Worth it!
I’ve been using Goldminds for about a month. While we do a bedtime story here or there, our biggest use of the app is after daycare pickup on the drive home. Previously my almost 4 year old would be cranky and hungry, mad at anything, and showing all the classic signs of ‘restraint collapse’ after a long day. She also has an infant sibling that sometimes cries in the car and they would upset her as well.
Now she asks to “listen to a story” and it’s been such a great way to transition our day to home. Even I appreciate the reminder to take some deep breaths! The stories are so sweet and captivating, with a soothing voice. It’s also reinforcing some great regulation skills ! Just today when her brother was crying I saw her taking very purposeful deep breaths, without prompting. Love the app
Now she asks to “listen to a story” and it’s been such a great way to transition our day to home. Even I appreciate the reminder to take some deep breaths! The stories are so sweet and captivating, with a soothing voice. It’s also reinforcing some great regulation skills ! Just today when her brother was crying I saw her taking very purposeful deep breaths, without prompting. Love the app
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Sleepy Dust in App Form
I support my 18mo son to sleep every night right now, and the Goldminds 30-40 minute sleep stories have saved my sanity. Instead of sitting in a dark room, in a rocking chair, holding my toddler while my brain rots to white noise, we’re both enjoying a calm story and he is usually out in MINUTES. I rock him for the whole time just so I can enjoy the rest of the story…🤭 Best part is that instead of looking at my clock every 5 minutes to figure out how long I’ve been in the room, I just wait til the story is done and I know how much time has passed. 😂 Will be using this as part of our bedtime toolkit for a long time, I can already tell!
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The whole family loves it!
I lie down with my 15 month old and listen to these stories before his nap and at bedtime and he loves them so much! Me and my husband also listen to a story before bed, we used to fall asleep to the TV but both feel much more relaxed falling asleep to these stories. The narrator is wonderful and the content of the stories are awesome and so varied.
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Great App toddler bedtime!
When we switched my toddler to a toddler bed she was having a lot of trouble settling for bedtime. I found this app and it has been a life saver! We put on a story for her every night now to help her fall asleep. It has made bedtime so much easier and she loves it!
Calming Affirmations FTW
This app is life changing. We have some big feelings before school and often before bed as well. I’m so happy to report that “Gary the Goat” and “Melody the Mermaid” are staples during our ride to school. No matter how rough the morning is going, Gary and Melody help calm the situation with the familiar soothing voice, positive affirmations, and pure joy they bring to my son. Equally as impressive are the calming sleep stories. Winding down can be difficult but these stories help tremendously. I am thrilled that I have this tool to help me.
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The best sleep hack I’ve ever tried
I have a highly sensitive 3YO and a boob obsessed 1.5YO. It’s been so hard getting them to nap because my 3YO is low sleep needs but could use a mid nap short nap and my 1.5 YO needs a nice long nap but it’s hard to coordinate so we usually sacrifice my 3YOs. Lately we all lay together in my bed and turn on a nap story & they’re both out in minutes. That’s not even the big win - we’ve been struggling with getting my 3YO to actually fall asleep. He will toss and turn and cry he can’t fall asleep. We’ve added the long stories to our bedtime & he hasn’t needed more than 10 minutes to fall asleep. These stories are amazing!! Witch craft !
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Great
We love this app! We use it to settle our child at bedtime, and listen to stories throughout the day whenever we need a quiet minute. It’s the best! My 4 year old loves it
Love this!
So appreciate this app! Helps calm my active kiddo
This app works magic - update
My daughter has always been very energetic and playful which has led to a long wind down routine for naps and night sleep pretty much since she was born. I’m not kidding when I say this app and it’s stories has taken our 30+ minute routine down to 7 minutes or less. My daughter gets so excited for her stories every night and we’ve now incorporated them for nap time and even in the car when she’s fussy. The meditative music in the background and at the end of the stories is so soothing it even gets my nervous system in a calm state which I’m sure my daughter picks up on and feeds off of. Truly so grateful something like this exists. Definitely going to continue using this app for the foreseeable future.
YUP here to report this app is just as magical as I thought it was a month ago. Literally have used this app for every single nap and bed time for a month and it’s continued to be game changer. It also knocks ME out when I’m putting my daughter down!?! The calming meditative music at the end of the stories has actual sleep magic in them. Literally could be more grateful for this resource and I recommend it to EVERY single parent I can when I’m out and about. 😅🥲
YUP here to report this app is just as magical as I thought it was a month ago. Literally have used this app for every single nap and bed time for a month and it’s continued to be game changer. It also knocks ME out when I’m putting my daughter down!?! The calming meditative music at the end of the stories has actual sleep magic in them. Literally could be more grateful for this resource and I recommend it to EVERY single parent I can when I’m out and about. 😅🥲
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Like magic!
We have been loving the goldminds app! We switched to it from listening to music as the final part of sleep and my 4 year old falls asleep so much faster. She loves picking her stories/songs, and usually only makes it through part of one in a playlist most nights. She sleeps more soundly through the night more often. I wish we had this sooner when we were going through even more rough sleeping patterns , it’s like magic in engaging and calming her active little mind. There is such a great variety of stories and calming music. It even has helped at times throughout the day for increasing calm/focus.
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