Exercise can help you sleep better at night, but not if you start too close to bedtime.

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My husband doesn't see the point of cushions, but tolerates them provided he's allowed to toss them away at bedtime.

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Spot it: Your child is exhausted but won't close her eyes, or suddenly gets a stomachache at bedtime.

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But he had Dickens as bedtime reading, finished high school and went on to study literature at Swarthmore, where after a couple of suspensions he graduated with the best degree.

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At bedtime, I shut Lamby in the living room with my sister, who needs the comfort, but, a moment later, it starts: the sound.

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