Their name
Your child is the hero: their name appears in the story and in the narration.
They cannot fall asleep on their own
Sound familiar?At bedtime
That endless hour at their bedroom door every single night...
The little boat that sails to sleep
What you’re living
Every night is a battle: they will not stay alone, they get up a thousand times and we all end up exhausted.
The emotional layer
What your child practices
Your little one learns to let the body go and drift towards sleep with a routine and a breathing of their own
The main character lies in bed with a body still full of the day, unwilling to let it go. They learn to picture a little boat rocking very slowly on a calm sea: first the feet grow heavy, then the legs, then the arms, and the breathing gets long like the waves. The routine repeats the same way every night, until the body learns that this signal means now we sail to sleep.
How it’s personalized
It’s not a generic story with a name on top. Each answer really changes something in the tale:
Their age (2-3 or 4-6)
The text adapts: shorter, concrete sentences for little ones; a touch more nuance for older kids.
What they love
Their interests (dinosaurs, the sea, trains…) weave into the story so they stay hooked.
The situation you live
You pick the exact moment that triggers the overwhelm at home: the story starts there, not in a generic example.
How they show the feeling
Whether they shout, drop to the floor or shut down: the hero lives it in a similar way, so they recognise themselves.
The situation you live, for example: it is bedtime and they do not want to be alone · they ask someone to stay until they fall asleep · they get out of bed over and over · they are overexcited and will not wind down · the switch from play to bed is hard.
The phrase they keep
«My body is heavy. I breathe slow. I sail to sleep.»
How this Moment is built
We do not apply a universal arc. This situation has a specific narrative recipe: Habit and independence.
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Chosen situation
They cannot fall asleep on their own
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Skill
Your little one learns to let the body go and drift towards sleep with a routine and a breathing of their own
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Need
We read behaviour as a signal and identify the need this recipe may support, without turning that working hypothesis into a diagnosis.
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Tilo recipe
Habit and independence. Shows a real everyday sequence, offers age-appropriate agency and lets the adult scaffold without taking over. One repeatable step is practised and partial progress counts; there is no need to invent an emotional climax or demand perfect independence.
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Shared anchors
The phrase shown in the catalogue is “My body is heavy. I breathe slow. I sail to sleep.”. The final recipe also fixes the adult phrase, child phrase, main response and home practice.
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Complete Moment
The same recipe coordinates the illustrated story, narration, song, activity and family guide.
Five pieces, one consistent message
The anchors are checked across all five pieces. If one changes, the complete Moment is reviewed so it never gives mixed instructions.
The pedagogical why
A consistent, predictable bedtime routine activates the calming system and makes the transition to sleep and more independent sleeping easier. The same sequence every night is the key, more than how long it lasts.
Source: Mindell et al. (2009), Sleep — childhood bedtime routines
Grounded in developmental psychology and citable sources. It does not replace a professional’s assessment; if anything worries you, talk to your paediatrician.
What you get
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The illustrated story with their name and your exact situation at the centre of the tale
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The audio story in a single warm voice, to listen to without a screen
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The Moment’s song, made to measure for this same situation
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The guided activity to practise the skill through play, with everyday things
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The family guide: the need underneath, and the exact words for the hard moment
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Practise it through play
⛵ The breathing journey
A mini-relaxation to let the body go towards sleep
They cannot fall asleep on their own
Gives them a routine and a breathing of their own to let the body go and fall asleep with less of a battle.
This proposal is not for sale yet: Samantha must approve the complete Moment and all six languages.