My DD (just over 3) has started waking up and coming into our bed at 5.30 (6.15 on a good day) We have a black out curtain.

I've been searching for as much information on the bunny clock. Not the one with the ears and the alarm but the one where there are 2 pictures of bunny - and the child is supposed to get up when the clock shows the picture of awake bunny.

I've read they're flimsy, don't always work and expensive. I just wondered if any of you are or have used it and with what kind of success? Also does it light up at night as my DD isn't used to a nightlight.

We have a radio alarm in our bedroom and we have taught the children that they are not allowed up until they hear the radio. It does mean however we have to put it on at the weekend, but only when we are ready for them to come in

I gave ours away - dd used to reset it so that bunny was awake when she got up at 5.30am !

I know that is nothing to do with the bunny clock but might be a cheaper alternative.....!

We didn't bother with the bunny/clock thingy, just went with the flow. It won't be long until she can wander downstairs and switch on Milkshake or whatever.

Just be glad that she doesn't do the silent stare <<shiver>>

Hi Clure, my dd also just three has started getting up at an uncivilised hour. We have been using the bunny clock with ears that pop up (with alarm turned off - you never know one of these days we might just get a lie in!), she definately understands that it is still bedtime until bunny has woken up on her own and if she wakes bunny up it doesn't count(!). She still tries to come into our room sometimes but I think it is helping her to understand that there is a point in time when it is ok to get up and before that it is not ok. It seems to be helping her to understand that and we are getting a little more sleep.

Thanks all

LOL boysarelikedogs - she does do that silent stare thing! We pretend to be asleep in the faint hope she might get the message and take herself off to bed! no such luck.

Thanks saffycat, thats encouraging.

May give it a bit more time hoping it's a phase. Otherwise may try bunny!

I am not joking when I say that I used to SHRIEK when waking to find a toddler standing silently by my bedside, breathing quietly and staring intently at me
(never their father )

Terrifying, even if it is your own child

My mother tells me that I used to lift open her eyelid and 'whisper' ," are you awake?"

Kid sleep Clock - is this the one you mean?

I used fluffy fairy lights on a timer for dd when she started coming through too early. It was set for 6am at first and then we gradually moved it 10 minutes at a time until it got to 7am and she was allowed to come through when the 'fairies' came on. When she got a bit older (and the fairy lights gave up and we couldnt find the spare bulbs!!) we put a digital alarm clock in her room and now she can come through when it says 7:00. She normally comes through on the dot of 7am or a couple of minutes after but has also been known (rarely) to sleep in till almost 8am. We dont get a lie in though as ds (18 months) is awake from 6.30ish anyway

I treid the bunny clock with ds1 when he was 2.5 - maybe too young - and it was an unmitigated disaster. I think he woke up in the night and looked at the bunny clock and thought, oh the bunny's still in bed, that means I should be in bed, I feel like getting up, I'll go in and see mum and dad. The result was that he came into our bedroom at 3ish rather than 5.30ish before we bought the damm thing. But I do think he was too young for it. Fortunately it was just a phase, though very painful at the time.

We've used the kidsleep bunny clock with some success. Our DD (2.5yrs) was coming in to our room at all hours of the night. She now stays in bed all night. She also stays in her bed until the bunny wakes up at which point she shouts 'the bunny's awake. Is it morning now?'. I don't know that it's made her sleep longer but it has kept her in her own bed which has made a big difference to us. We haven't had any problems with her playing with it but she isn't the inquisitive type. It is a little flimsy and quite expensive so it might be worth trying some of the other ideas here first - I wish I'd thought of them

we have the same, spangly. the first words we hear from ds1 each morning are "bunny's up, mummy, bunny's up!"

clure if you want one I have a pink one we don;'t use anymore, since MIL very kindly showed DTs how to wake bunny up and explained that bunny sometimes sleeps in so its ok to get up before he does

We used bunny (with the ears and alarm off) from about 20 months, every morning - 'bunny's awake' used to make us laugh. Now use a night light with a timer and he waits for it to go on most of the time or tells us it's broken when it's not.

I have it, and it is both expensive and flimsy (and quite ugly imo). Ds likes it but has never stuck to waiting for it to come on (he's only 2.5 though). It's a faff to reset, the clock is tiny (digital), and he unplugs it on a weekly basis (at least) which drives me barking.
PMSL at your m i l , iamdingdong!

oh yes, she's great, gives me funny looks all the time about my parenting