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 preschool (aged three to five years), sleep needs to be reduced a bit to about 11-13 hours a night. But preschoolers, like toddlers, still tend to have trouble falling asleep, commonly waking up in the night. Older children (aged five to 12 years) require about 10-11 hours of sleep a night.