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5. Don’t worry or plan in bed.
When lying in bed at night, don’t worry or plan for the next day. Set aside another time of the day to do these things. If you start thinking and worrying when you get in bed, get up. Don’t head back to bed until you feel your thoughts won’t interfere with falling asleep. Thinking in bed is a habit, and one that you can break.

6. Use your bed only for sleep.
Don’t do anything but sleep in your bed. That is, don’t engage in other activities, such as eating, watching television, or paying bills in your bed (romance is allowed).

7. Avoid naps.
If you have insomnia, taking a nap will make it difficult to fall asleep at bedtime. So, no naps.

c. 2007, Jodi A. Mindell, Ph.D.
from Sleep Deprived No More: From Pregnancy to Early Motherhood, Helping You and Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, published by Marlowe and Company. Reprinted by arrangement with Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group. All rights reserved.

The author of Sleep Deprived No More: From Pregnancy to Early Motherhood, Helping You and Your Baby Sleep Through the Night, “The Sleep Doctor” Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., is the associate director of the Sleep Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of psychology at Saint Joseph’s University. She has been widely featured in the media, including NBC’s “Today” show, the New York Times and Parents magazine. Jodi is also on the advisory board of the National Sleep Foundation.


   
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