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How Do You Teach Your Toddler Or Young Child Deep Breathing And Visualization To Quickly Fall Asleep?

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How Do You Teach Your Toddler Or Young Child Deep Breathing And Visualization To Quickly Fall Asleep?

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If getting your toddler or young child to sleep is a challenge, you can teach him deep breathing and visualization for a quick trip to dreamland. Lay with your child with the lights out. Tell your child you are going to play a game of make believe. Have your child close his eyes. In a soothing voice, talk to him about a familiar situation. For a toddler, you could blow up balloons for a birthday party, blow out birthday candles, blow bubbles, or blow a whistle. For a little older child you could take a nature walk and blow the fuzzy dandelions away or blow a grass whistle. Quietly and calmly (hypnotically) talk through the situation you have chosen. Make it like an interactive story. Add extra details to keep your child’s interest like picking the color of the balloon. Do everything together so your child will begin to understand what to do. For example, your child picks a red balloon so, “Okay, Mommy is going to blow up a blue balloon.” Take deep breaths together, hold for a couple se

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