How creating routine for your toddler fosters better sleep
21 Feb, 2021 07:07 PM
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A few small tweaks to your toddler routine can create a more harmonious household for all. Photo / Getty Images
A few small tweaks to your toddler routine can create a more harmonious household for all. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
For the past year, the pandemic has affected many families sleep routines and our children have had less normality then ever.
Maybe your toddler s bedtime has lacked consistency, mealtimes have become a fridge-raiding free-for-all, or the lack of consistency with on/off lockdowns has left your kids anxious. Endless factors can lead to a grumpy toddler at bedtime.
Nun at the prayer vigil for consecrated life in St. Peter s Basilica, Jan. 28, 2016. (Credit: Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA)
This Feast of the Lord’s Presentation in the Temple has been observed for many years now as an occasion to acknowledge the contributions of Religious to the life of the Church. That day was chosen by Pope John Paul II precisely because on that day the Infant Christ is proclaimed as a “light for the nations” and the late Holy Father – along with the whole Church – saw Religious as particularly responsible for bearing that light of Christ to the Church and to the world, giving us an opportunity to thank God for the life and witness of those in consecrated life and also to pray for many more young men and women to join their ranks.
By Kathy Chouteau
Ever since she was a little girl growing up in the Richmond View neighborhood, Gina Rose dreamed of making films. Next month, the rising African American and Chinese American filmmakerâs dream will become a reality when her first feature film, âI Canât Sleep,â will be screened at The 46th Annual Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival set for Feb. 10-15, 2021. Aside from showing her film at the virtual festival, Rose will sit on one of its pre-recorded panels for female directors.
To check out the filmâs trailer, click here.
Roseâa one-time Mira Vista studentâwrote, directed and produced the 62-minute film that tells the story of a young writer who struggles to complete a science fiction story while battling supernatural forces in real life. In what she calls mico-budget filmmaking, Rose self-funded her film by saving $10,000 from her job as a mental health professional. For filming, the now-Oakland resident returned to familiar ground by s
Victor LaValle
was born February 3, 1972 in Manhattan and grew up in Queens. He earned an English degree from Cornell University and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Columbia University.
His debut collection was
The Ecstatic was published in 2002, followed by Shirley Jackson Award winner
Big Machine (2009), Shirley Jackson Award finalist
The Devil in Silver (2012), and World Fantasy and British Fantasy Award winner
The Changeling (2017), also a Shirley Jackson Award finalist. Lovecraftian novella
The Ballad of Black Tom (2016) won British Fantasy and Shirley Jackson Awards and was a finalist for Hugo, World Fantasy, Sturgeon Memorial, and Nebula Awards. He also wrote Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel