Real Help for Your Child's Bedtime Fears

The Bedtime Hero Interactive Ebook

The therapy book for the child who is afraid of sleeping alone

A Therapy Book Developed by a Child Psychiatrist

  • Bedtime Hero uses an innovative therapy method developed by Dr Mark Lauderdale that has already helped hundreds of children who have bedtime fears.
  • Bedtime Hero is an entertaining ebook, designed for you to help your child eliminate their fears and anxiety as they learn to sleep independently .
  • Bedtime Hero interacts directly with your child to clear up the 7 most common fears at bedtime.
  • This book is suitable for children aged 4 to 12 years.

Help Your Child Eliminate Their Bedtime Fears

Bedtime Hero is the lighthearted story of Royelle, a child who was afraid of sleeping alone. Your boy or girl is invited to join in as Royelle follows my instructions and uses his very creative imagination to come up with new and sometimes surprising ways of coping with his fears.

Your role is to read the book with your child and support them as they follow the steps in the process.

Royelle's journey helps him learn how he can use his imagination to make bedtime better rather than always making it worse. In fact, he discovers how to feel calm, strong and confident sleeping on his own .. in his own bed .. all through the night.

Here's quick book tour ..

Quickstart Guide for Parents

Introduction

The Introduction for Parents gives you an overview of the plan and what to expect as your child solves the problem one piece at a time. Goals are rarely achieved all at once. It's a gradual process that takes place with just a few weeks of consistent encouragement and focus. The Introduction also provides you with a script for engaging your child in the book and in the process.

Rate the level of fear of sleeping alone

Chapter 1  Rating the Fears

In this chapter your child is invited to rate their level of anxiety about sleeping alone on a scale from 0 (not afraid) to 10 (terrified). It then helps your child pick the chapter of the bedtime fear that bothers them the most, rather than working through the chapters in numerical order. You start at this chapter every time you use the book and watch your child's fear rating drop week after week. Several of the most common bedtime fears are covered in the book. Royelle's level of fear of sleeping alone started at an 8 or 9!

Child afraid of sleeping alone

Chapter 2  Fear of Sleeping Alone

Sleeping alone can seem overwhelming to a child, especially when they have such good imaginations. This chapter helps your child look at how things will turn out if they keep on doing things the same old way. It helps motivate them to think of a new goal .. the way they really want things to be after they solve the problem. As Royelle exclaimed, “I’d like to be able to sleep by myself and feel proud in the morning!” The chapter goes on to show your child the tapping technique that allows them to mix together strong confident good feelings as they picture being alone in bed.

Child afraid of the dark

Chapter 3  Afraid of The Dark

Being alone in the dark is a new and often scary experience for a small child. Their minds are not limited to reality like you and I. They can imagine monsters under the bed, or creepy people lingering inside their closet. Shadows can become real and hide scary things. How do you help your child learn to comfort themselves? Royelle learns what to do and shows your child the way. The chapter also provides an exercise that you can do with your child to help them stay grounded in reality.

Child afraid of someone breaking in

Chapter 4  Fear of Intruders

Royelle had some fun with this one! He learned that he was creating movies inside his head about robbers breaking in, but since he was the director of the movie he was allowed to make up whatever ending he liked! Royelle had a good imagination so let's just say that things got quite creative, which I'm sure your child will enjoy! Hearing sounds in the house is a fear that is quite closely related to the fear of intruders. Some helpful information is also provided that could help your child understand and feel calmer about sounds in the night.

Child afraid of bad dreams

Chapter 5  Afraid of Bad Dreams (and Imaginary Creatures)

Like the fear of intruders bad dreams are movies inside your child's mind, except that they occur during sleep. And yet, these movies can change too. Royelle had some fun with this also, which could lead to smiles and giggles from you and your child. Then you and your child can have more fun with it every night all week long.

Child strong and confident about sleeping alone

Chapter 6  Strong and Confident

Once Royelle's level of anxiety had dropped to 1-2/10 we went on to tap into greater confidence and lock the good feelings into place. Royelle's level of confidence grew to 9 out of 10 (on the new confidence rating scale) and he was already happier sleeping in his own bed. Now he (and your child) have a solid concept of happy worry-free bedtimes continuing on into future.

Why You Can Trust This Solution

Dr Mark Lauderdale MD FRCPC credentials
The knowledge and experience of a seasoned professional

Dr Mark Lauderdale is a child psychiatrist with over 30 years experience helping children with anxieties and fears.

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Canada),
  • Past President of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis (Alberta),
  • Previously an Associate Professor of Psychiatry with the University of Calgary,
  • Trained in many therapies including cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), family therapy and hypnosis,
  • Private child psychiatry practice in Victoria BC, Canada.
A proven method with exceptional results

The Wellspring Method was developed and refined for 20 years in clinical practice.

  • It is several effective therapies blended together into one step-by-step process,
  • It helps children feel strong and confident when facing a challenge, such as the nighttime fears and anxiety when sleeping alone,
  • In a clinical case review of children with sleep anxiety, 84% were totally improved and another 10% were partially improved,
Stop searching for the solution to your child's nighttime fears and anxiety - you've found it.

How much longer do you want your child's nighttime anxiety to continue? Waiting for it to clear up on its own could take a long time while the pattern becomes more entrenched with each passing month.

  • Sleep anxiety tips and advice on the internet often fail, which reinforce your child's belief that they can’t learn to sleep alone,
  • Children like the feeling of solving problems on their own (internet tips often don't facilitate this),
  • Bedtime Hero motivates and enables your child to solve the sleep problem themselves.

Learn More About the Full Online Program

In my clinical work, I developed a step-by-step approach that led to significant improvement in over 90% of children with bedtime fears and anxiety, often within just a few sessions. Now it's available as an animated interactive online experience for your child.

Want to see how the complete Bedtime Hero program works?

Start Having Happy Bedtimes at Your House

Order your Bedtime Hero Ebook ..
Bedtime Hero Ebook
Bedtime Hero Ebook
Bedtime Hero is the story of Royelle who had bedtime fears. It perfectly compliments the online program. The book invites your child to do the therapeutic steps along with Royelle as he/she demonstrates how to overcome fears and learns to sleep alone.
Price: $17.00
  • This downloadable ebook is in a PDF format (38 MB) for your exclusive use forever.

About the Creator

Dr. Mark Lauderdale is a retired child psychiatrist with over 30 years of clinical experience helping children with anxiety, fears, and bedtime difficulties. Following his medical degree he trained as a child and family psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary and is a Past President of the Canadian Society of Clinical Hypnosis - Alberta Division. He is now a retired Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. Lauderdale is currently active as an innovator in online therapy including the animated program for children with bedtime anxiety called Bedtime Hero. This program is based on methods developed and refined over decades of clinical practice.