The No-Cry Nap Solution Quotes

“new studies tell us that babies should not be left to sleep for long spans in a car seat because the positioning can also interfere with proper breathing.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“After your baby wakes up, keep him active and exposed to bright light. Tone down the activity, lights, and noise about a half hour before naptime to help your baby wind down and prepare for sleep. Keep the napping area dimly lit and free from loud or jarring noises.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Create a cozy resting place with a blanket and pillow. Dim the lights or turn them off, and unplug any phones or devices that could disturb the peace. Turn on soft music or white noise. Sprinkle lavender scents and then bring your child to this restful room. Get your child settled and give him a massage or read a book, sing, or tell a story.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“gentle touch as a way to help them rest and relax. Massage is also proved to stimulate circulation, digestion, and neurological development. It”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“The best foods to aid rest are whole-grain carbohydrates, green leafy vegetables, cow's milk, soy milk, bananas, avocadoes, nuts, nut butters, seeds, and warm milk And, of course, the award-winning rest-inducing food: breast milk.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“The aromas of lavender, chamomile, jasmine, sweet orange, and vanilla have long been used to entice relaxation.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“fill the Hush Hour with gentle, relaxing music or white noise (a recording of rainfall, ocean waves, or static sound). This music or white noise can be comforting and also mask any noises that can distract your child,”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“the benefits that subsequent stages of sleep would bring him, such as an increase in alertness, improved motor skills, a boost to his immune system, regulation of his appetite, release of tension, restoration of energy, and a stabilizing effect on his behavior and mood.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Typically, between the ages of twelve and twenty-four months, toddlers switch from two daily naps to one.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Other good prenap choices are milk, cottage cheese, hard cheese, yogurt, bananas, avocadoes, soy milk, tofu, soybeans, eggs, and of course the ultimate sleep-inducing food, breast milk.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Another way to help an active child slow down to allow tiredness to set in is to use a relaxation technique such as massage or yoga.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“take fifteen to thirty minutes to help him transition from the activity of the day to the relaxed state needed for sleep.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Another technique is to sit beside the bed and lay your hands on him. If your baby stirs, you can pat, rub, or shush him to prevent him from fully waking.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Read, listen, and learn constantly, but always sift what you learn through the strainer of your own personal beliefs and parenting philosophy.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Address only those problems that are true problems to you, and don't create or imagine problems because someone else thinks you have them, no matter if that person is family, friend, or expert.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Without a nap break, the homeostatic pressure continues building until the end of the day, growing in intensity, so that a child becomes overtired, wired, and unable to stop the explosion. The result is an intense bedtime battle with a cranky, overtired child who won't fall asleep no matter how tired he is.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“it takes between 90 and 120 minutes for your child to move through one sleep cycle. Each stage of sleep brings a different benefit to the sleeper.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“if your child is not getting close to the amount of sleep on the following chart, he may be "chronically overtired," and this will directly affect his behavior, moods, health, learning, and growth.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“even a one-hour shortage in appropriate sleep time will compromise a child's alertness and brain functioning and increase fatigue.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“Sufficient sleep is also thought to help young brains develop the ability to achieve high levels of abstract thinking.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“When children don't sleep, or don't sleep enough, many things can go wrong. Examples include being so sleepy that they cannot learn or function normally, or having abnormal hormone function, which may predispose them to obesity and diabetes.”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems

“quality naps can make up for lost night sleep—but extra nighttime sleep does not make up for missed naps, as made clear by the homeostatic sleep pressure concept. Therefore, no matter how your child sleeps at night—great sleeper or poor sleeper—his daily naps are critically important to release the rising sleep pressure. Infants have a much shorter span in which”
― Elizabeth Pantley, The No-Cry Nap Solution: Guaranteed Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems: Guaranteed, Gentle Ways to Solve All Your Naptime Problems