For the steps themselves, read what belongs in a preschool bedtime routine.
A look inside

Nia and the Four Goodnight Stars
Occasion: Bedtime routine practice
Shown as Nia, age band 0-4, with Luna.


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Story excerpt
Nia put her brush in its cup and took the small drink of water her family allowed before bed. Click! The second star joined the first. The third star waited in the reading nook. Nia chose the moonlit forest book. Dad made room beside him, and Luna found the softest corner.
These pages come from a made-up family. The book you make uses your names, photos, and the details you share, and its story is written fresh.
The sequence the house already trusts
Parents and grandparents who want the present to be the evening itself: warm water, a fluffy towel, lavender pajamas, one short lap story, and a door left partly open. The story is not locked to a numbered year. It asks for a young child plus the adult who tucks them in, and it can include a second adult or a pet, up to four seats, each from a separate sharp portrait.
Choose one ordinary snag for the plot to practice. Stopping play, a string of extra requests, a dark-room worry, or sleeping somewhere unfamiliar. Pick the one that actually happens. A story that tries to solve every snag at once reads like a lecture, and this flow is built for a single transition.
Write the sequence in the order your house already uses. A washcloth before pajamas, teeth before the lap story, a sip of water, then the lamp. If the goodnight line is 'we are nearby,' type that line. The story should not invent a new ritual, a crib rule, or a promise that anyone will fall asleep.
This is a lap-read picture story, not a medical sleep plan and not a board book for an infant. If sleep, breathing, or snoring is the worry, talk with the child's pediatrician. The scenes can make a known path feel familiar. They cannot treat a sleep problem.
A grandparent ordering from another city can still use it. Ask the parents for the real sequence and for permission to upload portraits. Then the file can be opened on a call the day you accept the proof, while paper follows how long production and transit take.
What gets personalized
Describe the evening steps in order, a familiar goodnight phrase, and one comfort object, pet, or night-light. Choose the single hard transition. Optional room pictures can show the bedroom, the sink, or the reading corner.
You check the faces, then the evening scenes are illustrated. A PDF is included. Paper begins after you accept the proof. The cards here are the totals. They are not a toothpaste dose, a lights-out hour, or a shipping deadline.
Format, price, and timing
An evening rehearsal does not need a courier. The cards are the book totals. If you want a printed copy on the nightstand, read Pricing for production and transit. The digital file can be opened at lights-out the day you approve the proof. This bedtime guide prints no order-by date.
Prices
Digital book
$15
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Every page illustrated
- Downloadable PDF
Digital + softcover
$35
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Your full custom story
- Every page illustrated
- Shipping shown before payment
Digital + hardcover
$45
Total, plus shipping and tax
- Everything in Softcover
- Durable hardcover binding
- Gift-ready finish
- Shipping shown before payment
Pricing shows these same totals.
Questions
Does this evening story promise anyone will fall asleep?
No. It rehearses the sequence and words you type. It does not promise fewer wakings, independent sleep, or treatment of a sleep problem. Sleep, breathing, or snoring worries belong with the child's pediatrician.
Who can be in the tuck-in scenes?
The child and at least one adult who does the tuck-in, up to four seats. A second adult or a pet can join, each with a separate portrait.
Can our exact goodnight line be in it?
Yes. Type the phrase your family already says, and the story uses that wording instead of inventing a new one.
What if the question is really about infant sleep?
Take infant sleep questions to the child's pediatrician. This lap story is not a medical plan and not a board book for an infant. The age guide explains when a shared picture story fits.
