Anyone use one of those rabbit clocks to stop early wake-up?

[Jenkeywoo]

DD1 is 2.5 and does sleep well but is getting up at 5.15 again and appearing by the side of my bed with books and being all awake. I end up hissing rather loudly 'go back to sleep it's still night' to which she shouts 'no!' and then wakes up DD2 who is co-sleeping with us. And then I start the morning off grumpy and cross..

We've seen those clocks where you set the rabbit to sleep and then his ears pop up and eyes open at a time that it is acceptble for them to get up properly. I know it wouldn't stop her waking but I'd be happy if she played in her room. (my goodness, come to think of it most mornings the lights are on in her room and a few toys out so maybe she is up at 4am...)

Has anyone used these clocks and had success? She's quite capable of understanding the concept but is also quite capable of ignoring it too!

We have got one but we don't use it. Started off well but then my DD used "wake up" the rabbit if he wasn't awake when she woke up

My sister has one for her 3yo and it works well, she knows she's nto allowed out of her room until the rabbit's eyes are open.

We have one but found that he has worked out how to wake the blasted thing up, then on occasions when he wasn't awake it woke him up when it popped up.

Yes, we have one too - hopeless. "Bunny" just gets a rude awakening any time DD feels like getting up...

Hi,
We used one successfully for about a week for our 3 year old. This got her out of the early waking habit.

However, they are not very sturdy, the ears broke off when she threw it on the floor during a tantrum so they are not toddler proof. Also, like the other posters she worked out how to wake hers up and she refused to go to sleep until the eyes were closed. This meant putting the bunny to sleep and then creeping in to reset the alarm or it would wake up at 5/6 in the morning and she would think she could get up.

Also we ended up having to take it everywhere with us as it was part of her bedtime routine.

So, it got her out of the habit of getting up, but it was a lot of money to spend, when a timer on her bedroom light (hidden behind her chest of drawers) worked just as well and was a lot cheaper.

Thanks everyone - DH and I had a bit of a desperate giggle at the thought of all those cheeky toddlers waking up the bunny, oh well, will have to think again. Sigh..

Sorry to be late to this, but those Rabbit clock things cost money. We put a string of fairy lights that we already had onto a timer. Same idea and a whole lot cheaper

we got one for ds when he was 2 and getting up at 5.30, he did work out how to wake the rabbit up himself, so now the rabbit lives on a shelf he can see but can't reach, mean old mummy!!
he gets up and plays in his room but never comes out of his room until the rabbit is awake, godsend in my opinion