He’s been sleeping through the night and on a Monday – Wednesday is still fast asleep when it’s time for us to take him to nursery and I’m always filled with guilt when we have to wake him. Prior to starting my writing career, I co-founded the 'Gro Company' in 2000, home of the now famous Grobag baby sleeping bag. Not just any clock, the Gro-Clock helps children to understand and recognise the difference between sleep time and getting up time.

If we go up to his room for anything other than sleep, so long as he sees Mr Sun and we say hello, he knows I’m not going in there to put him to bed.Mr Star is surrounded by 12 little stars who disappear one by one during the ‘sleep’ time phases to show the passing of time. Enter your kid's room and distract them with something while saying something like, “We have to wait until Mr. J did quickly learn that it was bed time when the clock turned blue and that orange meant it was day time, though at the beginning he did still come in our room in the middle of the night on occasion. I was sceptical that a clock with just a moon or sun face was going to have any impact on keeping this child in a bed. I feel like the introduction of The Gro Clock has made Arjun feel a lot more comforted by having “someone” in his room with him during the night.

We have tried pretty much everything with J over the last 3 years and barely anything has actually worked, so I was delighted for us to be able to review The Gro Clock from The Gro Company as I have heard good things about them. For some parents this won’t be an instant success, but will help them work with the child to turn it into one.

The Gro Company Gro-Clock | Toddler Sleep Trainer With A Free Story Book | The Gro-Clocks glowing screen shows images of stars and sun to communicate sleep and wake-up time.