Not exact matches
On days when I
feel overwhelmed
by weeds and my to do list, I try to remind myself that my lifestyle IS the accomplishment - that I am doing all this while having young kids around all day; that despite being up multiple times in the night with the baby, having the day made shorter
by long, drawn - out
bedtimes, tripping over kid messes and coping with non-nappers, I somehow manage to start it all from seed, can salsa, and learn about honeybees.
I understand
feeling so exhausted
by the time 6 pm rolls around, when you start to dread the four - hour
bedtime routine that is about to follow.
Susan Newman, social psychologist and author of «Little Things Long Remembered: Making Your Children
Feel Special Every Day,» said parents should discourage bad behaviors
by taking away privileges such as dessert, or setting an earlier
bedtime.
So the great news is that if your current
bedtime routine
feels less like the soothing 1950s song «Mr Sandman» and more like «Enter Sandman»
by Metallica, a happier sleeping pattern is just a few nights away.
Or if you know that your child has a hard time following directions at
bedtime, try writing or drawing the tasks that need to be done (i.e. toothbrushing, pajamas, etc.) on ping - pong balls and put them in a small «
bedtime jar» so your child can
feel some control over their routine as they independently pick out the balls one
by one for a «surprise» nighttime order of tasks or take them all out and decide what order to do them in themselves.
The time change can wreak havoc at
bedtimes as children adjust to the new mood lighting caused
by the loss of an hour (imagine being used to a 7 pm
bedtime and now it's been moved to what your body
feels is 6 pm!).
1) Keep baby
feeling safe and secure
by following the same naptime and
bedtime routine that you do at home.
Keep baby
feeling safe and secure
by following the same naptime and
bedtime routine that you do at home.
Pleasant
bedtime routines ease the transition from being awake to being asleep
by helping children
feel more secure and comfortable about what they can expect at the end of every day.
In other words, you won't
feel tired
by bedtime, which means another night of reduced sleep.
You may reduce problems
by dividing the daily dose into a morning and a
bedtime portion, but after some time always try to edge higher until you start
feeling the nausea.
Do you wake up
feeling like you've been run over
by a truck, but are wide awake at
bedtime?
But it's also a time of
feeling frumpy, bundled up, layers upon layers of clothes, and
by bedtime I'm more than ready to get it all off and put comfy pajamas on!
Those stories were often our
bedtime reading, and I
feel like my psyche was shaped
by them from the ground up.
By setting aside just 10 minutes every evening before
bedtime, you'll be the first to know if your dog is ever
feeling unwell — unusual lumps, muscle tension and / or swelling, and skin problems are likely to be detected much earlier.
When your puppy is young, the crate for
bedtime ought to be near you so your pup still
feels connected to, and protected
by you.