We have a two and a half year old son who, up until about 2yrs old slept right through the night until about 8 O'clock. Without any change in routine he began to wake up earlier and earlier full of the joys of life and ready to take on the day (anywhere between 5am - 6.30am). He's a stubborn little man so no amount of persuasion could convince him that it wasn't time to get up so up he'd get using our heads as a trampoline usually at 5.30am. We tried everything from cutting back on his daytime nap to sending him to bed later but nothing worked.....Until we saw this Gro Clock on Amazon.
I ordered the clock thinking there wasn't a hope of it working. I told a few of our friends about the clock (also parents of young kids) and they were laughing dismissing it as a gimmick. Anyway, too late it was ordered at that stage so I decided to embrace it and give it a go.
A day before the clock was due to arrive I sat himself down and explained that we were getting him a lovely clock that was going to tell him when it was time to get out of bed in the morning. He seemed excited and definitely understood the concept of how the process was "supposed" to work.
When the clock arrived I set it to wake up at 7am and low and behold the very next morning at 7.01am I heard the thump of feet hitting the floor and thundering into our room telling us the sun was out on the clock and it was time to get up.
We have the clock about a month or 2 now and it has worked every single morning so far. Twice he chanced his arm getting up before 7 and all we had to ask him was "What was on the clock" When he answered "Stars" he knew the game was up and back he toddled to bed. On one of these occasions when I was tucking him back in he told me that there was only two stars left until the sun came up, I asked him what he meant and he showed me that there are little starts on the outside that count down to when the sun appears I was really surprised and delighted that he had grasped the concept so well.
Initially, I found it a bit fiddly/awkward to set the wake time but nothing too bad. There's also a daytime nap function as well as the night time mode. A few times we set the daytime mode by accident (set to come on at 3pm) so we got an extra long rest on those mornings :). Not wanting to make that mistake too often for fear he'd start disregarding the clock altogether we set both alarms for 7am so it doesn't matter which mode is selected (we didn't use the daytime nap one anyway). Once the times are set correctly it's simple to operate, in fact it's his job to activate the clock every night, which makes him feel very important :).
I'm amazed at how effective the clock has been and I never thought it would buy us back so many hours of precious sleep.
| Safety warning | Please read the product description and specifications carefully. |
|---|---|
| Model Number | HJ008 |
| Product Dimensions | 12.4 x 16.4 x 22.4 cm; 349.27 g |
| Item model number | HJ008 |
| Target gender | Unisex |
| Material Type | Plastic |
| Additional product features | Adjustable Brightness, Musical |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Style | Modern |
| Power source | Corded Electric |
| Pump type | Electrical |
| Batteries required | No |
| Display type | Digital |
| Dishwasher safe | No |
| Is portable | No |
| Item Weight | 349 g |
