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.
Since babies this age are more awake, alert, and aware of their surroundings during daylight hours, they're more likely to be tired at night and sleep. But the range of normal is still very wide. By 3 months of age, babies tend to sleep about 14 hours a day. Many will have settled into a daily sleep routine of two or three naps during the day, followed by sleeping through the night stretch after a late-night feeding. Again, not all infants keep to the same timetable.