The Hard‑Night Cards

Calm words for the hardest bedtimes. There are 27 cards for the moments the routine doesn't hold, from “just one more” to 2am at the door, to keep by the bed or open on your phone in the dark.

Three Hard-Night Cards: the cover, a printed A6 card for the 2am waking and the dark phone version of the same card

A digital pack, shown as printed A6 cards and on a phone.

Ages 3 to 11

Hard-Night Cards

Each card covers one hard moment. It gives a short, calm line to say, one thing to do now and one thing to avoid, then closes with the same landing phrase as every YawnIQ story.

£9one payment
  • 27 cards, plus 4 start-here cards
  • Print at home, A6 or 4 to an A4 sheet
  • Night-friendly phone version
  • Educational support, not medical advice
Get the Hard-Night Cards — £9

Prefer the full guide + 9 stories? Complete Collection · £39

Four sets

  • Getting to bed7 cards
  • At lights-out8 cards
  • In the night5 cards
  • Big days and changes7 cards

These cover the screens-off protest, coming out of the room, fears of the dark, the 2am waking, bad dreams, early mornings, the clocks changing, nights away and someone else doing bedtime.

Start here

  • How to use the cards: one card, one line, then your landing phrase
  • Your four phrases, with space to write your own
  • Settle the body: six simple moves, pick one
  • When to talk to your GP or health visitor

The cards use the same soft, low-stimulation words as the Calm Bedtime Blueprint, with characters from the Yawnies, the Lantern Keepers and Night Academy throughout. If you have the Complete Collection, you'll recognise many of the lines. These cards make them quick to grab.

How you'd use it

1

Pick one card

Find the moment you're in, for example the 2am waking.

2

Say the line

Say it once, slowly, in a low voice. Do the one step, and skip the thing to avoid.

3

Land it

Close with your landing phrase: “You are safe. You are loved. Your body can rest now.”

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