What to Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems With Sleep

I bought this book for my 7 year old daughter who was struggling to get to sleep and feeling anxious, worried and scared about her bedroom- she would go to bed a my a decent time but not fall asleep till quite late. I bought this book to hopefully find a soloution to the bedtime antics! And it did just that! This book is incredible and the structure and routine it details has worked a treat! My daughter is finally going to bed and falling asleep within minutes. My daughter has enjoyed reading the book and although we are still working through it, the bedtime routine is spot on and she loves to tell us what part of the routine is coming up. I think it gives her something to focus on and she has an element of control with it. This book has also opened our eyes as parents to the impact of the tv/ iPad just before bed and how detrimental this can be to a child before bed- my daughter has learned about what her body needs and why and understands why the routine is important. Most of all, it’s fun and you get to spend proper quality time doing it together. I look forward to reading more about bedtime worries and what to do to get over the night time fears in the middle of the night. I would highly recommend this book if you are struggling to settle the kids at bedtime and want a stress free evening! Empower your kids and yourself and get this book!!

Before buying this book, we checked it out through our interlibrary loan to see if this was something worth getting. My oldest has a variety of anxieties and fears that have made sleeping on her own and through the night a challenge. Our temporary solution was to sleep with her or nearby but we and she knew this wasn't a good solution. She wants so badly to be able to fall asleep on her own and stay asleep. This book has some fantastic tools and strategies. Additionally, it starts each chapter with an easy to understand concept and teaches a fun and easy magic trick. It was helpful for her to read how much sleep she should have and use the worksheet provided to determine when she should be in bed in order to be rested for the next day. The section on how to turn your fears into something funny has been helpful. She was very reluctant to try that as she didn't want to talk about those fears outloud, but now that she has, it has taken some of the power away. We are still working on it, but she is making progress and feels that it is possible. She will request this book and ask to try strategies without our prompting. I would highly recommend this book. I also work with students during the school year and I will recommend this book to parents who may be struggling with the same things.

Really great! Have been working through it with my 9 yr old son, who was having major bed time fear (thanks to kids at school talking about the Excorcist....I mean really, who lets their 9 yr old watch that??!!) My son loves that each chapter starts with a magic trick and then the chapter does a great job relating the trick to the next step in getting to sleep better. Really recommend it! Maybe not so much for the very young though, your child has to be able to go through the book with you and complete the exercises.

Gran libro para poder aprender a educar y gestionar las emociones de los niñ@s, y para adultos, ayuda a entendernos mucho mejor. Sin duda una gran compra. 100% recomendable.

Cute book loved it