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Gro-clocks are shit

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Alpineal87 · 08/02/2026 06:28

My 3 year old can’t give two shits whether sleepy cat is still asleep or not. Introducing this piece of crap to our mornings hasn’t given us any extra sleep past our usual 5am wake up call, it’s just given us the painful endurance test of keeping my youngest in his bedroom for an extra 60 minutes using various pointless distraction methods which descends into threats and bribery.
Absolute fucking waste of time and I’m dealing with it well.

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Egglio · 08/02/2026 06:40

Too true, they were shit eighteen years ago and they are shit now.

They do sleep in eventually by the way.

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Alpineal87 · 08/02/2026 06:40

Peonies12 · 08/02/2026 06:39

you have kids, you accept they’ll wake up when they want! They don’t know or care! Do later bedtime if you want later wake.

Oh yeah that works thanks for the suggestion it has never crossed my mind I will try it tonight and it’ll definitely work

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Peonies12 · 08/02/2026 06:39

you have kids, you accept they’ll wake up when they want! They don’t know or care! Do later bedtime if you want later wake.

dampmuddyandcold · 08/02/2026 06:36

I don’t think my two and a half year old is difficult as toddlers go but the idea of her paying attention to it is - well, it’s not going to happen.

I think it possibly can work with older children: my five year old just woke up and he’s gone back to bed to listen to his tinie box for a bit. But that’s just age and understanding.

chateauneufdupapa · 08/02/2026 06:32

I totally empathise. I’ve now accepted I can’t fight my 2.5 year old’s 5am internal alarm clock and I just go to bed really early to help counteract the pain, but it sucks. She wouldn’t give a fuck about a gro clock either!