Five common reasons your child resists going to bed, and what each one tells you about what they actually need.
When bedtime takes ninety minutes
Sleep Solutions Course
You've tried the routine. You've tried the timer. Forty minutes in, they need water, then the bathroom, then one more hug. This course covers why kids fight sleep at every age and what to do about it, from crib transitions to night waking to the 5am problem.
Why your kid fights bedtime and what to change tonight
Covers cribs through big-kid beds, plus night waking and early rising
12 illustrated lessons. Audio narration included.
What's inside
12 lessons with illustrated guides and audio narration.
How to build a bedtime routine that matches your child's developmental stage, from infancy through early school years.
Understanding why some children struggle to settle at night and practical adjustments that shorten the process.
Why nighttime fears emerge, how to validate them without reinforcing them, and what helps your child feel safe.
What drives your child's need to keep you close at night and gradual approaches that build their confidence sleeping alone.
The key differences between nightmares and night terrors, why it matters, and how your response should change for each.
Common causes of repeated night waking in children and targeted strategies to help your child sleep through the night.
Why your toddler wakes before dawn and specific techniques to gradually shift their morning wake time later.
When to make the switch, how to set up the transition, and what to do when your toddler keeps getting out of bed.
Gentle approaches to helping your baby learn to fall asleep independently, without leaving them to cry alone.
How major life changes like a new sibling, a move, or starting daycare affect your child's sleep and how to restabilize it.
Why your child insists on one parent for bedtime, what it means, and how both parents can share the role.
It's evidence-based
Grounded in developmental science. Not just our opinion.
Which skills are trainable at which age, how children develop systems thinking, when critical reasoning emerges. That comes from decades of developmental psychology research. We studied the science, then built activities that work in real family life.
Bruce D. Perry
Psychiatrist behind the neurosequential model and the critical "Regulate, Relate, Reason" sequence used to connect with distressed children.
Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
Authors of The Whole-Brain Child, providing foundational strategies for integrating logic and emotion to nurture developing minds.
Stephen W. Porges
Creator of Polyvagal Theory, identifying the distinct nervous system states of safety, fight/flight mobilization, and shutdown.
Adele Diamond
Neuroscientist specializing in executive functions, defining the biological developmental limits of impulse control and reasoning in young children.
Bruce E. Compas
Researcher on coping styles, distinguishing between helpful regulation and harmful strategies like suppression, avoidance, and rumination.
John Bowlby
The father of attachment theory, establishing that secure emotional bonds are the absolute prerequisite for independent emotional regulation.
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Common questions about Sleep Solutions
This course covers strategies for children from toddlers through early teens. Each lesson includes age-appropriate variations so you can adapt the approach to your child's developmental stage.
Free advice gives you isolated tips. This course gives you a complete system: sequenced lessons that build on each other, with scripts you can use word-for-word and illustrated guides for quick reference in the moment.
Each audio lesson is 15–20 minutes. Designed to fit during a commute or nap time. The strategies integrate into moments you already have with your child, so there's no extra schedule to maintain.
Full refund within 30 days, no questions asked. If you don't find it valuable, you don't pay.
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a customizable visual schedule with illustrated steps kids can follow themselves — bath, teeth, books, lights out — to reduce bedtime battles.