The Wind-Down Circle

The deck was built in our living room, tornado and all. It gets better in yours. This is where the parents who own it talk back, which cards ended your tornado, which ones flopped, what you figured out at 9pm that we never would have.

Founding Families

The first 250 decks are the founding run, and the families who own them are our Founding Families. Your feedback shapes the second edition, literally. Card ideas that make the cut get printed in edition two with your name on them, with your permission, and the parents here hear about everything first.

How it works

Play the deck, then use the form below and tell us three things:

1. Your wind-down story, how bedtime actually goes at your house.
2. A card that worked, or one that didn't, and why.
3. A card idea for the second edition.

Nothing you send appears on this page automatically. We read everything ourselves, and the best stories become Sleep Notes posts, always with your permission first, your name or anonymous, your call. Once 50 to 100 families are in, the Circle also gets its own private Facebook group, owners only, where the real back-and-forth happens.

Stories from the Circle

Memaw's 5-Step Bedtime Routine (That Actually Works), the first guest story in Sleep Notes, from Jon's mom.

Introducing the Wind-Down Deck, how the deck came to be.

The ground rules

Parents sharing what worked in their house, that's it. This isn't medical advice and nobody here is a sleep expert, we're just the families living it. Keep it kind, keep it honest, and nothing gets posted anywhere until you've seen it and said yes.

— The Cushla Family