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End-Sleepless-Nights:-12-Point-Sleep-Like-A-Toddler-Plan

By: Liz Beresford

Wouldn't you love to put an end to those sleepless nights and tired days? If you are ready to make a few simple changes in your life you can. Sleep is natural and necessary so unless you are being disturbed by a snoring partner or a crying baby you can start sleeping again.

How did you sleep when your were a little child? Maybe your Mom gave you a sleeping pill to get you off to sleep at night? No? So what do little kids do that lets them sleep so well? For a start they go to bed when they are tired and they don't lie there worrying about the day.

Toddlers sleep until they have had enough sleep, not until the alarm clock drags them from their slumber. They don't feel stressed by long hours of work and they don't smoke or drink coffee and colas. Lets see what else are toddlers doing right? Exercise! Yes, a toddler keeps going all day, you don't see many couch potatoes in that age group.

Can you see a few problems with our grown up lifestyles? Ever since Edison invented the light bulb its been downhill all the way. He and his successors made it possible for us to keep going 24 hours a day. Night and day make no impact when we can simply turn on the lights. Its not realistic to think we can go back to the days before electric lights, computers, mobile phones and all the rest, but we can take a few pointers from our past.

See if you can make these simple changes in your lifestyle so that you can sleep better every night. This is your "Sleep Like A Toddler 12 Point Plan"

1. No caffeine after 4.00pm

2. No smoking or nicotine replacements in the late evening.

3. Have a glass a milky drink and a small carbohydrate snack at bedtime.

4. Try to include 30 minutes exercise every day, but don't do it in the evening.

5. Stop working at least an hour before bedtime and never take work to bed.

6. Minimize light an hour before bedtime, this includes closing down your computer.

7. Relax in bed and don't allow yourself to think about problems.

8. Learn and practice some relaxation exercises such as meditation or PMR

9. Go to bed at the same time every night and early enough to give you 8 hours sleep.

10. At the weekend and go to bed and get up at the same time as you do during the week.

11. While regulating your sleep don't stay out late even on social occasions.

12. Don't use sleeping pills, they impair you more than tiredness does.

If you carry out these tips you will surely be sleeping a lot more like a toddler than you are right now.

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