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By: Frequently Asked Questions About Sleeping With Your Baby » The Road Less Traveled To Parenthood » Baby Dust Diaries

Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:20:52 +0000

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By: Maman A Droit

Maman A Droit — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 04:06:59 +0000

I thinks it’s awesome that you make sure to spend that special time at bedtime even with your kids who are old enough they are capable of falling asleep on their own. I still remember my daddy telling me stories before bed when I was that age and thinking it was pretty much the coolest thing ever.

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Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:02:20 +0000

[...] Reconnection Picklebums We parent our children to sleep…. all of them, even the six year olds who don’t necessarily need us to. For all three kids it seems bed time is the time to catch up on closeness. [...]

By: Sue Denyhm

Sue Denyhm — Sun, 16 May 2010 11:19:47 +0000

The Girl is now 10 and too big for bedtime cuddles, but there are times when she’ll ask me to read a book to her, or she’ll snuggle in with The Boy and me while I read him a bed-time story. I love it that even at 10 The Girl still loves hugs and seeks them out several times a day.

By: Nic

Nic — Sat, 15 May 2010 01:58:14 +0000

Yeah it is interesting how every child has a way to wind down for sleep. With Beren it was an arm as well, he couldn’t fall asleep without lying on one of our arms. But now he doesn’t need us at all.

Freya its a dummy, one to suck and the other she rubs along her top lip. Sounds crazy but it works for her.

By: amandab

amandab — Fri, 14 May 2010 23:46:28 +0000

It’s interesting the things that children need to fall asleep.

I once babysat a girl who would gently rub your face when she was tired and ready to sleep, even mine, though I didn’t know her all that well (family friends, but all the kids were so much younger than me- in this case 12 years – so I didn’t spend much time with them).

Princess will curl her hair around her fingers when she is tired, or needing comfort. At bedtime we will have tickel games (first thing when we wake up also), and stories, snuggled together on her bed. She has her milk, and after stories we give her a glow bracelet and take turns winding her musical carousel that plays “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. My sister discovered that the music helps her settle into sleep.