I love this clock. My son has had a terrible time sleeping since our move, and while we had (mostly) weaned him back into his own bed, back to sleeping through the night, and back to napping for longer than 45 minutes, we had not been able to get him to sleep past 5am, or even 4:30am.
Enter the clock.
The clock does all sorts of things, but what it does for us is allows us to set the time when it is okay to get out of bed in a way that a toddler can understand: with colors. The clock turns yellow at 6:10am at our house, giving our son the signal that it is ok to get up and about. This doesn’t mean he always sleeps until that time, but he is much better about resting some more if the clock is still glowing the color of sleep: purple.
The clock also has a timeout timer that turns the clock red, a potty time timer than turns it green, and a naptime timer in light blue. But even more important? It has a storytime component that is extremely comforting to kids. The clock’s creator – Pam – sent me two of the stories to try: the standard one and the Hare and the Tortoise. While my son is still a little young for the whole story, he clearly responded to the calming, mellow tone and to the melodic rhythm of the story. The clock then plays songs and some white noise afterwards.
After only three nights of having to “explain” the clock each morning and wait for it to turn yellow, the sleeping started to happen. We have had a couple of regressions, but overall it has become so so so so much better than before.
If you have any kind of sleep problems with your toddler or preschooler, I highly recommend this clock. It speaks “kid”, and lets you sleep in. Is there anything better than that? 
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i’ve had this clock on my amazon wishlist for over a year now! my daughter can (kind of) tell time now, so she can wait for a digital clock to reach a certain number. i’d still love to get one though!
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What an interesting product! Our kids are always welcome in our bed, but when they think it is time to “get up” when it really isn’t that time yet, it can be rough.
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