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Sheena Lovaine Smith Simensen, Oslo, Norway: I live in Oslo in Norway, but I was born in Newcastle Upon Tyne. I have four children and they have all taken their lunchtime nap outside, also during the winter. This moncler outlets usa is the norm here, and they sleep a lot better in the fresh air. The only cheap moncler coats for women days they have not slept outside was if the temperature dropped below 5C (23F), or there have been gale force winds. On those days, the baby’s sleep time has been noticeably shorter. We wrap the babies up in moncler outlet mall layers of wool clothing, and they sleep in a thick wool sleeping bag. On extra cold days, we put on a special cream to protect their skin. They sleep straight outside the window, and are checked regularly. My youngest daughter, Emma Rose, is six months old, and she sleeps, “like a baby”, outside every day. She loves lying in her cosy sleeping bag, snug as a bug, and more often than not, she has to be woken after three hours sleep.
cheap moncler New Zealand born child welfare reformer Sir Frederic Truby King developed his “scientific” childcare regime in the 1920s and became renowned worldwide.
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If a family lacked a garden or balcony, a special cage would be suspended on a ledge, as in this 1925 photograph.
Ann Green, Bristol, UK: My mother, a nurse and then senior charge nurse, always put my brother and I, now aged 74 and 72, outside for a nap unless it was wet, moncler jackets mens foggy or below freezing then we slept in the porch. Fresh air was definitely good for us. Although she was a very loving mother, she believed that womens moncler jackets we needed routine and that she needed time to do household chores and clear up if there had been an air raid the previous night. When I had my three children in 1961 and 1963, I followed the same Truby King routine and have three healthy middle aged children now. Their children have also had their naps outside, but I don’t think this routine will be passed onto their children. It’s an moncler jackets for women “on demand” world now with so many labour saving devices, babies in low buggies which do moncler coats for kids nothing for their spine or bound to car seats.
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