Create Healthy Sleep Habits For Restful Sleep

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CREATE HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS FOR RESTFUL SLEEP You and your little (or big) ones can CREATE healthy sleep habits starting tonight! No matter what your sleep journey has been, these are simple, practical, yet evidence-based strategies to improve sleep for the entire family.

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onsisten t sleep a wake tim nd e. This s h o u ld not change t oo much even on the wee kends. A s creatur es of habit, we train our circadian rhythms (body clock) to anticipat e sleep.

Routine

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ep envir onment cool, dar should b k, and no e ise free. tempera Body ture drop s at nigh t and a cool roo m assist s with th process. e A dark r o o m helps th productio e n of mela tonin, th hormone e produce d by you to make r brain you slee p y summer . In the months black ou t shades may help .


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