For when your child wriggles and fidgets at bedtime, unsettled by small feelings they can't quite name.

Kip the café cat is getting ready to rest, but each time she circles her velvet cushion she notices something small: a spool, a crumb, a curled leaf, a tiny wrinkle. One by one she tends to each, and rest arrives on its own. For a child learning that the little pokes before sleep are part of settling down.

For when your child is sleeping somewhere new and the unfamiliar dark feels too strange to settle into.

Kip the café cat finds a small hedgehog hiding beneath the lavender, worried because this dark isn't its own. Rather than rushing it, Kip sits close and helps it notice what stays the same — the night air, the stars, the blackbird's bedtime note. Slowly, its spines soften. A gentle one for a child facing a new or different bedtime.

For when your little one is convinced being sent to sleep first feels like missing out. A younger wren huffs at the edge of her nest, certain her brother gets to see everything she never will. Slumber, a gentle sloth in his fern cradle, tells her what the forest saves for whoever rests first — the whispering leaves, the glowing moss, the dew holding moonlight. A gentle one for a child who hates being first to bed.

For when your child likes the sound of the outdoors at night to fall asleep to.

The Starlight Forest at night — a soft layer of leaves, far-off crickets, and the slow breath of the trees. The wide, safe sound of the outdoors, gentle enough to sleep inside.

For when your child resists letting the day end, or needs the same steps to feel ready.

Kip closes the café the same way every night: wipe the counter, click the biscuit tin, dim the lights, tuck the cushions, wait for the clock's one deep chime. Small Paws follows along, slower and slower, until the routine carries him.

For when worry or busy thoughts are getting in the way.

A warm cup on the counter. Steam rising slowly. Your child breathes in with the steam, then blows it gently across the café. Something to follow when thoughts won't quiet on their own.

For when your child is already settled and just needs to arrive before sleep.

No counting, no image. Just the quiet realisation that a breath is already happening — and it already knows what to do. Five minutes of very little. Best for older children in the range.

For when feelings are running high, or to help your child settle before sleep.

Each breath out is a little longer than the breath in — the fastest way a small body finds its way to still. Good for big evenings, or any night that needs settling before sleep begins.

For when your child needs to gather themselves during the day.

Breathing in for three, blowing out for three — counted quietly alongside. A two-minute reset for a scattered or overwhelmed moment, without stopping the day completely.

For when your child needs to find a steady rhythm before sleep.

Kip is on the window seat, purring very quietly. Your child breathes with her rhythm — slow in, slow out. Four minutes of something steady to synchronise with when the evening still needs settling.