Sentences with phrase «children sleep get»

Thought # 1: Sleep is so important that we must make sure our children sleep get the recommended amount of sleep at the recommended times.

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Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

It's a combination of a few things that are real: the baby won't sleep, I have four children and there aren't enough hours in the day for everything to get done, I have obligations...

I'll do the drag racing for you and when I get there., well that's when I'll have a drink or two and may be a dab or two and may be a few old fassioned joints will be passed around after the family affairs are done and all the children have gone into sugar cookie, new toy and gift wrap induced sweet dream filled blissfull sleep.

Mother slept with men before marriage and then abandoned her children after getting remarried when dad passed.

It's a combination of a few things that are real: the baby won't sleep, I have four children and there aren't enough hours in the day for everything to get done, I have obligations and duties and work and requirements demanding all of my attention and my time just like everyone else — trust me, I'm no special snowflake.

When parents have children, do the children go off to work so the parents can eat, sleep and get new clothes?

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

We want to help the poorest of the poor, but how much of each dollar we give will ever get to that boy in Brazil sleeping on a ragged sofa in the open air (from «Where Children Sleep»)?

At the most superficial level, raising children is about getting to the next stage: getting them to sleep through the night, to eat solid food, to give up the pacifier, to use the toilet.

I'm a new mom so I by no means know it all about babies / kids and sleeping BUT I did purchase a great sleep reference book called Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child that I have found very useful so far and expect to get lots more use out of it in the future with it's easy - to - use reference section where you can find guidance sorted by age and / or specific issues you're dealing sleep reference book called Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child that I have found very useful so far and expect to get lots more use out of it in the future with it's easy - to - use reference section where you can find guidance sorted by age and / or specific issues you're dealing Sleep Habits Happy Child that I have found very useful so far and expect to get lots more use out of it in the future with it's easy - to - use reference section where you can find guidance sorted by age and / or specific issues you're dealing with.

Getting my child dressed, fed, and out the door is hard enough as it is, and then add sleep deprivation to all parties involved... well, you're lucky if everyone gets out the door without tears!

It's worth it to ask yourself who it's benefiting to get your child to sleep through the night.

I can't imagine putting my child through one or several nights of inconsolable crying to get her to go to sleep and I certainly can't imagine having to do it over and over again.

Consider taking a sleeping baby along on date night, getting exercise by taking walks with baby in a sling, taking a trusted caregiver along for long evenings or special events, and working with employers to create a schedule that maximizes both parents» time with their child

-LSB-...] 15, 2009 by phdinparenting A few weeks ago Macall Gordon dropped by my blog and left a comment on my post about why we don't use the cry it out method to get our children to go to sleep.

Both children did not get much sleep the night before.

I've also aimed to use gentle methods with getting my children to sleep where they worked (in some cases they didn't, but that's another story), for the simple and obvious reason that it's more pleasant for all concerned.

In any case, your comments are interesting and I want to reply in more detail, but I have to work now... I'll get back to you this evening (after I parent my child to sleep...).

A t this point, most pediatricians are aware that snoring is abnormal in children and dictates getting a sleep study in a poor sleeper, but many children with sleep disorders don't snore, just as my child never did.

Luckily my children were so exhausted from being on the beach all day and I have brought them up with the philosophy that «the world is a noisy place so get used to sleeping in noise» that it wasn't much of an issue.

I've seen you object in comments to parents who say they only needed a few nights or even 15 minutes of CIO to get to a child who cries less and sleeps much better.

-LSB-...] few weeks ago Macall Gordon dropped by my blog and left a comment on my post about why we don't use the cry it out method to get our children to go to sleep.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children get 10 - 12 hours of sleep each night, preteens get 10 and teenagers get about 9.

It's not until you become a parent that fireworks suddenly destroy your whole world, because either your baby can't sleep through them or your toddler is scared by them or maybe you yourself want to get a little shut - eye before your child wakes up at the crack of dawn.

Parents need rest to be good parents and they can't get rest when they have school age children that can not put themselves to sleep and / or stay asleep.

If your child startles while in a light sleep cycle, he will probably wake himself up and may not know how to get back to sleep.

on our first child i would stay up a little later with the baby so my wife could get even just a couple hours sleep then we would swap.

A sleep deprived child can't learn well, has impaired decision - making ability, and is more likely to be depressed than a child who is getting adequate sleep.

Many times, exhaustion and frustration will lead us to «do almost anything» to get our child to sleep, like resorting to the pacifier or allowing them to sleep in bed with us.

Staying up with a crying baby, working without sleep, changes in your relationship with your mate, needing to earn more and still do your part at home, rarely having time for yourself, the demands of protecting, guiding, and being a role model to our children - there are times you must dig deep for strength just to get through.

Peds get even less training in infant / child sleep than they do in nutrition (& that gets 1 course, if they're lucky).

This seems like a lot less sleep than I got teaching my children to sleep by attending to their needs and then gradually reducing the amount of comfort I offered.

• Need help getting children to go to sleep?

I will make sure my child gets a full night's sleep.

This, in my opinion, is why there are so many problems with dicipline with children and teens, parents jump to the most extreeme method of getting sleep which fundementally disrespects what the baby needs.

The great part is you don't have to wake up a sleeping child to get the reading and it is totally non-invasive.

Talk to your child's school about keeping homework in line with best practices — the reason most kids don't get enough sleep is because they are struggling to complete homework after a long day.

Let your partner try to handle getting your child back to sleep in the middle of the night.

Regardless of the method, philosophy, or training tactic you may use to get your child to sleep, if you are raising that child with a partner, how you and that partner relate to and communicate with one another is a crucial part of the concept of raising an emotionally healthy child.

And if you've spent a long time getting said child to sleep, you're more than likely going to be annoyed when your furbaby decides to chase imaginary flying mice.

* Make sure your child gets enough sleep and has an appropriate bedtime as being overtired is shown to be a major factor.

Also, using some of Pantley's suggestions for gradually encouraging the child to require less and less parental comfort to fall asleep were mostly helpful (as in some days some of the techniques seemed to get her to go to sleep faster and stay asleep long).

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If your child is getting all the sleep he needs and is functioning well, you may not need to change his bedtime at all.

You can teach your child to sleep gently in order for your whole family to get the rest they need.

How much sleep does the typical child get at different ages, and when do nap patterns change?

You'll be trying to get your infant on a feeding and sleeping schedule while handling your older child's needs.

Talk to your doctor if nightmares often prevent your child from getting enough sleep or if they occur along with other emotional or behavioral troubles.

I didn't ask to be rail - roaded with your judgement of how I try to get my child to sleep.