Sleep Stoplight Or Bear

[2chatter]

Has anyone used a sleep aid to encourage their children to sleep later in the morning (see link below, I have also heard that there is a bear with a light on its stomach - I think DS would actually really like that but my google searches returned lots of odd but inaccurate items)?

DS consistently rises at 5:30, and some mornings at 5:00. I need eight hours of sleep, at least sometimes.  Especially on weekends I don't love getting up at 5:00 if I have been up until late with the oldest.

www.amazon.com/Its-About-Time-Stoplight-Enhancing/dp/B00NF0EZCG

[leap08]

Both of my girls have an OK to Wake Owl. It looks like a stuffed owl. The face turns green when it's OK to get up in the morning. If you press on it, it says one of 3 phrases depending on how much time there is left on the timer and then plays music. Both of them have always been early risers and I was so tired of getting up at 5. The Owl works well for the most part. They love it and won't go to bed without it. They will occasionally ignore it, but I always send them back to bed when they do.

Here's the one we have:
www.amazon.com/Wake-Owl-Night-Light-Music-Timer/dp/B0044D0HA2

[queenbabee]

Mind just blown! FTM of a baby so this is not even on my radar (although wouldn't it be great if were this early in the game lol), but this is the first I am hearing of this sort of thing. VERY COOL!

[frozenpeas]

Is this the bear you are looking for?

www.patchproducts.com/p/bowen-the-bear

It's described as a nightlight, although the details say it glows green when it's time to wake.

We don't have it, but I've been considering something similar for my 2 1/2 yr old. I'll be interested to see the responses here.

[pitta12]

We have this stop light timer and liked it so well that we got a second one for DS. Both of mine are early risers and I need every minute of sleep I can possibly squeeze in. We also use it for naptime (or quiet time in DD's case) and the occasional time out. It is super easy to set and the kids understood it right away. Our mantra is "Clock is red, you stay in bed."

StopLightGoLight

[2chatter]

DS is getting the owl for his 3rd birthday, along with a book Amazon suggested The Boy Who Cried Over Everything. Thanks@leap08!!
We experience and school notes it in every conference that DS cries (angrily, frustratedly) too much.

[shakinros]

We have an OK to Wake clock that we introduced when she was two. It's a miracle product. I wish we'd bought it sooner!

[velouria]

How do you ladies enforce the light? We just bought the Stop Light Go Light and DS understands it conceptually but he ignores it at 2am when he wakes up and starts looking/yelling for us. I need ideas!

ETA: he is 3.