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Article: Establishing sleep routines with babies benefits family
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- St. Joseph News-Press
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- February 27, 2005
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To sleep or not to sleep, that is the question. At least, that is
the question a group of St. Joseph parents hoped to answer during a
recent Parents as Teachers "Just for Babies" activity.
Sitting in a circle, 11 parents introduced themselves and their
children, with ages ranging from 6 weeks to almost a year. The
parents didn't know each other, but they all had one thing in common -
a lack of sleep.
For some, nights were the worse, with their children crying at all
hours. For others, establishing a naptime routine was their greatest
hurdle. Marguerite Klassen had an unique dilemma - how to wake up her
15-week-old son, Adam, every morning.
"We're shifting schedules," she says. "I'm getting ...