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The term "cat's pajamas" comes from E.B. Katz, an English tailor of the late 1700's and early 1800's, who made the finest silk pajamas for royalty and other wealthy patrons.
'Nothing like a cat nap in Kat'z PJ's.'

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The Secret to Better Sleep

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In your dreams...

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Early Bird

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Undercover

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My alarm clock is clearly jealous of my amazing relationship with my bed.

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Bedtime

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Always buy a good pair of shoes and a good bed
as if you aren't in one you are in the other.

~Gloria Hunniford

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Morning Sun

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Waking up to a new day is a gift, appreciate it.
Good morning and have a splendid day.

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Snooze or Lose - test your sleep knowledge

2011-11-13T07:53:00.001-08:00

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Rest assured, researchers are constantly dreaming up new studies that demonstrate the importance of sleep for our health—physical and psychological. Take our quiz to test your knowledge of the latest findings in the field of sleep research.

Q: Sleep deprivation contributes to higher levels of inflammation, which increases the risk of heart attack and stroke. True or false?

TRUE: Researchers have found that people who got six or fewer hours of sleep tested 25 percent higher for C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation and heart disease, compared to people who got six to nine hours of sleep.

The result was significant even when risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, obesity, and blood pressure were taken into account.

Inflammation caused by less or poor-quality sleep may increase the risk for heart disease and stroke. More research is needed to determine whether less sleep contributes directly to cardiovascular death or whether it's a moderating factor.

Q: A good night's sleep can improve memory and boost creativity. True or false?

TRUE: Recent research shows that sleep actually strengthens, reorganizes, and restructures our memories. While we sleep we hold on to the most emotional parts of our memories.

Subjects were shown a scene with an emotional object such as a car wreck. After a full night's sleep, subjects were more likely to recall the car wreck (the emotional object) rather than a palm tree in the background.

During sleep the areas of our brain that govern emotion and memory consolidation are at work. Researchers hypothesize that this nighttime brain activity may be what helps us to develop creative new ideas.

Q: Everyone suffers from insomnia at some point; it's nothing to worry about. True or false?

FALSE: Especially for men. A study of 1,000 middle-aged women and 741 men found that men with chronic insomnia were four times more likely to die during the 14-year follow-up period than men without insomnia who slept for six hours or more a night.

Chronic insomnia was defined, for the purposes of the study, as sleeping less than six hours a night. Risk of death was also higher for males who suffered from diabetes or hypertension.

Researchers were unclear as to why the mortality risk was greater for men than women, but cautioned people with health problems and insomnia to seek medical advice.

Q: We can successfully block out traffic noise while sleeping. True or false?

FALSE: While some of us may be more adept at blocking out nighttime noise than others, researchers have found that exposure to nighttime traffic noise not only disturbs sleep, but also may result in impaired neurobehavioural performance the next morning.

Train noise was ranked number one for waking and disturbing sleepers, followed by automobile traffic and airplane noise. However, when tested the next morning, sleepers' neurobehavioural performance was equally impaired by all three types of noise. Being exposed to more than one type of these noises did not increase their negative impact.

Researchers caution that children, the elderly, shift workers, and people who suffer from chronic medical conditions are most impacted by sleep disturbances. One solution may be to use white noise generated by fans or special machines to mask traffic noise.

Q: The number of hours we sleep has no effect on our weight. True or false?

TRUE and FALSE: If we want to lose body fat, researchers tell us we need to get a good night's sleep. In a small study, 10 women were put on a 1,450-calorie-a-day diet for 14 days and slept 8.5 hours a night. During this period, they lost 6.6 pounds of weight, made up of 3.1 pounds of fat and 3.3 pounds of fat-free body mass.

For another 14 days, caloric restriction was the same, but subjects slept for 5.5 hours a night. Weight loss was identical in both periods. However, during the period of restricted sleep, the women lost 1.3 pounds of fat and 5.3 pounds of fat-free body mass.

Adequate sleep also helped control the dieters' hunger by maintaining low levels of the hormone ghrelin that triggers feelings of hunger.

Q: Staying up late doesn't harm our health as much as pulling an all-nighter. True or false?

FALSE: In a recent study on rats, researchers restricted the animals' sleep to four hours a night for five nights. The effect on the rats' brains was similar to the effect of acute total sleep deprivation, what we experience when we pull an all-nighter.

We assume that we can always catch up on sleep, but researchers caution that a lack of sleep can be harmful. Even mild sleep restriction for a couple of nights can detrimentally affect a person's ability to perform cognitive tasks, such as work-related tasks or driving.

When researchers measured the rats' brain waves, they discovered that slow wave activity increased even while the rats were awake, indicating a need for sleep.

Research has also shown that restricted sleep can increase our resistance to insulin, which can increase our risk of developing diabetes.

Ellen Niemer is an editor at alive who likes to relax with a good book before she turns out the lights.

Natural sleep aids
Melatonin
Used to decrease the time it takes to fall asleep, melatonin increases feelings of sleepiness and may increase the length of time slept. Studies show that melatonin is safe to take for periods of up to three months. Fast-release melatonin may be more effective than the slow-release type.

5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP)
This amino acid may reduce insomnia; it plays a role in the biosynthesis of serotonin and melatonin from tryptophan.

Camomile
Taken as a tincture or a tea, camomile has been used for centuries as a soothing sleep aid. It is also noted for its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties

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Star light, star bright...

2011-11-12T07:35:00.001-08:00

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How lovely are the portals of the night,
When stars come out to watch the daylight die.

~Thomas Cole

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Dream Weaver

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That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets
and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.

~ Nicholas Sparks

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but first...

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Sleeping Beauty

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Cats sleep anywhere; any table, any chair, top of piano, window ledge,
in the middle ... on the edge.

~Eleanor Farjeon

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Dreams are...

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Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams? ~Lord Alfred Tennyson

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While You Are Sleeping

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This Morning

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Napping in a Monet

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Dream On...

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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. ~Anatole France

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Sleepy Time

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Dare to Dream

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In bed my real love has always been the
sleep that rescued me by allowing me to dream.

~Luigi Pirandello

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Pretty Pink Bedroom

2011-10-31T09:15:00.001-07:00

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She got it all, she got it all, she got it all in her pink bedroom. ~ Rosanne Cash

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Wrap your troubles in dreams - Dean Martin

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Understanding Normal Sleep

2011-10-29T06:50:00.001-07:00

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A normal nights sleep has three main parts.

• Quiet sleep. This is divided into stages 1-4. Each stage becomes more 'deep'. Quiet sleep is sometimes called deep sleep.

• REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. REM sleep is when the brain is very active, but the body is limp apart from the eyes which move rapidly. Most dreaming occurs during REM sleep.

• Short periods of waking for 1-2 minutes.

Each night, about 4-5 periods of quiet sleep alternate with 4-5 periods of REM sleep. In addition, several short periods of waking for 1-2 minutes occur about every two hours or so, but occur more frequently towards the end of the nights sleep. The graph below shows a typical normal pattern of sleep in a young adult.
Normally, you do not remember the times that you wake if they last less than two minutes. If you are distracted during the wakeful times (for example, a partner snoring, traffic noise, fear of being awake, etc), then the wakeful times tend to last longer, and you are more likely to remember them.

What is insomnia?
Insomnia means poor sleep. About 1 in 5 adults do not get as much sleep as they would like. Poor sleep can mean:

• not being able to get off to sleep.
• waking up too early.
• waking for long periods in the night.
• not feeling refreshed after a nights sleep.

If you have poor sleep, you may be tired in the daytime, have reduced concentration, become irritable, or just not function well.

What is a normal amount of sleep?
Different people need different amounts of sleep. Some people function well and are not tired during the day with just 3-4 hours sleep a night. Most people need more than this. To need 6-8 hours per night is average. Most people establish a pattern that is normal for them in their early adult life. However, as you become older it is normal to sleep less. Many people in their 70s sleep less than six hours per night.

So, everyone is different. What is important is that the amount of sleep that you get is sufficient for you, and that you usually feel refreshed and not sleepy during the daytime. Therefore, the strict medical definition of insomnia is "a persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep, leading to impairment of daytime functioning".

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All Tuckered Out

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Morning Has Broken

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One Yawn

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It just takes one yawn to start other yawns off. ~Dr. Seuss

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I Need My Monster

2011-10-24T08:27:00.001-07:00

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A unique monster-under-the-bed story with the perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this picture book relies on the power of humor over fear, appeals to a child’s love for creatures both alarming and absurd, and glorifies the scope of a child’s imagination.
One night, when Ethan checks under his bed for his monster, Gabe, he finds a note from him instead: "Gone fishing. Back in a week." Ethan knows that without Gabe’s familiar nightly scares he doesn't stand a chance of getting to sleep, so Ethan interviews potential substitutes to see if they've got the right equipment for the job—pointy teeth, sharp claws, and a long tail—but none of them proves scary enough for Ethan.

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To Sleep...

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Another Day is Dawning

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'The streetlamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning.'

~ Cats the Musical

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Day & Night

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What I take from my nights, I add to my days. ~Leon de Rotrou

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Good Night Notepad

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Set your little one on the path to journal keeping with this cute tablet.

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Good Night Notepad

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Set your little one on the path to journal keeping with this cute tablet.

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Dream On...

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I fell asleep reading a dull book and dreamed I kept on reading,
so I awoke from sheer boredom.

~Heinrich Heine

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Catching some ZZZ's

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Most beds sleep up to six cats, ten without the owner. ~Stephen Baker

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Your Own Big Bed

2011-10-17T08:44:00.001-07:00

This well-designed title sends a comforting message to children facing the transition to a big-kid bed. Through comparisons to the animal world, Bergstein shows preschoolers that each step in their growth is natural and universal, and her direct address to young listeners adds to the story’s reassuring, intimate tone.

The cyclical story line echoes the soothing sounds and rhythms in the simple words, while Hartung’s careful blue palette portrays nighttime as restful and inviting rather than scary. A lovely, sensitive offering. ~Gillian Engberg

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To sleep...

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Flying In My Dreams...

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It's all about the blanket.
Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.

~Kate Moss

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Your Hair Reveals Whether You're a Morning Person

2011-10-12T07:33:00.001-07:00

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Early bird or late riser? The mysteries of your sleep cycle may be unlocked by the hairs on your head, a new study says.

That's because the genes that regulate our body clocks can be found in hair-follicle cells, researchers have discovered.

(See "Secrets of Sleeping Soundly Uncovered.")

A tiny portion of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus controls the human body clock, and RNA strands—protein-building chains of molecules—process these signals throughout the body in 24-hour cycles. (Get a genetics overview.)

Predicting Morning People

RNA strands containing the clock genes are found throughout the body—including in white blood cells and the inside of the mouth—but human hair is easiest for scientists to test.

So Makoto Akashi, of the Research Institute for Time Studies at Yamaguchi University in Japan, and colleagues pulled head and beard hairs from four test subjects at three-hour intervals for a full day. The subjects had already reported their preferred schedules for waking up and eating, among other lifestyle choices. (Take National Geographic magazine's sleep quiz.)

The test day occurred after the subjects had rigorously adhered to their preferred schedules for nine days—in other words, the morning people woke up early every day, and the late sleepers woke up late every day.

When the researchers tested the genes in the subjects' follicles, they found that body-clock gene activity peaked right after a subject had woken up, regardless of whether it was 6 a.m. or 10 a.m.

This suggests that the brain "turns on" the genes at different times of the morning in different people.

Other clock genes followed similar patterns, making it possible to predict "morning people" with just a pluck, the study said.

"Clock Gene" Tests to Give Health Warnings?

While most people may already know if they prefer to sleep in or wake up early, the new research might also provide insights into human health, researchers say. (See a human-body interactive.)

Disorders of the body clock have been implicated in high blood pressure, diabetes—even cancer. (Read about why we sleep in National Geographic magazine.)

The researchers also studied the hairs of rotating shift workers, who are at greater risk for body-clock disorders, for three weeks. Over that amount of time, the workers alternated from an early work shift (6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.) to a late shift (3:00 p.m. to midnight).

But the three-week period wasn't enough time for the workers' internal clocks to readjust, according to measurements of follicle genes.

Even though the workers' lifestyle was shifted by seven hours, the clock-gene activity in their follicles shifted by only two hours—suggesting shift workers live in a state of jet lag, the study said.

The follicle test could be used to develop "working conditions that do not disturb clock function" by building in enough time to adjust, the authors wrote.

A noninvasive check for a clock disorder could serve as an early warning system, Akashi said: "I hope that our method will be used for regular health checks in schools and companies to keep healthy clocks."

Rachel Kaufman
for National Geographic News

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The Morning Climbs

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Look to the East, where up the lucid sky
The morning climbs! The day shall yet be fair.

~Celia Thaxter

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The Beast Awakens

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Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.

~ Anonymous

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Moonlit Magic

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Darkness wraps the earth with slumber. ~Pushkin

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Night Shadows

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Out of the shadows of night
The world rolls into light.

~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Reclaiming Your Bed

2011-10-06T06:50:00.001-07:00

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Drs. Oz and Breus firmly believe you need 7 hours of sleep a night; good health depends not just on how long you sleep, it's how good your rest is as well. Dangers of disrupted sleep can include diabetes, obesity and in women, heart problems. In fact, if you're getting 5 hours of sleep a night, your chances for all these conditions increase by 50%.

Follow this plan to kick out the kids and embrace your REM.

Step 1: Get Rid of the Guilt

Do not try to make up for your own feelings of guilt by allowing kids to stay up later or letting them sleep in your bed. If you start this habit, you should be prepared for pattern to last 3 years. Instead, spend quality time together - preferably something that involves the whole family and physical activity. You'll all get the exercise you need and feel more tired from it!

Step 2: Set The Stage

A happy, healthy night's sleep starts with daytime activities. Talk with your children about bedroom expectations; mommies and daddies sleep in their room while kids sleep in theirs. A helpful activity to help set the sleeping stage is to role play by putting their toys to sleep.

Step 3: Take the Path of Most Resistance

When parents are exhausted, the tendency is to follow the path of least resistance. However, doing what's easiest to get your child back to sleep (like letting them sleep with you) is not what's healthiest for you or the child. Once you start sleep training, bed sharing must end entirely and immediately. There are no negotiations.

After a nightly disturbance, walk children back to their own bed. Yes, there may be sobs, screams and begging, but you must not cave in.

Step 4 - Bet on Bribery

A small investment for a good night's sleep can work wonders. Create a chart that chronicles sleeping behavior and rewards. A small, inexpensive reward can be given after a night in bed; at the end of the week, if the goal number of nights has been met, reward the entire family with a favorite activity.

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Theres No Such Thing as Monsters

2011-10-05T07:52:00.001-07:00

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Little Bear is beyond excited. And Big Bear is, too. For the first time ever, each is sleeping in his own bedroom, as all big bears do. But when Little Bear snuggles down to sleep without Big Bear, everything feels different. Is that a monster he sees and footsteps he hears? Who's slowly opening the door...?

 In this going-to-bed story beset by runaway imaginations, these brothers and "best buds" show their mutual care and concern for the other until both fall fast asleep. 

Pedler's illustrations in bold, primary colour practically leap off the page in a book honoring this childhood rite of passage. 

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Sleep Well

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Takers may eat well but givers sleep well. ~Bert Jacobs

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Sweet Dreams

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Bed, book...

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Bed + Book = Bliss

~ Linda Nickerson

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Sleepytime Tunes: Lullaby Tribute To Dave Matthews Band

2011-09-29T08:59:00.001-07:00

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My son just turned a year old last week and we listened to this CD almost every single night of his entire first year.
The melodies and music are so soft and soothing and if you're a DMB fan, that's just a bonus! I LOVE THIS CD!

Review by MiMi

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To Dream

2011-09-28T08:52:00.001-07:00

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You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning. ~Billy Wilder

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Mr. Sandman - Chet Atkins

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Yoga in Bed: Awaken Body, Mind & Spirit in Fifteen Minutes

2011-09-24T08:44:00.001-07:00

An introduction to breathing exercises and simple postures, this guidebook helps yogis awaken and focus the body and mind each morning.
With no yoga class to drive to, no teacher to find, and no special clothing needed, this unique way to practice is a perfect fit for today’s high-energy, fast-paced life.

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Sing me to sleep...

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Resting

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Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. ~Jules Renard

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Longevity

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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity.
"I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it's because most nights
I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried."

~Dorothea Kent

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Bed: A Novel

2011-09-20T06:45:00.001-07:00

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A darkly funny and surprisingly tender debut novel about two brothers, one of whom refuses to leave his bed on his 25th birthday.

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Dreamless Sleep

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Looks like another silent night
Above your deep and dreamless sleep
A giant star lights up the sky

~Casting Crowns

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A Child’s Nap Is More Complicated Than It Looks

2011-09-18T09:33:00.001-07:00

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What makes a child nap? Most parents cherish toddlers’ naps as moments of respite and recharging, for parent and child alike; we are all familiar with the increased crankiness that comes when a nap is unduly delayed or evaded. But napping behavior has been somewhat taken for granted, even by sleep scientists, and napping problems have often been treated by pediatricians as parents’ “limit-setting” problems.
Now, researchers are learning that it is not so simple: napping in children actually is a complex behavior, a mix of individual biology, including neurologic and hormonal development, cultural expectations and family dynamics.

To learn more, read the full column, “A Child’s Nap Is More Complicated Than It Looks”

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Sleepytime Tunes: Bruce Springsteen Lullaby

2011-09-17T10:00:00.000-07:00

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Lullaby-style instrumental versions of Springsteen songs.

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Sleep, sleep...

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

2011-09-14T08:08:00.001-07:00

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are!

When the blazing sun has gone,
and the darkness comes along,
then you shine your little light.
Twinkle, twinkle all the night.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how I wonder what you are!

Lyrical adaptations and performance by A.J. Jenkins

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Switching on the Moon

2011-09-13T07:57:00.001-07:00

From the hoot of an owl to the horns of the city, from children giggling in the bath to the hushed notes of a lullaby, here is an exquisite anthology that captures the universal poetry of bedtime.
Beautifully illustrated by G. Brian Karas with richness and whimsy, 'Switching on the Moon' is the perfect book to share with a child to usher in a night of sweet dreams.

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When I yawn...

2011-09-12T08:02:00.001-07:00

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When I yawn I feel so strange
 With little prickles in my brain.
 My eyes begin to slowly weep
 It makes me really want to sleep.
 And then my mouth opens large 
Wide enough to fit a barge. 
And once I'm done I feel refreshed
 Unless at night when I need rest.

~ Gareth Lancaster

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Sleeping Wallpapers

2011-09-11T08:42:00.001-07:00

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Free Sleeping wallpapers and Sleeping backgrounds for your computer desktop.

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I need my sleep...

2011-09-09T08:58:00.001-07:00

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Some people can't sleep because they have insomnia.
I can't sleep because I have Internet connection.

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A Long Sleep

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Happy Sleep

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Sweet Dreams

2011-09-06T13:21:00.001-07:00

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The stars on high are shining bright--
Sweet dreams, my darling, sleep well...good night!

~Mem Fox

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Brahms' Lullaby

2011-09-05T11:17:00.001-07:00

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Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
Around your head flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

Close your eyes now and rest
May these hours be blessed

Bonne nuit cher enfant
Dans tes langes blanches
Repose joyeux en rêvant des cieux

Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te réveilleras
Quand le jour reviendra
Tu te réveilleras

Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
Around your head flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

~Johannes Brahms

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It's Only a Paper Moon - James Taylor

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Debussy at Dawn

2011-09-03T07:36:00.001-07:00

A Soothing Sunrise Serenade

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Thoughts On Naps

2011-09-02T08:58:00.001-07:00

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Just one hour- 
in a long day
 is it all it takes
 to make the yawns go away.

If I get a chance
 I try to take a break. 
A simple little cat nap
 is what I sneak off to take.

I stretch out my body
 to let my bones rest. 
When it comes to sleeping
 I like naps the best.

Naps are great
 just about anytime.
 It is like re-energizing 
and I feel fine.

I have slept for minutes 
I have slept for hours. 
Even small naps are relaxing.
 They have so much power.

by Laura Leigh Fields

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Thoughts On Naps

2011-09-02T08:52:00.001-07:00

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Just one hour- in a long day
 is it all it takes
 to make the yawns go away.

If I get a chance
 I try to take a break. 
A simple little cat nap
 is what I sneak off to take.

I stretch out my body
 to let my bones rest. 
When it comes to sleeping I like naps the best.

Naps are great 
just about anytime.
 It is like re-energizing and I feel fine.

I have slept for minutes
 I have slept for hours.
 Even small naps are relaxing. 
They have so much power.

by Laura Leigh Fields

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The Day Dream Land

2011-08-30T07:43:00.001-07:00

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I fly and I fly to my daydream land,
I fly and I fly till the sun goes down,
I fly and I fly till the moon comes up,
And then I fly back home.
And then I fly back home.

~lyrics by Jewel

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With every rising of the sun...

2011-08-29T07:36:00.001-07:00

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Moonshadow - Cat Stevens

2011-08-28T07:35:00.001-07:00

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How to Dream What You Want

2011-08-27T10:13:00.001-07:00

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Imagine what each morning would feel like if every night you knew how to dream what you wanted to dream about. One night you’re dreaming about a fabulous trip to an exotic location and the next night you dream about finally starting that exercise program you’ve been putting off.
Could you wake up each morning tingling with excitement about the possibilities each new day presents?

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Morning Light

2011-08-26T08:45:00.001-07:00

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There never was night that had no morn. ~Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

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Designer Bedrooms

2011-08-25T07:28:00.001-07:00

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Bedrooms come in all styles, shapes, and sizes, so how do you design your own? We've got your inspiration here.
With more than 80 bedrooms (and styles) to choose from, there's an idea for everyone.

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Designer Bedrooms - House Beautiful

2011-08-25T07:23:00.001-07:00

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Bedrooms come in all styles, shapes, and sizes, so how do you design your own? We've got your inspiration here.
With more than 80 bedrooms (and styles) to choose from, there's an idea for everyone.

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Goodnight Magic Moon

2011-08-23T08:44:00.001-07:00

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One starry evening, Mummy tells Nibbles about the magical Moon Mice, who nibble away at the moon each night, and then help it to grow back again. So when Nibbles shares his delicious moon-cheese with Mrs Eldermouse, he wonders if the Moon Mice will work their magic on his special cheese.
Nibbles learns all about the magic moon and the magic of sharing in this special bedtime story.

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Night...

2011-08-22T09:06:00.001-07:00

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Night with her train of stars
And her great gift of sleep.

~William Ernest Henley

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Dreams of...

2011-08-21T10:26:00.001-07:00

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Rock-a-bye Baby

2011-08-19T08:29:00.001-07:00

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Rock-a-bye baby, on the treetop
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
And down will come baby, cradle and all

Rock-a-bye, baby,
Your cradle is green,
Father's a King
And Mother's a queen.
Sister's a Lady
And wears a gold ring,
Brother's a drummer
And plays for the king.

Rock-a-bye baby,
Way up on high,
Never mind baby,
Mother is 'nigh
Up to the ceiling,
Down to the ground,
Rock-a-bye baby,
Up hill and down.

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Coolest 'Sleeping Pods' for some serious napping.

2011-08-18T08:56:00.001-07:00

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People just love to isolate themselves from their environment during or after a tough day at work with lights, music and a relaxing posture to take pressure off the heart and troubled mind.
Advocates, such as Winston Churchill, Leonardo Da Vinci and Albert Einstein, have preached the benefits of a power-nap and we second their thought.

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My Dream Journal

2011-08-17T08:34:00.001-07:00

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'My Dream Journal' is a notebook so perfect it could only be made better by tucking a sprig of lavender onto its title page and inscribing it 'forever'.

Made of fine paper and colors assembled to inspire. The author, dream expert Charles Phillips, guides and informs whoever partakes of it through an adventure of the mind.
This makes a perfect gift for a writer, anyone else who journals or is interested in exploring the mysteries of the mind.

~Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson

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The Land of Nod

2011-08-16T05:56:00.001-07:00

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I really wish Mike and Joe would stop drawing on me while I'm sleeping.

~Chester Bennington

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Sleeping...

2011-08-14T11:02:00.001-07:00

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You can't look at a sleeping cat and be tense. ~Jane Pauley

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Stay Awake

2011-08-13T08:45:00.001-07:00

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Moonbeam

2011-08-12T11:57:00.001-07:00

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Beds

2011-08-11T09:01:00.001-07:00

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I wish outer space guys would conquer
the Earth and make people their pets,
because I'd like to have one of those
little beds with my name on it.

~Jack Handy

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Bedtime

2011-08-10T08:53:00.001-07:00

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Three meals plus bedtime make four sure blessings a day. ~Mason Cooley

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Rise and Shine Crossword Puzzles: 75 Puzzles to Start Your Day

2011-08-09T09:01:00.001-07:00

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Wake up with the New York Times Crosswords! There's no better way to start your day than relaxing with New York Times crossword puzzles.
This collection features:
-75 of the Times' best puzzles, perfect for solvers of all skill levels
-Portable format is perfect for travel or solving at home
-Edited by the biggest name in crosswords, Will Shortz.

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Reading in Bed

2011-08-08T09:08:00.001-07:00

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Knowing you have something good to read before bed
is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

~Vladimir Nabokov

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