Not exact matches
I don't
think our contemporary regime of lite reading for college students is a one - way ticket to Gehenna, but colleges could do better and parents could help them
by including some little lit among the
bedtime stories.
giving her water instead of nursing her, nursing her, not nursing her, letting her cry for a few minutes, not picking her up from her crib but comforting her
by patting her / rubbing her, changing her positions to sleep, moving her crib (this actually helped a little - it was close to a window before and I
think the noise and light bothered her), changing her
bedtime routine....
For instance, when toddlers are lonely, overstimulated, worried about scary dreams or
thoughts, or simply so excited
by the world they can't stand to separate from it, getting to sleep at
bedtime and nap time can become a lot more difficult.
I
think she still needs that nap because when she misses it she is in a horrible mood
by 5:00 in the evening and it's very difficult for us to move up her
bedtime.
They were probably
thinking about what my partner and I eventually reminisced about well past a reasonable
bedtime, even
by parents» standards.
Or you can go
by what your child's body
thinks it is, and then move the
bedtime by 10 minutes every day until you've transitioned to the new time in a week.
I guarantee it will only make
thoughts of
bedtime always more special, less scary, more secure, even when nursing to sleep becomes replaced
by story time or simply hugs and kisses and well wishes... or looking at favorite posters on dorm room walls and snuggling up in the soft sheets and pillow that mom bought especially for her.
Go the F*ck to Sleep
by Adam Mansbach (Akashic) A
bedtime story for adults that expresses all of those horribly awful
thoughts you
think as you attempt to put your restless child to sleep.
It all started when Ruby
thought she saw a fairy in the garden after reading «The Faraway Tree»
by Enid Blyton with her family at
bedtime.