Quotes About Bedtime

As you put your children to bed, spend at least three minutes of private time, after books and bathroom and teeth-brushing, and ask them to tell you one thing they did that they appreciate themselves for and one thing someone else did that they are thankful for. You

One of the best things about marriage is that it gets young people to bed at a decent hour.

Homer and Candy passed by the empty and brightly lit dispensary; they peeked into Nurse Angela's empty office. Homer knew better than to peek into the delivery room when the light was on. From the dormitory, they could hear Dr. Larch's reading voice. Although Candy held tightly to his hand, Homer was inclined to hurry – in order not to miss the bedtime story.

That moment when you go to bed and all of your strength drains out of you in tears.

Remember, sleep training means starting to respect your baby's need to sleep when he is a newborn by anticipating when he will need to sleep (within one to two hours of wakefulness), learning to recognize drowsy signs, and developing a bedtime routine. Then your baby will not become overtired.

The goal is to recognize and respect your child's need to sleep and not do things that interfere with the natural sleep process.

many children suffering from insufficient sleep appear fine during most of the day, only to exhibit the symptoms listed below as the sleep tank begins to go dry near the end of the day (4:00–5:00 p.m. for children under the age of 3 years, and 5:00–7:00 p.m. for children 3 years and older). This is known as the "witching hour.

In one study, when children learned how to cope with frustration during the day, they were observed to settle themselves better at bedtime and later at night when they awoke.

There are three important components to getting a child to go to sleep at night. The child must be: 1. Tired 2. Quiet 3. Relaxed

drowsy at an earlier hour. Nevertheless, try to soothe your baby to sleep at an earlier hour even if she does not show

In 9- to 16-year-olds, the timing of sleep, not just sleep duration, makes a big difference. Even when the sleep duration is the same, those children who went to bed later did less vigorous exercise each day and had more periods of physical inactivity than children with an earlier bedtime.

Remember, late bedtimes usually cause less night sleep. In addition, sleeping out of phase with the body's natural rhythms, as shift workers do or as travelers do when crossing time zones, is as unhealthy as jet lag syndrome.

I remember how at night I didn't have slow, sweet talks, but merely rushed the children to bed so I could have more time to myself.

I don't remember my father reading to me, but I remember him telling me bedtime stories. I got to pick what was in them, and then he'd make them up.

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.

I love sleep, but I hate going to bed early.

Ma seule consolation, quand je montais me coucher, était que maman viendrait m'embrasser quand je serais dans mon lit. Mais ce bonsoir durait si peu de temps, elle redescendait si vite, que le moment où je l'entendais monter, puis où passait dans le couloir à double porte le bruit léger de sa robe de jardin en mousseline bleue, à laquelle pendaient de petits cordons de paille tressée, était pour moi un moment douloureux.

Goodnight stars, goodnight air, goodnight noises everywhere.

In the great green room, there was a telephone And a red balloon And a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...

Meself I like a breath of air before I go to bed, same as I like a bite o' cheese or something before I take me teeth out.

When you say 'Bedtime, bedtime, bedtime!' that's not what the child hears. What the child hears is 'Lie down in the dark... for hours... and don't move... I'm locking the door now.'

It's four A.M.! Who goes to bed this early!?

Look guys, if you're just going to stare at me, I'm going to bed!

The hardest people to convince they are at retirement age are children at bedtime.