Tuesday, January 10, 2012

There are 854 results for books about "toddler sleep" on Amazon.com

I've read a few of them.

This.  This is the jackpot of toddler parenting
We joke that girl is a natural born sleep fighter.  But last night was the second in a row where she fell asleep half way through Amos & Boris... at 7:30pm.  Before you run out and buy a copy of Amos & Boris for every insomniac/ parent - the stupid science of this sweet gift occurs when she skips her nap.  I'm guessing we are in the netherland zone which will eventually result in no nap - as it stands now the nap happens about 50% of the time.  The great inconvenient truth is that kids basically sleep when they are tired.  Of course, it's our job to present a predictable schedule and encourage sleep at the right times.   But so far I've had little luck forcing this small person to do anything.  Not to say I haven't been known to utter through clenched teeth, "please close your eyes and close your mouth", as 9 pm rolls around and I'm being serenaded with mashups of Old MacDon (sic), the preschool goodbye song and Skinnamarink...

Amos & Boris happens to be a pretty awesome book - it's about a journey, a friendship and about how having an open heart can change, maybe even save, your life.  It's sweet.  According to The New York Times Book Review -- "The book is funny and earnest, pellucid and profound."

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for suggestion. How wonderful to see the lovely pictures and descriptions. # 3 coming up. Parker just had a son on August 1, so I'm all about babies and toddlers! So nice to see your family Laura...it's been a long time!

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