LittleHippo Mella: Sleep Trainer for Kids to Help Them Wake Up Easier

GwenKakouris: My daughter loves it. It works, she recognizes when the clock face is “sleeping” she should be.
Alarm is easy to turn off/on/set, she has figured out how to snooze.

Canada on Nov 19, 2023

Derya Erguc: It helped us a lot with our 3 year old daughter. It's like giving making her understand the concept of time. Not exactly time, but at least day and night. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, she know that it's time to sleep and goes back to sleep. And in the mornings, she stays in bed until the clock opens it's eyes and the bright light turns on.
The only thing that didn't work for us, was the time setting that allows the light to turn on before her wake up time. So there is one time setting for going to bed (i.e. 8PM), one for waking up (i.e. 7AM) and one that you can set for your kid to wake up, but stay in bed (i.e. 6:45) -15 mins before wake up time. But that light was so bright, she would wake up immediately, so we turned that setting on. It would be nice if we could adjust the brightness for the wake up light as well. But in general, it completely stopped her from waking up occasionally at 5:30 am and not wanting to go back to sleep. So we are happy!

United States on Nov 14, 2023

Amazon Customer: Works great, kids love it but lights up room all night as screen is very bright.

Canada on Oct 27, 2023

Arok5Arok5: My 3 year old was having some sleep regression and we didn’t want him getting up whenever and sound whatever. So we got this alarm sleep trainer. It’s absolutely fantastic. You can clearly tell the company that made this put a ton of thought into its design and function and then executed the product perfectly.

Easy to set up. Super functional. High quality. Cute. Tons of features. Son loves it.

It’s very easy to setup. I was able to get the time set, sleep times set, and custom options I wanted set in a matter of a few minutes. Very easy. Just follow the clear directions that come with it the first time and you’ll remember how to do it going forward.

Make sure you pull the clear battery protector out. I didn’t the first night and accidentally unplugged it and had to reprogram it. Not a big deal but just make sure you pull the clear tab out.

I love the functionality and custom options. You can set the times you want, choose different light colors and when/if they turn on and when. You can set alarms or leave them off. It’s just a wonderful product that covers all your needs.

Her name is Mella and from night 1 my son loves her and...

United States on Oct 26, 2023

Andrew S: My review is based on a parent point of view, and really what you might want to consider if you are in the market for a sleep training clock... My comment is that if you are a helicopter parent and you have a video monitor, this item *might* not be for you.

I'm a first time dad, with a very, VERY observant toddler. I was thinking low tech, like my video monitor, and didn't go with a clock with wifi/bluetooth. This. Was. A. Mistake.

My son is very observant, to the point he knows how to start the clock in the evenings, and even knows how the lock switch works. These are not negatives towards the product, just an observation in my situation.

I wish I had gotten a bluetooth or Wifi connected clock. Why? 20 minutes of sleep on a weekend would be worth it, even if it happened 2 times, vs the cost difference.

This clock is a good clock, don't get me wrong. The only issue I have with it is that I can't change the wake time without going to the clock itself. It doesn't advertise to do this, but am saying as a parent it would be a million times better if you could. If I had a clock I could change without going into the room, I might have gotten an extra twenty...

Canada on Mar 19, 2023

Cassandra Smith: Would give it 3.5 if possible. So it’s a great little clock and very customizable. That being said, the one thing I wish was more customizable is the colorful ring that indicates it’s time to wake up. Even on the lowest possible setting, when it turns on in the morning, it’s like the sun just turned on in a completely dark room. I mean seriously. When I go in there first thing, I’m blinded by it. Every morning, my daughter complains that it woke her up out of a dead sleep. If you have trouble getting your kid to wake up in the morning, then this is the clock for you! But, if like me, your kid is waking up too early and you just want them to know when it’s ok to get out of bed, then it’s not the best clock.

I wanted something that works with her natural sleep pattern, so when she opens her eyes, instead of rolling over, she will see it’s green and knows she can get out of bed. Say she’s had a bad night or she’s sick or just needs ten more minutes of sleep. Nope! Good morning! It’s blinding time. I contacted the company to ask if I was doing something wrong. They got back to me and told me how to dim it, but I’d already done it as far as I could. Yes,...

Canada on Mar 18, 2023

Sarah : Our child was struggling with bedtime starting a few months ago. I had heard of a product like this through some moms and figured I’d give it a go with my 3 1/2 year old.

Pros:
It stopped the bedtime struggle. No more coming in and out of his room a 100xs at bedtime. He sees that red light and goes straight to sleep. (Only happened one time that he didn’t this month and that’s a huge win for us)

It also reduced how early he gets up. We were at early morning in our home and now it’s a lot more reasonable. Not as consistently as bedtime (I’ll explain in cons)

It’s easy to set up

It adds to the room aesthetically and my kid likes the face on it

Cons
The wake/night feature is helpful, BUT the light seems to turn off somewhere in the middle of the night and the yellow light starts around 30-45mins before SWT wake time. So, if they wake before that allotment of time then there is no light. My son will come out of his room at that time unaware of how early it still is. I can’t find a way to change that.

It has a button battery. We removed ours for safety, because it’s not locked in there. I see that as a hazard.

If...

Canada on Sep 18, 2021

Michigan Hiker: Before I dive into it, I want to clarify that many points of this review will be specifically about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD.) However, there are some points that apply to individuals who are not autistic or have SPD.

I bought the MELLA Ready to Rise Children's Sleep Trainer for my 3.5-year old autistic daughter. I do not have the problem that many other parents seem to have with children about my daughter's age as she usually stays in bed playing on her own until someone comes to get her. We're very fortunate in that sense. The main purpose for which I bought this product is because I want my daughter to learn to be more independent.

That statement takes me to the main feature that made me choose this product over other similar ones. Any parent of an autistic child will attest to the fact that our children do not understand the concept of time or having to wait for something. I have seen some reviews in here saying that they rather not have the clock go from sleep mode to play mode and then wake mode. Those parents wanted to override the play mode, going straight from sleep mode to wake mode. If that's what you want for...

United States on Apr 16, 2018