Craig Canapari MD
@drcraigcanapari.com
Kid sleep expert and the director of the Yale Pediatric Sleep Center. Also the author of, “It’s Never Too Late to Sleep Train”.
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Craig Canapari MD
@drcraigcanapari.com
· Feb 19
Magnesium for Kids’ Sleep: Does It Really Work?
Can magnesium help children sleep better? This article dives into the science behind magnesium for kids’ sleep, its benefits, risks, and whether supplements are necessary.
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Magnesium is one of the most popular sleep supplements right now, so I set out to see if it was actually helpful.
Magnesium is one of the most popular sleep supplements right now, so I set out to see if it was actually helpful.
Why do some kids drop naps early while others cling to them for years?
One theory ties nap transitions to brain development — specifically, how the hippocampus handles memory.
Parents on my viral post shared everything from daycare nap woes to “my kid dropped naps at 2 and remembers everything.”
One theory ties nap transitions to brain development — specifically, how the hippocampus handles memory.
Parents on my viral post shared everything from daycare nap woes to “my kid dropped naps at 2 and remembers everything.”
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Why do some kids drop naps early while others cling to them for years?
One theory ties nap transitions to brain development — specifically, how the hippocampus handles memory.
Parents on my viral post shared everything from daycare nap woes to “my kid dropped naps at 2 and remembers everything.”
One theory ties nap transitions to brain development — specifically, how the hippocampus handles memory.
Parents on my viral post shared everything from daycare nap woes to “my kid dropped naps at 2 and remembers everything.”
When we “fall back,” don’t waste the gift of an extra hour. Go to bed one hour earlier, wake up at your usual time, and keep the new schedule. That simple shift gives you an extra hour of sleep every night through fall and winter. #SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
When we “fall back,” don’t waste the gift of an extra hour. Go to bed one hour earlier, wake up at your usual time, and keep the new schedule. That simple shift gives you an extra hour of sleep every night through fall and winter. #SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
The clocks go back, and suddenly your toddler's up at 5 A.M.
Go to bed later, keep mornings dark, and stay consistent.
Most kids adjust in 3--5 days -- and you can thank Big Candy 🍬 and Big Golf ⛳ for the chaos.
#SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
Go to bed later, keep mornings dark, and stay consistent.
Most kids adjust in 3--5 days -- and you can thank Big Candy 🍬 and Big Golf ⛳ for the chaos.
#SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
October 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The clocks go back, and suddenly your toddler's up at 5 A.M.
Go to bed later, keep mornings dark, and stay consistent.
Most kids adjust in 3--5 days -- and you can thank Big Candy 🍬 and Big Golf ⛳ for the chaos.
#SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
Go to bed later, keep mornings dark, and stay consistent.
Most kids adjust in 3--5 days -- and you can thank Big Candy 🍬 and Big Golf ⛳ for the chaos.
#SleepTips #DaylightSavingTime
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The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.
And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.
This is not about politics. It's about people.
Let’s break it down:
And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.
This is not about politics. It's about people.
Let’s break it down:
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.
And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.
This is not about politics. It's about people.
Let’s break it down:
And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.
This is not about politics. It's about people.
Let’s break it down:
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hoping to see more charts like these enter the discourse tbh
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
hoping to see more charts like these enter the discourse tbh
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Keep picturing Patel dropping the casings in terror after reading “if you read this youre gay”
September 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Keep picturing Patel dropping the casings in terror after reading “if you read this youre gay”
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My thoughts on this dark day.
1/ The beating heart of a free society is the ability for citizens to engage in political life with no fear of violence. Once we lose this freedom, few will step forward, and our entire democratic experiment unwinds into chaos and recrimination.
1/ The beating heart of a free society is the ability for citizens to engage in political life with no fear of violence. Once we lose this freedom, few will step forward, and our entire democratic experiment unwinds into chaos and recrimination.
September 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My thoughts on this dark day.
1/ The beating heart of a free society is the ability for citizens to engage in political life with no fear of violence. Once we lose this freedom, few will step forward, and our entire democratic experiment unwinds into chaos and recrimination.
1/ The beating heart of a free society is the ability for citizens to engage in political life with no fear of violence. Once we lose this freedom, few will step forward, and our entire democratic experiment unwinds into chaos and recrimination.
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At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School
A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said
coloradosun.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
At least three teenagers were in critical condition after being shot Wednesday afternoon on the grounds of Evergreen High School. The suspected shooter was among the three.
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
coloradosun.com/2025/09/10/e...
As someone who cares for medically vulnerable children, I can no longer recommend that my patient’s families travel to Florida. I call on Make a Wish and similar organizations to no longer sponsor trips to Disneyworld or Universal Studios.
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
As someone who cares for medically vulnerable children, I can no longer recommend that my patient’s families travel to Florida. I call on Make a Wish and similar organizations to no longer sponsor trips to Disneyworld or Universal Studios.
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Exactly. A central component of present-day American Christianity is a backlash to the kindness, tolerance, and pluralism taught by Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Nothing worse than helping a stranger in need or having Black neighbors who you treat as people.
I’ve seen some folks refer to James Dobson as some coincidental “evil twin” to Fred Rogers, and I would like to clear the record: Dobson was an intentional fundamentalist _reaction_ to Mr. Rogers and his liberal Christian influence on children. It wasn’t an eerie coincidence it was violent rejection
August 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Exactly. A central component of present-day American Christianity is a backlash to the kindness, tolerance, and pluralism taught by Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street. Nothing worse than helping a stranger in need or having Black neighbors who you treat as people.
Vacations sometimes mean breaking the sleep rules — like bedsharing with your preschooler.
The trick? Call it a “special sleepover” and explain that it’s only for the trip. That way, you can make it magical now and get back to your routine later.
#VacationSleep #ParentingTips
The trick? Call it a “special sleepover” and explain that it’s only for the trip. That way, you can make it magical now and get back to your routine later.
#VacationSleep #ParentingTips
August 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Vacations sometimes mean breaking the sleep rules — like bedsharing with your preschooler.
The trick? Call it a “special sleepover” and explain that it’s only for the trip. That way, you can make it magical now and get back to your routine later.
#VacationSleep #ParentingTips
The trick? Call it a “special sleepover” and explain that it’s only for the trip. That way, you can make it magical now and get back to your routine later.
#VacationSleep #ParentingTips
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Getting ready to go back to school? Check out these tips from @drcraigcanapari.com
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August 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Getting ready to go back to school? Check out these tips from @drcraigcanapari.com
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Making everyone feel comfortable is just good manners #supporttranskids 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
July 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Making everyone feel comfortable is just good manners #supporttranskids 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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The benefit of having covered these anti-vax and COVID contrarian folks for years is that we know where the bodies are buried.
And we’re going to keep digging them up over and over and over again until everyone knows.
And we’re going to keep digging them up over and over and over again until everyone knows.
Okay, we did a deep dive.
Important Context and the Center for Media and Democracy have everything you need to know about what’s happening with the CDC’s critical vaccine panel that Robert Kennedy Jr. is reshaping.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-st...
Important Context and the Center for Media and Democracy have everything you need to know about what’s happening with the CDC’s critical vaccine panel that Robert Kennedy Jr. is reshaping.
www.importantcontext.news/p/kennedy-st...
Kennedy Stacks Critical Vaccine Panel With Anti-Vaxxers
In a move that aligns with his own stance on science, the health secretary fires all 17 experts on an advisory panel in order to appoint fringe ideologues.
www.importantcontext.news
June 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The benefit of having covered these anti-vax and COVID contrarian folks for years is that we know where the bodies are buried.
And we’re going to keep digging them up over and over and over again until everyone knows.
And we’re going to keep digging them up over and over and over again until everyone knows.
Whooping Cough Is Surging. Do You Need Another Shot? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/w...
Whooping Cough Is Surging. Do You Need Another Shot?
www.nytimes.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Whooping Cough Is Surging. Do You Need Another Shot? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/w...
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
From the amazing John Cameron Mitchell
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
Opinion | Today’s Young People Need to Learn How to Be Punk
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
From the amazing John Cameron Mitchell
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...
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"The use of prisoners for propaganda purposes is as old as war itself. ISIS made extensive use... The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese...This is what evil, illiberal regimes do."
Now that's us.
Must-read @JVLast
thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Now that's us.
Must-read @JVLast
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This Is the Land of Wolves Now
Masked agents snatching people off the street. Government officials using caged prisoners for propaganda videos. We are the villains.
thebulwark.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"The use of prisoners for propaganda purposes is as old as war itself. ISIS made extensive use... The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese...This is what evil, illiberal regimes do."
Now that's us.
Must-read @JVLast
thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
Now that's us.
Must-read @JVLast
thebulwark.com/p/this-is-th...
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GSK has made it too expensive for parents to buy inhalers for their kids.
It's wrong.
Children are already facing dangerous consequences. I'm calling for an investigation.
It's wrong.
Children are already facing dangerous consequences. I'm calling for an investigation.
March 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
GSK has made it too expensive for parents to buy inhalers for their kids.
It's wrong.
Children are already facing dangerous consequences. I'm calling for an investigation.
It's wrong.
Children are already facing dangerous consequences. I'm calling for an investigation.
#Melatonin can help with #jetlag . It's also better to use it intermittently than every night.
March 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#Melatonin can help with #jetlag . It's also better to use it intermittently than every night.
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America’s now run by people who thought this was a good idea
March 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
America’s now run by people who thought this was a good idea