Hellobee Boards

i ordered it because i thought why not. if it doesn't work, it's just another book to add to his collection. Well, to say it didn't work, would be an understatement. The book says your kid has to lie down while you read to them. First time i pulled it out, he insisted on holding the book himself and turning the pages. He also asks a ton of questions about the story and pictures and will repeatedly say the same question until i respond, so i was constantly interrupted while trying to read it. And then because the pages are so long, he kept asking "are you done reading the page mommy?" by the time i finally got through it, he was wide awake and our bedtime routine took longer than usual as he was over tired. He then insisted on holding the book in the dark (which he has never done with any other book), and took longer than usual to fall asleep. The whole experience was comical and i have not tried it since.

It made my LO hysterical. Idk why, he just flipped out from the first attempt.

@BananaPancakes: I love the concept, it makes sense and the story itself isn't bad!

Okay.... I bought this today and just read it to E. I really struggled to keep a straight face.... it reads like a dodgy relaxation CD! You have to insert your childs name into it and every line has "go to sleep NOW" somewhere in it! "Once upon a time there was a rabbit GO TO SLEEP NOW Elliott". It was like an attempt at amateur hypnosis and I felt quite dastardly trying it!!

She's not asleep yet.... but she's still lying down (waving her legs about) and it is the calmest I've ever seen her at bedtime. As I was leaving the room she said "I go sleep now".

Hmm.....

@sorrycharlie: Hahaha! That's exactly what it was like! I just read a bit to DH and he said "I don't think you're supposed to read it quite like that". Oops. Oh well, terrified into submission is better than no submission at all!

Just bumping this because our sleep consultant recommended it for our toddler who has a hard time falling asleep. She recommended the audio version on audible (bought on Amazon). And.... It worked!!! It took a while but half way through the second reading (a man reads it then a woman), he conked out. The earliest he's gone to bed in like a year! Hooray!

@Jass: just turned 3. Yes he is the same. And he's been falling asleep around 10pm.

@Jass: I just said we were going to listen to a story. There's no pictures, we just listen. And I laid down next to him and turned it on. But we are moving bedtime up from
10pm to 730 so he's been, understandably not very sleepy at lights out so he still had trouble calming down for the whole first reading-45 minutes or so? Then he calmed down and actually listened to the woman and he was out in 10 minutes. She said it would get quicker after the first night. Tomorrow night I think we will wait until he's gotten a little more settled before I start it. He did say he didn't want to listen to that story, but when I turned off he said no turn it on .

I think this is based on principles of hypnotism and the power of suggestive language/actions or something like that.

This blew up in some FB groups I'm in a while ago and I was interested into trying it but then once I found out it's related to hypnotism I was like ehh..