Recipe Tips. 1  Use pre-made koshian (smooth red bean paste) or tsubuan (coarse red bean paste) available in the refrigerated section of Japanese grocery stores or other asian markets. 2  Kanten (agar agar) is sold dried and in shelf stable packages at most Japanese and asian grocery stores. 3  Serve mizu - yokan chilled.
Sleep and Toddlers (1-2 years) Toddlers need about 11-14 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period. When they reach about 18 months of age their naptimes will decrease to once a day lasting about one to three hours. Naps.
By 12 months, your child will sleep for eight hours at night and still nap one or two times per day. These naps may shorten, only lasting 1 to 2 hours. Some children do not nap easily and most children stop taking naps by the age of 4 to 5 years, about the time preschool starts.