Reddit reviews Patch Products LLC OK To Wake! Owl With Night-Light & Music, Nap Timer

You are the hero my sleep deserves.

We LOVE the [OK to Wake stuffed owl.] (http://www.amazon.com/Wake-With-Night-Light-Music-Timer/dp/B0044D0HA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381716013&sr=8-1&keywords=owl+clock+wake) It is $25 and let's you set a wakeup time. At that time it glows green and plays a soft music. If your little one wakes early they can squeeze the belly and it tells them if it is time to wake up, and if not it tells them to go back to sleep and you can set it to play a certain amount of time of lullaby music.

My 4 year old loves it.

He's got to cry it out. It's the endgame for all sleep issues with little kids, it's simply a matter of how much guilt and torture the parents want to heap on themselves before they reach that point.

My son and daughter were both like your son, they started out as a awesome sleepers and it all fell apart at about this age. This is rough time for kids, but it's temporary.

EDIT: We introduced this when my son was about 18 months old and it really helped him stay quiet in the early morning hours. The owl tells them "go back to sleep" or turns green and says "It's okay to wake!" after a time that you set.

Be consistent. The tantrums come or get worse when one person does something differently or inconsistently. For example, my autistic niece would have tantrums to get out of having to put on her shoes. The tantrums would get worse when someone would just put them on for her to get her to stop. Then she learned that having a tantrum would allow her to escape the task. So when the next person tried to get her to put on her shoes, she would escalate the level of tantrum until it worked again. There were many tantrums and they got worse before they stopped (it's called an extinction burst), but once we were all on the same page they did stop.

The troubles with sleep are a common issue and there are lots of different techniques because every child is different. You have to be part scientist part detective. First off have his parents go into his room and lay his bed in the same conditions he has at night. Are the walls a weird color at night, is there a strange sound or light coming from somewhere or is the air/heat really loud or blows directly on him when it turns on? It's amazing what can keep a child with autism up at night.

For my niece we have a set bedtime schedule, melatonin (check with pediatrician before use) and this amazing owl that tells her when it's okay to get up. So far it's working.

http://www.amazon.com/Wake-With-Night-Light-Music-Timer/dp/B0044D0HA2/ref=sr_sp-atf_image_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381897541&sr=8-1&keywords=Wake+up+owl

It's this one!
It has a button on the front. If the kid pushes it and it's before the set time, it says "It's time to go to sleep now" and plays soft music. I think it just automatically lights up green during the programmed time, without the kid pushing it. It has worked after a lot of reinforcement, but it's a tad confusing. I almost would've taught her the number "6" and stuck a digital clock in her room, or gotten some other one that was constantly on in one color or whatever, then switched to another at the designated time. But I bet your kid will figure it out if mine did (she's about 21 months now)

Maybe not a dog? I've seen ads for this OK To Wake owl. It could maybe look a little doggish to a child. It plays different music and the face glows yellow at night and green when it's ok to wake up.

https://www.amazon.com/Wake-Owl-Night-Light-Music-Timer/dp/B0044D0HA2/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1478814456&sr=8-6&keywords=ok+to+wake

We've had one of these since our son was younger than 2 - similar to the clock idea, but stays in his bed (was in his crib) and helps him go to sleep as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Wake-With-Night-Light-Music-Timer/dp/B0044D0HA2

Our 2 and 8 monther finally figured out how to crawl out of his crib (we're surprised it took this long). He's going to move to a big boy bed this weekend. We got him the Ok To Wake! Owl... we'll see if it helps.

My son was about 2 and a half when he developed the very fun habit of just getting out of bed whenever he liked. We tried a bunch of things, but nothing really worked. Eventually we bought a stuffed owl that tells kids when they're allowed to get up out of pure desperation. Worked like magic, and still works great now at almost 4. Your mileage may vary, but it's probably worth a shot: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0044D0HA2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1413774838&sr=8-1