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• They Say: Worrying About Worry Is Bad

  I'm not much of a worrier, mostly because I can't hold on to any piece of information long enough to worry about it. But one writer has tried to find hard evidence that proves that worry is harmful to your health. Did she find it?   Read More... Posted Jun 26 2008, 02:00 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: yoga, drugs, naps, God, they say, worry

• Camp Wannagoawaywithoutkids

  Naps are the part of being a kid that I miss the most. But a close second would be going to camp. Not that I was ever sent to camp. Still, I love the idea of a week in the woods doing nothing but swimming and tying lanyards.   Read More... Posted Mar 19 2008, 02:30 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: camp, no kids, naps, bug juice, grown-ups, gladiator, lanyards

• No More Naps? Keeping Your Kids Perky Through The Afternoon

  My kids, knock on wood, still nap after lunch. Or rather, they have an enforced quiet time that usually results in a nap for at least one of them, sometimes both of them. But it's not a sure-fire sleepy time for either kid, and whether or not they sleep there's no guarantee that they'll come out of quiet time in a good mood. It's the worst when they don't sleep, when they spend rest time lying down in their beds resenting the fact that they have to be there. Read More... Posted Aug 20 2007, 12:26 PM by Patti with | with no comments Filed under: lifehacker, sleep, naps, sleep issues, schedules

• Baby Music: You Are Getting Sleeeepy

  When my daughter was an infant, my mom got this tape of that great ukelele guy who sings "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," whats-his-name--Iz. Anyhow, whenever she wanted my child to sleep on car rides or at sleepovers, she'd pop in that tape and I'm telling you, it worked like a tranquilizer dart to the thigh. And six years later, it still works like nothing else. (By the way, she refuses to give me a copy, cuz it's her secret weapon.) If you lack a mom with a ukelele tape, here's a nice primer on how to use sounds and music to get your child to sleep. White noise, doncha know. Read More... Posted Aug 19 2007, 09:28 AM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: music, babies, sleep, naps, white noise