Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins
A Step-by-Step Program for Sleep-Training Your Multiples
Chapter One
The Importance of Sleep for the Whole Family
There’s nothing like a good night’s sleep to help us cope with the challenges of each new day. Most of us define “good sleep” as having to do with the duration and the depth of rest we get; it’s about both quantity and quality. There is actually more that goes into the definition of “good sleep,” and that is the subject of chapter 2. For the moment, I want to turn your attention more generally to why sleep matters so much.
The expression “sleep like a baby” refers to that deep, peaceful sleep that we observe in babies. But as parents of most infants know, it’s often the case that those charmingly serene little sleepers can pop awake and stay awake and can also have a terrible time getting to their needed slumber in the first place.
“Needed” is the operative word here; babies need quality ...
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