honor of Father's Day here. It's all about what happens when dad tucks you in...more than you'd think! Meanwhile, for Throwback Thursday, a post about gratitude at bedtime from 2015. Here’s a simple bedtime tip: count...
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Memorial Day Weekend, Sleep, and Vacation
It's Memorial Day weekend in the U.S. Memorial Day has somber and respectful beginnings, but it also heralds the beginning of summer, summertime spirit, and vacations. Here's a blog post from 2016, with some tips on how to balance summer vacations and sleep. Whenever...
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Get Your Sleep On!
The first Facebook private message with a link to this New York Times article had me intrigued. The second and third messages with links to the same article, had me grateful that my friends are thinking of Sleepytime Club's mission. But when I received a text from one...
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