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How to Set a Nap-Time Routine

by Ellen Rooney Martin, Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:00AM

Rubbing eyes? Time for a nap. Credit: jamiesdesigns, Flickr
Figuring out your baby needs more sleep can be a humiliating experience, as anyone with a screaming child in the grocery store or on an airplane can attest. Coming up with a nap time ...
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Sleep on This: Smarter Babies Take Naps, Study Shows

by Amy Hatch, Posted Feb 25th 2010 12:30PM

Want your baby to be an egghead? Make sure the kid gets a nap. Credit: 1happysnapper, Flickr
Parents around the world rejoice -- you have yet another reason to love nap time. A new study shows that kids who sleep during the day develop advanced ...
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Image of the Day: Just sitting and taking it all in

by Heather Craven, Posted Aug 7th 2007 4:01PM

Sometimes the best moments are those when you are doing next to nothing. I love this image of a father and his daughter as they sit in the afternoon sun and watch the world go by them. I like to think she has just woken from her nap and he is ...
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When there's no napping at naptime

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted May 8th 2007 2:00PM

I am sitting here in my little makeshift office. It's a closet, really, a temporary bus stop until I move in to a new house, and there is a painfully sweet cup of tea on one side of me and a disorganized mass of sticky notes on the other, reminders ...
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Is a nudist colony in my toddler's future?

by Heather Craven, Posted Apr 27th 2007 10:03AM

For the last two days my toddler, Devon, has refused to obey the nap rules and sleep during his allotted 90 minutes of slumber. He is more than happy to sit through story time and then be plopped in his barred bed, but once he is tucked in he doesn't ...
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Nap time secrets

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Dec 4th 2006 9:00AM

Nolan has never been much of a sleeper, and though I'd love to moan about that endlessly, I've lucked out in so many other facets (eating, temperament) that I just usually nod mutely when other Moms discuss their babies naps. I was eavesdropping on a ...
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Battling wills with a 3 year old

by Will O'Brien, Posted Jun 16th 2006 5:30PM

Butting heads with a 3.75 year old girl is a challenge, even the odds are in your favor. My daughter is definitely a 'daddy's girl' but sometimes I have to resort to dirty tricks. Redirection is one of my favorite tools. It's the equivalent of ...
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And my cell phone is where?

by Heather Craven, Posted Jun 12th 2006 6:40PM

Life with a toddler is never dull. I often repeat to myself the mantra, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." This saying is indeed true when it comes to life with a toddler. Living with a creature who makes a daily habit out of creating chaos ...
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