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What is this witchcraft?!?! 'The Rabbit that wants to go to sleep'

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:13

DD 2.5yo has always been a horrendous sleeper. Got into a bad habit of allowing her to go to bed with us in our bed and settled with this for over a year.
She went to stay at my mums over the weekend and came home with an audiobook. DM kept saying how great it was and that dd fell asleep on her own no problem and had done every time she had stayed at dms over the last year!!!
True to her word DD has fallen asleep on her own every night since listening to the audio book ‘the Rabbit that wants to go to sleep’.

I have no idea how or why it works but honestly I recommend everyone to buy a copy!!!

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crazycatlady5 · 02/11/2017 20:23

I’ve heard all about it, my LO is only 9 months but I’m ready to buy it for the future 😂

0hT00dles · 02/11/2017 20:27

Must try the audiobook so as reading the book doesn’t actually work here. Will give the audio a shot so!!

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:28

I genuinely thought she would be sleeping in our room until she was 18!!!!! It’s almost like it hypnotises her! She will be ‘wide awake’ fighting sleep, get to her room, press play and within 5 minutes snoring like a steam train! I’ve never known anything like it. For once DMs meddling is totally worth it. Anyone and everyone I know with a child that struggles to sleep should buy this! No idea about the paperback copy but the audio book has my vote!!!

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:29

DM brought it on audible on her amazon account and I access it on my phone from here. Definitely give it a try!

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Bucketsandspoons · 02/11/2017 20:34

I bought the book for my brother who has a five year old who Does Not Sleep. It's a gem Grin The audiobook sounds great!

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:39

I had never even heard of it until she came home from DMs. Can’t believe she had been using it for a year and not told me. Now thinking of all the extra sleep I lost out on I. The last 13 months

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:39

12 months! See that extra sleep could have helped to prevent typos!

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C0untDucku1a · 02/11/2017 20:48

How do i get an audio book?

AndhowcouldIeverrefuse · 02/11/2017 20:50

Isn't it just plain hypnosis? The book, as a book, is awful.

BrioAmio · 02/11/2017 20:52

I bought the book, boring as fuck and I couldn’t finish it as was worried I’d slip into a coma!

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:53

DM said she downloaded the audible app then just went on to Amazon and brought the audiobook. All I do is log on to audible and play it from there using DMs log in. The ‘story’ makes little to no sense if u listen to it but without fail it sends dd to sleep so I can’t complain

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 20:54

I’ve not tried the book. As I said I literally didn’t even know any version of it existed until DM told me about it when I picked dd up at the weekend.

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C0untDucku1a · 02/11/2017 21:28

Ive downloaded the app but cant work out how to buy the book. My five year old is currently sat next to me demanding my phone to use duolingo Hmm

NoSquirrels · 02/11/2017 21:32

It uses hypnosis techniques. So audiobook is guaranteed to be better than reading it aloud (unless you are trained in hypnosis, of course!)

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crimsoncurls · 02/11/2017 22:00

Asked DM, she said go to the Amazon app, search for the Rabbit that wants to go to sleep and scroll down until you find the one that says audio book. Buy it then it goes on to the audible app

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C0untDucku1a · 04/11/2017 00:11

Well we gound it on YouTube. We were bith asleep
Until it finished and i woke up late at 7.15 am
Today! Hurrah!

C0untDucku1a · 04/11/2017 00:12

Before asleep before it finished! Sorry had a few deinks Smile

oldlaundbooth · 04/11/2017 00:15

OK I'm interested.

Sounds like a dumb question but how do you play it?

Just through your phone? Via the app?

Do you get a book to look at too? Or is that unnecessary?

C0untDucku1a · 04/11/2017 00:22

Just listen to it.

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crimsoncurls · 04/11/2017 21:17

We just have it on audible, still working a week later!!

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crimsoncurls · 04/11/2017 21:21

I honestly make no exaggeration by saying that it was impossible to get dd to sleep in her own room. All week have had no issue with getting her to sleep. Even on the evenings when she really doesn’t want to.

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Andcake · 04/11/2017 21:24

Tried book with ds when he was 3 complete disaster...when I was inserting his name where the book said he spent the whole time pointing out his name wasn't written there...maybe I should have got audio book

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crimsoncurls · 04/11/2017 21:27

The version we have has a man reading the story, it doesn’t say her name which I actually think probably helps as I think dd would be the same and get excited hearing her name in the book.

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Spam88 · 04/11/2017 21:33

Do you think it’ll work on my 5.5 month old? Please say yes 😂 mummy needs sleep.

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crimsoncurls · 04/11/2017 21:40

Who knows haha! I think the tone in the guys voice is just as important as the words! If anyone had asked me last week if I thought an audio book would help DD sleep I would have laughed in their face

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