A Traditional Prayer for Night Now, I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. — 18th Century English Prayer ...

It went, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night, wake me with the morning light." It seemed a kinder and gentler way to say that prayer.

Others choose to “sleep train,” putting their baby down awake so that they’ll learn to fall asleep on their own. This often involves crying. Worth it, parents insist. Selfish, say their critics.

” It went, “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep. Guide me safely through the night, wake me with the morning light.” — From S and many others ...

One inmate picked the book “Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep” to read for her 5-year-old grandson. To little man, she wrote on the first page: “From MeMe.” “Here’s a little bedtime prayer ...