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Mommy Monday: Child development is not a linear process.

sciencewoman | November 26, 2007

Introduction: A wise friend has told me more than once that "child development is not a linear process." For example, teeth come in batches, often in fours separated by a few months of non-teething. As another example, just because Minnow is sleeping peacefully in her crib as I started to type this doesn't mean that she will be a peaceful sleeper the next night. As a matter of fact, our journey toward the mythical sleeping through the night* has been anything but peaceful...and anything but linear. Null Hypothesis: Child development, specifically duration of night-time sleep, is not a…