https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:58:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431631 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:29:44 +0000 Jess1483 2431631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was successful for us right around 2, but was a month-long process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431620 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 17:25:04 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2431620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks yall. I'm still undecided lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431465 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:18:15 +0000 Bubbles 2431465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love that clock. I can't remember exactly when we got it, but it was about 20 months I think. Took a few weeks to sink in - and my DS is in a cot still so different situation, but he sits there every day and reads a book quietly until his clock changes, then he calls for us. We had it set to 6am at first as he was waking usually between 5.30 and 6, and we've been able to really gradually move it forwards so it's now set at 7am which feels like such a lie in! His sleep has adjusted over that time and he now usually wakes about 6.30 (although that could of course just be coincidence). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431452 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:13:54 +0000 Mrs D 2431452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: We use the door monkey and just transitioned our DD. The first night I put her in her big girl room (and toddler bed) I mistakenly said I was going to lock the door - which I didnt really mean - I meant use the door monkey. She panicked and I explained that she could see in the hallway but going not come out until Mommy got her when it was time to get up.</p> <p>She has done great (I was prepared to buy one of these clocks if she did not). The first morning I came in and she had gotten up and grabbed some books to flip before I came in. I encouraged her that that was good. She wakes around 7:15 now but I hold off until 7:30 on week days and closer to 8 on weekends before I go in...she has adjusted well and I think likes that she isnt fully closed in!</p> <p>ETA: DD is 2.5 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431438 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 16:06:35 +0000 daniellemybelle 2431438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: Haha, that would totally be my LO! Solidarity :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2431415 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 15:57:47 +0000 sailgrl18 2431415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: Same with DS. It worked for about a week and then just stopped. He still wants his green light clock in his room but he never is in his room when it goes off. I may try setting the time so it coincides with his wakeup and then move it later each day to see if we can get it working again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430655 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:20:35 +0000 JoJoGirl 2430655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours started working right when LO turned 2. We tried earlier than that and failed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430653 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:20:13 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mamaof2: oh my gosh, this is my kid to a T. </p> <p>Me: it's night time, you need to stay in your bed and sleep<br /> DD: but I just wake up! *complete with a shoulder shrug*</p> <p>I'm starting to think maybe it isn't for her. Guess I'm just gonna have to tie her down (totally kidding!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430606 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 10:05:26 +0000 Pirouette 2430606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we started using it when she turned 2, and she has been great about it so far. She comes to our room as soon as it turns green and tells us that it's green so she gets to come to mommy daddy's room. only negative is she used to have a pitch black room, so i think it's actually waking her up when it lights up, so we're gonna try to push it back a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430583 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:59:41 +0000 Mamaof2 2430583@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: we had a stop light clock and it didn't work for us</p> <p>Me: Is the light green?<br /> DS: no<br /> Me: then why are you out of your room<br /> DS: Cuz I am awake!</p> <p> :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430575 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:57:35 +0000 erinbaderin 2430575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got it for our two year old a few weeks ago. I'm not sure how much it's helping, but that's partly our problem. He does seem to understand that at bedtime the sun goes to sleep and the sleepy star comes out, and then he stays in his crib until the sunshine is awake! He gets it - he says "Sunshine wake up, mommy daddy come get me!" but that doesn't stop him from crying for us in his crib. We do try to make a big deal out of it when he sleeps right until the sun wakes up, and talks about how he's going to have so much energy just like Percy Pig (we have the Gro Clock, which comes with a book). I'm mostly hoping that by introducing it now, he'll be used to it when we switch him to a toddler bed and he'll know not to get out of bed until the sleepy star is gone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430549 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:49:56 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: @Mrs. Lion: I've considered that. I have no idea how that would go over with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430524 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:43:46 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2430524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: I have heard too many stories about kids getting out of the house during the night. My son figured out how to unlock our deadbolt as soon as he was tall enough to reach them, and the thought of him wandering outside kept me awake at night! As soon as he could open his bedroom door we flipped the knob around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430516 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:41:52 +0000 BandDmommy 2430516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: we have a lock on our sons door as well. It's one of the monkey locks. I was afraid he would get out middle of night and wander and we have lots of stairs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430510 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:40:11 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2430510@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: A lot of people don't like this answer because they say it feels wrong to them, but we have our son's door locked from the outside at night. </p> <p>We always come to him if he is trying to come out, but once he got used to the fact that he couldn't open the door after a day or two, he just calls and waits for us. We switched out of the crib really early, and I wanted to know that he was safely secured in his room overnight while I was sleeping, just like he would have been in a crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430502 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:38:30 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: haha yeah I definitely see my LO doing that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430498 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:37:25 +0000 BandDmommy 2430498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: But I know people it did work for, it's really hit or miss I think. My son got the idea of the clock, but it did not keep him from wanting to come in our room. He would just yell at us "mom, the clock isn't green but I need breakfast now." :meh: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430490 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:36:02 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BandDmommy: good to know. Thank you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430487 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:35:45 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lion: well she can open her door. This morning she stayed in her room but she turned in the light and kept opening the door to yell down the hallway and then slamming her door shut...I want her to STAY PUT. She also wakes 1 to 3 times a night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430483 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:35:06 +0000 BandDmommy 2430483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It did not work for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430476 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:33:17 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2430476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used a stoplight one starting right before he turned 2 if I am remembering correctly. For us it was just a way of explaining that he couldn't come out of his room until it turned green. It helped him to understand when wake up time was. But it didn't keep him in his bed. We keep his door closed and for a long time he would wake up earlier and babble to himself by his door until it turned green. It wasn't magic, but I think it definitely helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ok-to-wake-clock-under-25-years#post-2430461 Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:27:50 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2430461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Has anyone had success with an OK to Wake Clock for a child under 2.5? She's very verbal and has a huge capability for understanding. I'm desperate here. </p>