2 Phase Sleep Trainer Clock — Slumber
Right then. Let's get Slumber working.
Five minutes to set up, and then you don't have to think about it again. There's a video if you'd rather watch, and everything is written out underneath it.
If you'd rather watch
Setting up Slumber, in two minutes
Setting it up
Five steps, five buttons
Everything happens with MODE, SET, [+], [−], and ON/OFF on the back.
Turn it on
Press ON/OFF on the back. This turns the screen and backlight on and off — when it's off, Slumber still lights up if the alarm sounds or you plug the cable in.
Set the time
Press MODE until you see the clock icon. Hold SET for three seconds, use [+] and [−] to change the hours, press SET to confirm, then use [+] and [−] for the minutes.
Set wake-up time
Press MODE until you see the sun icon, then the same routine: hold SET for three seconds, [+] and [−] for hours, SET to confirm, [+] and [−] for minutes.
Anywhere between 4:00am and 3:59pm.
Set bedtime
Press MODE until you see the moon icon, then exactly as above. Hold SET for three seconds, use [+] and [−] to change the hours, press SET to confirm, then use [+] and [−] for the minutes
Anywhere between 3:00pm and 3:59am.
Lock it
Hold [+] and [−] together for five seconds. A padlock appears on the screen. Do this on night one rather than after the first time a three-year-old rearranges your morning.
The same five-second hold unlocks it when you need to change something.
While it's in your hands
Register your Zeepy
That's the setup done. Everything below is worth knowing, but none of it is required — starting with twenty seconds that gets you a two-year guarantee and two months of the Zeepy app.
Two year guarantee
Free, for registering. Covers manufacturing faults — and once you're registered you'll never need to find the receipt.
Two months of the app
Stories, meditations and sleep sounds, on your phone. Register and we'll give you an extra month free.
Advice that fits
Tell us your child's age and we'll send the sleep guidance for that age, and nothing else.
That didn't go through. Check the address and try once more.
You're registered.
Your reference is {ref}. Keep it — it's all you need to make a claim, and it's on its way by email too.
Registering means we'll email you your guarantee record and your app code.
About the two-year guarantee
Register your Zeepy and it's covered against manufacturing faults for two years from the day it was bought. We'll repair it or replace it — whichever makes more sense — free of charge.
Once you've registered, that's your proof. We'll have the date and the details on file, so you won't need to dig out a receipt to make a claim. Handy if your Zeepy was a gift — the guarantee travels with the clock rather than with whoever paid for it.
It doesn't cover accidental damage, water damage, normal wear, damage from a charger other than a 5V one, or a clock that's been taken apart. Rechargeable batteries lose some capacity over time, which is normal and isn't a fault.
This guarantee is in addition to your legal rights, and doesn't affect them. If you bought your Zeepy from a shop, Amazon or TikTok Shop, your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 are against them — and you can still come to us under this guarantee, whoever you bought from.
Guarantee provided by Zeepy Ltd, 4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 6EB. Valid in the United Kingdom.
What we do with what you give us
Your email — to confirm your registration, hold your guarantee record, send your app code, and contact you if you ever make a claim. We keep it for as long as your guarantee runs, plus one year.
Where and when you got it — so we know how to help if you need to claim. Kept with your registration.
Your child's age — only if you give it, and only to decide which sleep advice to send. We ask for an age range rather than a birthday on purpose, because a range is all we need. Not shared with anyone.
You can ask to see what we hold, correct it, or have it deleted whenever you like — email dreamteam@zeepy.co. If you're not happy with how we've handled it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Zeepy Ltd, 4th Floor, Silverstream House, 45 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 6EB, is responsible for your data.
What the colours mean
Two colours, in the same order, every night
The colours matter less than the order — it's the sameness that does the work.
Sleep
Soothing orange, sleeping face. At bedtime. Kip's eyes are shut, so theirs can be too.
Wake
Rise and shine blue, wide eyes. Up you get. The blue backlight stays on for an hour, then turns itself off to save battery.
Explaining it to your child
Worth saying once, in daylight
Roughly these words, at four in the afternoon rather than half past seven.
When the clock turns orange and the sloth is asleep, that means you close your eyes too. When it turns blue and the sloth is awake, it's okay to get out of bed and come for cuddles. But if you wake up and Slumber is still orange stay in bed until both eyes open and it turns blue.
Making it stick
Three things that decide whether it works
Move the time in small steps
If your child currently wakes at 5:30am, setting the clock to 7:00am on night one just teaches them the clock is wrong. Start at the time they already wake up, so the very first morning the clock agrees with them and they get it right. Then move it about five minutes later every few days. It's slow, and it's the only version that sticks.
Make a fuss of the mornings that work
Every morning they stay in bed until blue, say so. Hugs, high-fives, a sticker chart if that's your house. The clock gives them the signal; the praise is what makes them care about it.
And when they wake up early anyway
They will. Remind them it's still quiet time, keep your response boring and the same every time, and put them back. Consistency is doing more work here than anything the clock does.
Good to know
The rest of the buttons
Three screen layouts
Press SET to cycle through: Kip's face with the time, the time on its own, or Kip's face on its own.
Brightness
Use [+] and [−]. Seven levels, and the lowest turns the light off altogether. Most families end up dimmer than they expect — start low and go up if your child asks.
The morning alarm, if you want one
Press MODE while you're setting the wake-up time and a bell icon appears. It sounds for one minute, or until somebody presses a button. Most families never turn it on and let the colour do the work.
Reset
Press MODE, SET and ON/OFF together until "Cr" appears on the screen. Everything goes back to factory settings.
If something isn't right
The usual suspects
Nothing responds when I press the buttons.
The lock is on — look for the padlock icon. Hold [+] and [−] together for five seconds to unlock.
The screen is blank.
The battery's flat. Plug it in with the supplied cable; the display comes back well before the charge finishes.
The screen works but there's no light.
Either the battery is low — check for the battery icon, the backlight goes off first to save power — or the brightness is on its lowest setting, which is off. Press [+] a few times.
The colours are changing at the wrong time.
It's almost always the clock time rather than the bedtime. Check step 2 first. And nothing updates it when the clocks go forward or back — that one's on us all twice a year.
The blue light went off in the morning.
That's meant to happen. Blue stays on for an hour after wake-up time, then turns off to save battery.
My child ignores it.
Normal at first, and it isn't a fault. Go back to the colours in daylight, and check the wake-up time isn't much later than they actually wake. Most of the learning happens away from bedtime.
I've lost the cable.
Any standard 5V USB source will do, but the cable itself is specific to the clock. There are spares in the shop, and they cost less than a coffee.
Still stuck?
Email dreamteam@zeepy.co — a real person answers.
The other half of bedtime
The clock shows them. The app tells them.
Kip does the whole routine without you — you've set it up and you're done. The Zeepy app is the other half: a story for winding down, sounds for sleeping, something for the nearly-morning stretch, and a story worth waking up for. It plays from your phone, so it works alongside any Zeepy clock. Twelve stories play free on our site right now, no app and no sign-up, if you'd like to hear one before tonight.
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