I had been struggling for two months to get my toddler to settle for bed. We have always had a bedtime routine since he was born but it just seemed like he had more mental energy lately and couldn’t settle down. Bedtime became filled with tears for both of us!
We recently went on vacation visiting a friend and I searched bedtime stories for toddlers on YouTube. He was absolutely enamored by the visuals! I could see his mind settling as each animal climbed into bed. When it was done, I cut it off and turned off the lights and he immediately fell peacefully to sleep. Buying this app was mostly support for the developers for helping him sleep while on vacation, but it continued at home when he kept asking for “GAME!!!” Before bed. So now it’s our ritual, after we’ve eaten, cleaned up, take the dogs out, and had a bath. He gets so excited to curl up next to me and it’s how he learned how to say all the animals names. He has learned how to play it himself in a few days.
I enjoy the visuals myself as well and describe the scene to him in as much detail as I can. It’s a perfectly paced game for him - he’s 15 months old. He won’t sit still for a real book yet but he enjoys this! I bought the original Nighty night too but it’s not as much animated as this one and he didn’t like it. I don’t care though, I will gladly buy all the games in the series as it’s such a big part of our night ritual now!