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Category: Bed time
Is Your Child's Bedtime Your Dread Time
For more information on sleep, read my books, "Raising Your Spirited Baby", "Raising Your Spirited Child" and/or "Sleepless in America". Or, go to my website at www.parentchildhelp.com to download the free brochure on children and sleep.
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What’s your evening like? Does it set everyone up for a peaceful bedtime?
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4 Strategies to Help You Reduce Stress and Frustration
The demands of being a parent can feel relentless. Frequent meltdowns wear you down, and leave you feeling powerless to stop them, but you are not. Today, Lynn and I offer you four effective strategies to lower stress by preventing some of the meltdowns from occurring in the first place.
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The Secrets to Successful Nap Times
Naps are a critical component of your child’s total sleep quota. But getting your child to nap can be a struggle.
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Daylight Savings Time
On Sunday, March 12 we spring forward one hour. It is the perfect springboard into power struggles over bedtime and wake up routines because our body clock does not switch as quickly as the clock on our phone.
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Beware! On Sunday we Fall back to Standard Time
How to Deal with the Fall Time Change and Its Impact on Bed and Wake Times
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Taking the 'Fight' out of Bed and Naptime: Establishing a Routine that Puts Mother Nature on Your Side
A good night’s sleep doesn’t begin with your bedtime routine. It starts in the morning. All day long we make decisions that either help to “set” the body clock, allowing the brain to know when to be awake and when to be asleep, or innocently disrupt it.
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Struggling to Get Your Kids to Sleep? Catch the Cues to Make it Easier
If nap or bedtime at your house has become a marathon wrestling match requiring more than 45 minutes of struggle to get the kids down, there may be a simple solution. Catch the cues – earlier.
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The Shift to Daylight Saving Time Continues to Torment
Whining increased? Meltdowns over seemingly insignificant issues pooling on your kitchen floor? Does it seem as though your child’s communication system has deteriorated to one phrase - “No! You are not the boss of me.”
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