Frequently Bought Together
Product Information
Technical Details
| Model Number | HJ008 |
| Item Weight | 558 g |
| Product Dimensions | 22.4 x 16.8 x 12 cm |
| Item model number | HJ008 |
Additional Information
| ASIN | B002APJCNE |
| Best Sellers Rank |
3 in Baby (See top 100)
|
| Shipping Weight | 998 g |
| Date First Available | 21 May 2009 |
Feedback
Would you like to give feedback on images?
Product Description
Product Description
The Gro-Clock is designed to teach your child a healthy sleep routine. view larger
The Gro-Clock Sleep Trainer
Promoting a healthy sleep routine
We all expect to miss sleep when babies are young, but once they become toddlers most parents would like to start getting them into a healthy sleep routine. A child that sleeps well means the whole family is happier and more energised each day.
Praised by parents around the world
The Gro-Clock is used around the world with great success to train toddlers to stay in bed until the time the parents desire. It's much more than just a clock – it's a whole sleep system. Starting with bedtime, the parent reads the specially written 'Sleepy Farm' book (included) and explains that the child should look at the clock to see all the stars in the sky around the moon.
A perfect night's sleep
If the child wakes in the night, they simply glance at the clock to know what to do: if there are stars showing, they should lie down and relax as it's not time to get up yet, and the stars will keep them company. As the stars count down, they know it is almost time, and then with a big smile the sun arrives on the screen to signal that it is time to go and see mum and dad.
Features and benefits of the Gro-Clock
Two wake-up times
The Gro-Clock has two wake-up times so you can set one for the morning and one for afternoon naps.
Adjustable brightness
The brightness on the Gro-Clock can be adjusted to suit your child's preferences, which will change as they age.
Changing time
The Gro-Clock helps your child adjust when the clocks change forwards or backwards.
Bedtime book included
Included with the Gro-Clock is 'Sleepy Farm', a bedtime book to read your child to help them to sleep.
Box Contains
1 x Gro-Clock Sleep Trainer
1 x Sleepy Farm story book
1 x DC-powered adapter
1 x Instruction manual
1 x Sleepy Farm story book
1 x DC-powered adapter
1 x Instruction manual
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1,425 of 1,437 people found the following review helpful
By Phoz
This product totally works, my son is only 22 mths old, but 5 days later it had completely changed his waking times from 4am to 6am! And 9 days in, he's now consistently waking up between 6.15 - 6.30am. Below is how I did it -
My 22 mth old son has always been a bit of a challenging sleeper, but recently it was just getting ridiculous. 4am starts told me that something needed to be done (not least of all because my husband was away, so I was doing all the early morning starts!) Anyway, I invested in a groclock after a friend recommended one. I have to say, I was a bit dubious, my son is only 22 mths old, and I wondered if he'd actually understand what was going on.
The first day I got it, we read the accompanying book a couple of times, then I spent 3 x 5min sessions with him running through the demo mode, so we saw the sun wink (bye bye Mr Sun!) and turn into the star (Night night! Sleeping time! - we pretended to go to sleep) then into the sun again (Morning Mr Sun! Get up! Get up! - we leapt up and danced around). We did this until it seemed like he understood what was going on. I ambitiously set the sun to come up at 6am, and waited to see how it would go.
Anyway, needless to say, day 1 he woke up at 4am, I went into his room, sat with him, and just kept saying, no, sleeping time, we need to wait until the sun gets up (I'd put some toys in his cot for him to play with, and I encouraged him to do so). After an hour of this, he was beginning to lose the plot, so I subtly changed the clock to the sun, and waited for him to notice. When he did, I made a HUGE fuss of him - yes, yes clever boy, it IS the sun. Let's get up!!
Day 2, woke up at 4.10am. Read more ›
My 22 mth old son has always been a bit of a challenging sleeper, but recently it was just getting ridiculous. 4am starts told me that something needed to be done (not least of all because my husband was away, so I was doing all the early morning starts!) Anyway, I invested in a groclock after a friend recommended one. I have to say, I was a bit dubious, my son is only 22 mths old, and I wondered if he'd actually understand what was going on.
The first day I got it, we read the accompanying book a couple of times, then I spent 3 x 5min sessions with him running through the demo mode, so we saw the sun wink (bye bye Mr Sun!) and turn into the star (Night night! Sleeping time! - we pretended to go to sleep) then into the sun again (Morning Mr Sun! Get up! Get up! - we leapt up and danced around). We did this until it seemed like he understood what was going on. I ambitiously set the sun to come up at 6am, and waited to see how it would go.
Anyway, needless to say, day 1 he woke up at 4am, I went into his room, sat with him, and just kept saying, no, sleeping time, we need to wait until the sun gets up (I'd put some toys in his cot for him to play with, and I encouraged him to do so). After an hour of this, he was beginning to lose the plot, so I subtly changed the clock to the sun, and waited for him to notice. When he did, I made a HUGE fuss of him - yes, yes clever boy, it IS the sun. Let's get up!!
Day 2, woke up at 4.10am. Read more ›
189 of 203 people found the following review helpful
By J. Boothman
I bought this a few weeks ago for my 3 year old son who kept getting up ridiculously early, whatever time he had gone to bed. As he has been growing out of daytime sleeps he was getting really tired and bad tempered in the day.
The price nearly put me off but the clock seemed a good design and I decided to give it a try over the holidays. It has worked perfectly. He has enjoyed setting it in the evenings (watching the sun close its eyes and change into the moon) and comes into our room at 7.30am with a beaming smile every morning telling us that the sun has come up. He has always had a night light in his bedroom and this doubles up as that, plus you can alter the brightness.
Setting it up initially was quite straightforward and if you unplug it to move it or to take away on holiday, it retains the settings. The fact that it can also be set to display digital time and has an audio alarm if required means that it will go on to be useful as he gets older.
In summary we are all getting more sleep and are a much happier household!
The price nearly put me off but the clock seemed a good design and I decided to give it a try over the holidays. It has worked perfectly. He has enjoyed setting it in the evenings (watching the sun close its eyes and change into the moon) and comes into our room at 7.30am with a beaming smile every morning telling us that the sun has come up. He has always had a night light in his bedroom and this doubles up as that, plus you can alter the brightness.
Setting it up initially was quite straightforward and if you unplug it to move it or to take away on holiday, it retains the settings. The fact that it can also be set to display digital time and has an audio alarm if required means that it will go on to be useful as he gets older.
In summary we are all getting more sleep and are a much happier household!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this years ago for my 3 year old. Even at almost 5 she still uses it and doesn't get out of bed until the sun comes up.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Edwina S
I can't rave about this product enough. Saved my sanity! Gradually over the weeks moved us from 4.30 am hell with a little baby in the house too to 6am workdays( when our alarm goes off) to 7 am weekends. A miraculous product!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By QueenBee
I love this clock! It worked from day one and my children (2 & 3yrs) understood with help from the little story book. I would recommend this 100%. Worth every penny!
321 of 388 people found the following review helpful
By W. Osborne
Amazon Verified Purchase
I had great hopes for this item after reading the other reviews, but unfortunately this only lasted 3 days in our household before I returned it.
The product quality and build are very good and the concept is great. However, we found one major flaw. The clock face is quite large and the image is back-lit, so that the whole face lights up. At 2am in a dark room, this is a REALLY bright light, and it would wake my daughter up and she would say that it had to be morning time because it was so bright in her room. We moved the position of the clock so that it wasn't shining over her bed, but then she couldn't see when the moon had turned into the sun, so that was pointless. We turned the brightness down to the lowest setting, but it was still extremely bright.
It would be much better if the moon symbol was illuminated and not the whole clockface. This would mena that their concept of the moon turning into the sun to show get-up time would still work, but it wouldn't look like Blackpool Illuminations in the child's bedroom!
The product quality and build are very good and the concept is great. However, we found one major flaw. The clock face is quite large and the image is back-lit, so that the whole face lights up. At 2am in a dark room, this is a REALLY bright light, and it would wake my daughter up and she would say that it had to be morning time because it was so bright in her room. We moved the position of the clock so that it wasn't shining over her bed, but then she couldn't see when the moon had turned into the sun, so that was pointless. We turned the brightness down to the lowest setting, but it was still extremely bright.
It would be much better if the moon symbol was illuminated and not the whole clockface. This would mena that their concept of the moon turning into the sun to show get-up time would still work, but it wouldn't look like Blackpool Illuminations in the child's bedroom!
262 of 318 people found the following review helpful
We bought this clock for our son for his birthday, when he turned 3 a month ago. He had been waking at 5.30 - 6.30 wanting to get into our bed or to get us sleeping on the floor in his room.
We showed him the demo of Moon with stars countdown and how "Mr Sunshine" would appear when it was "morning" - we optimistically chose 7am. From the first day it worked - I must say I was amazed, he did wake me at 5.30 to tell me the moon was still there for a couple of days.
But he is now checking before he shouts us in the morning - we hear him stir then go quiet if it's pre-7am, then we are woken with a cheery, "Mummy it's morning - the sunshine is here".
My friend has had similar joy with hers too.
Well worth a try - and the clock is lovely addition to boy or girl's nursery - much nicer than the other "pre-time-telling" clocks available.
I think it would even suit children younger than 3 as it comes with a cute storybook to introduce the idea to them at bedtime.
We showed him the demo of Moon with stars countdown and how "Mr Sunshine" would appear when it was "morning" - we optimistically chose 7am. From the first day it worked - I must say I was amazed, he did wake me at 5.30 to tell me the moon was still there for a couple of days.
But he is now checking before he shouts us in the morning - we hear him stir then go quiet if it's pre-7am, then we are woken with a cheery, "Mummy it's morning - the sunshine is here".
My friend has had similar joy with hers too.
Well worth a try - and the clock is lovely addition to boy or girl's nursery - much nicer than the other "pre-time-telling" clocks available.
I think it would even suit children younger than 3 as it comes with a cute storybook to introduce the idea to them at bedtime.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
Confusing instructions
The way it works is really confusing, explanations are much improved, but for this you would put 5 stars.
My babies are happy
My babies are happy
Published 1 day ago by Ramariza
2.0 out of 5 stars
not clever
Not a clever design. Just alright as a gift really. Do not worth that much money for me at least
Published 1 day ago by Luke Jacobs
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good product
I originally wanted a night light for my 3 year old son but thought I'd give this a try as it does serve as a night light also. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Norgard
4.0 out of 5 stars
Big help, but controls could be smarter.
This product has really helped keeping my 3 year old in bed. He loves saying goodnight to it and it functions as a nightlight as well. Read more
Published 2 days ago by V. T. Boswinkel
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea but missed opportunities
First clock arrived with a foreign plug but Amazon sorted this out in 2 days so I'll let them off.
Great idea, takes a bit of patience and interraction to get your child... Read more
Great idea, takes a bit of patience and interraction to get your child... Read more
Published 3 days ago by MR MATTHEW J INNESS
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great clock for early risers
My daughter loves this clock. She always feels very proud and excited when she wakes up with the sun. The starts help her understand how long she still has till morning time.
Published 3 days ago by nmeneese
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best twenty pound ever spent !
I can't recommend this enough after months of waking up between 4 and 5 am my little boy aged 3 slept through till 6 45 the first night this magical clock was in his room !
Published 3 days ago by michelle wride
3.0 out of 5 stars
Its ok!
My little fella knows he is supposed to get up when the sun is up but for some reason ... he just ignores it and gets up anyway!! Read more
Published 4 days ago by JPM Innovations Ltd
4.0 out of 5 stars
A few improvements would be nice
This is a great clock - especially at the �20 price we got it at as it's �25+ elsewhere. And it does work well our daughter sees its morning and the sun is out and knows it's okay... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Mummy2two
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant!
This takes a while for the kids to get used to but now it's great. Very hand features like a key lock to stop little fingers messing with settings and an example mode so you can... Read more
Published 4 days ago by Carly Walwin
New customer? Start here.
Look for similar items by category
