Sentences with phrase «child at naptime»

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Best of all, after all that exercise, visual stimulation, and play, your child is sure to be good and sleepy at bed or naptime!

• Your child takes short naps or no naps, but clearly needs more daytime sleep; • Your child's sleep habits are changing and what used to work, no longer works at bedtime or naptime; • Your child's bedtime routine seems unusually long and arduous and requires too many «special requests»; • Are you exhausted and frustrated?

Try to make the naptime routine different from the one you do at bedtime so your children can come to rely on the comfort and predictability.

See side - by - side schedules for children of different ages; including how many ounces to give, at what times, length of naptimes, and what to do when the schedule falls apart!

Despite my blog being called Naptime Natter, neither of my children are very good at napping.

«The transition can be really difficult, and you don't have to make the switch at nighttime,» according to Melisa E. Moore, Ph.D., a sleep expert and psychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia who advocates starting your baby out sleeping in his crib at naptime and then transitioning into a nighttime sleep routine.

Unless your child has missed a nap or is in the stroller at naptime, a «bigger baby» (over 6 months of age) or toddler should naturally be awake and alert in stimulating environments.

When our first child turned two, he refused to stay in his bed at naptime and nighttime.

If you're going on a trip or you know you'll be away from home at naptime, be sure to pack books and anything else your child has come to associate with sleeping.

It's worth noting that if your child is resisting naps and near a «transition age» (one where your baby will soon be dropping a nap or the window of wakefulness increases), you may want to adjust naptimes to see if your baby is more willing to nap at a different time in the morning, or perhaps a little later in the afternoon.

If you are staying at home, you will have to schedule it in between other chores and caring directly for your child, and naptime tends to be filled with other obligations.

Naptime is the only time of the day that a stay - at - home mom gets a break from the insanity that is raising children.

Your child has a three - position reclining seat as well as an adjustable leg rest for optimum comfort at naptime.

Finally, start by training your baby at bedtime, not naptime (children have a more difficult time falling asleep during the day).

What should a child in potty training wear at naptime?

Opinions vary as to whether a child should have a diaper or pull - up on at naptime, or whether accidents should be allowed to happen to encourage a child to «feel» the outcome.

At this age a child typically can last 4 to 6 hours between sleep periods, and usually has 2 - 3 hours of naptime plus 11 - 12 hours of night sleep — this is a good way to judge if his current schedule is working for him, or if he needs an adjustment.

Try to make sure your child is home at naptimes, bedtimes, and mealtimes.

Enjoy a cup of hot tea during your child's naptime or a morning break at work.

Parenting practices included reading to the child or showing the child picture books, playing with the child, and following daily routines at naptime, mealtime, and bedtime.