{"id":900,"date":"2010-03-09T19:15:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-10T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=900"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:29","slug":"whats-the-deal-with-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/09\/whats-the-deal-with-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the Deal With Sleep?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/09\/whats-the-deal-with-sleep\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Fwhats-the-deal-with-sleep%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>My newest article for <strong><em>Life As A Human<\/em><\/strong> is about your health and wellbeing (and mine). It starts off:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about sleep lately&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To find out why, and how much sleep you really need, read the article here: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeasahuman.com\/2010\/parenting\/to-sleep-perchance-to-dream-how-much-sleep-do-humans-really-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To Sleep, Perchance to Dream: How Much Sleep Do Humans Really Need?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My newest article for Life As A Human is about your health and wellbeing (and mine). 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