Nearly every newsletter on health, national newspapers columns on skin beauty, and talking TV heads emphatically stress the benefits of sleep. The 2013 International Bedroom Poll – National Sleep Foundation, is the first international sleep habits poll, http://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-polls-data/other-polls/2013-international-bedroom-poll , and it noted cultural differences among six countries, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan. In the U.S. the average hours of sleep is 6 hours and 31 minutes. Only 44% of those polled report that they get an adequate night’s sleep.
Sleeping has been a challenge for me since I was born. My mother, in her own sweet little way, never stopped pointing out that from the time I arrived home from the hospital, I cried most of the night as an infant. I really cannot confirm or deny those assertions. I do remember that she would come into my room as a young children and pat me on my back, singing this lullaby.
LITTLE MAN YOU’VE HAD A BUSY DAY (1946 LYRICS) LYRICS – PERRY COMO// //
time for daddy’s little man to hear his lullaby . . . )
Little man you’re cryin’, I know why you’re blue,
Someone took your kiddy-car away,
Better go to sleep now,
Little man you’ve had a busy day . . .
Johnny won your marbles, tell you what we’ll do,
Dad will get you new ones right away,
Better go to sleep now,
Little man you’ve had a busy day . . . You’ve been playin’ soldier, the battle has been won,
The enemy is out of sight,
Come along there soldier, put away your gun,
The war is over for tonight . . . Time you stop your schemin’, time your day was through,
Can’t you hear the bugle softly say?
Life Gets Better 