One of the hardest things some parents face when raising a young child is how do we get them to sleep through the night as well as how do we keep them from waking up at 5am in the morning. Eventually they learn but now there’s an app called Sleepasaurus that tries to train children how to keep a steady sleep schedule and a proper wake up time so everyone else (the parents) can sleep a little longer.
Sleepasaurus is basically a sleep companion for your kids. They’ll be able to choose between 7 different dinosaurs that will be able to keep them company while they sleep. Each one is hand drawn and fully animated and even have their own sounds when tapped on. Before bed, kids can pull down the magic sleep bag and sprinkle sleeping powder on their dinos. This signals that it is time to go to bed. The background of the environment will turn into night time and if you have the sleep music turned on, it will play a lullaby for a set amount of time. The hope is that if their friend is sleeping, they’ll want to go to sleep to.
The next morning, the dino will not wake up until it is time to wake up. This is a time that you set beforehand in the settings. When it’s time to wake up, the dino will awake, the background will change to daytime, and if set, and alarm will sound. It signals when your child will be able to get out of their bed or when they should wake up.
Both of this of course is to try and get your child into a familiar pattern and routine so that they learn to go to bed at around the same time each night and wake up at at the same time each morning. I’m not entirely sure if the Sleepasaurus app will work for your child but it does seem like a very interesting concept. Repetition does seem to work with children though when it comes to training so who knows, Sleepasaurus might be the perfect app for those with children who can’t seem to sleep on a proper schedule. As a bonus, the app can also function as a night light if you have your device plugged in to a power source while the app is on.
App Store Link: Sleepasaurus
Version: 1.0
Developer: Wee Taps
Price: $0.99
Compatible Devices: (Universal App) Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
Description
Do your kids get up too early in the morning? Tired of negotiating with them when it’s time for bed? With Sleepasaurus you can create a great bedtime ritual that can teach your kids to stay in bed until morning.
Let them choose a dinosaur friend to snooze beside them at night. Once they’ve sprinkled some magic dust on a Triceratops or Tyrannosaurus Rex, that dinosaur will stay sleeping until morning, encouraging your kids to do the same.
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Parental Control
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In the parents only section, you can set the time for the dinosaur to wake up, as well as music to soothe them to sleep or wake them up. The sleeping dinosaur will snooze until morning, teaching your kids that if the dinosaur is still sleeping, then they should be as well.———-
Dino-snore
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Are your kids mad about dinosaurs? Allowing them to snooze with a Stegosaurus will make bedtime more fun. With 7 different dinosaurs to choose from, your kids can sleep with their favourite every night, or choose a different one for each night of the week.——-
Features
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• Works with day/night visuals rather than a clock so the youngest kids can use it.
• 7 animated dinosaurs to choose as your sleeping buddy.
• Can be used as an alarm with optional wake up music.
• Optional go to sleep music.
• Can be used as a nightlight.**Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch needs to be plugged in if you want to use the app as a nightlight. We recommend putting the device in Airplane Mode to avoid any notifications waking the child. It does not require an Internet connection to run.
[via App Store]
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