Now in beta: Ready for Bed is tuned for 3-year-olds only right now.
Now ready for 3-year-olds

A personalized bedtime story
starring your child,
emailed every night.

Ready for Bed uses creative, fatherly storytelling combined with AI to create a brand new story for your child every day, delivered to your inbox each evening at bedtime.
But that's not the best part.

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The best part? Your child decides what happens tomorrow.

Every story ends with two options. Your child chooses one, and tomorrow night's story starts from there.

That one small choice changes how bedtime feels for both of you.

1

They look forward to bedtime

Child development experts call it reward anticipation: when kids know something good is waiting, they start looking forward to it. Bedtime stops being the end of the fun and becomes the moment they find out what happens next. Fewer stalls, more "Is it time yet?"

2

The routine runs deeper

Predictable, repeated rituals help a child's nervous system recognize it's time to wind down. A story that's waiting every night, and that they had a hand in, becomes an anchor in the routine. Pajamas, teeth, story, choice, lights out.

3

They drift off settled

Psychologists link a sense of agency to calm and security. Making the choice gives your child a small feeling of control at the end of the day and closes the loop, so the mind can let go. They fall asleep content, already picturing tomorrow.

For parents who want a sweet bedtime with their child

Even when you're spent.

No new app to figure out.

It's an email. You already know how email works.

No screen in their hands.

You read it to them. They cuddle up, listen, and help pick what happens tomorrow.

A whole story, every night.

Short enough for little attention spans, with a real beginning, middle, and happy ending. Their animal sidekick and details from their own life come back night after night.

No more making it up on the spot.

A fresh story is waiting in your inbox every evening, so you can be present instead of scrambling for ideas.

I won't pretend this is perfect.

I would love to be able to sell you more time and energy. That’s what parents really need. If I had more of both, I would make up a story for my kid every night.

There's something magical about a personalized, fresh story. It brings you and your child together in a way that reading a book just doesn't.

In fact, for several years I invented a new story for my kid almost every night: ongoing sagas about a kid and their backyard cave that opened up into worlds of dinosaurs, jungles, and talking animals.

But eventually I couldn't keep it up, and didn't want bedtime to become something I dreaded, or something where I had to let my kid down.

Ready for Bed is a happy middle ground.

When your creative juices run dry, and the bedtime story becomes one more thing on your plate, it slowly turns what should be a precious moment into a chore.

Parenting is hard enough. I see AI as a tool for lifting burdens off our plate, so we can focus on what matters most. Here, it takes the pressure of inventing a new story every night off your list, so you can spend your energy enjoying and connecting with your child during those special evening moments.

You can still add as much of your own creative input as you like. Just tap the link at the bottom of any story email to add elements to your child's profile so their stories reflect the new things happening in their life, like a new toy, activity, or something they just got curious about.

When your child is ready for bed, just relax and read a story you'll both enjoy, side by side. Parenting is made of small moments like this, one day after another.

Simple pricing

Seven nights free to fall in love with it. Cancel in one click, anytime.

Our promise: we don't want your money because you forgot to cancel.

Canceling takes one click from any story email. We'll also send you reminder emails before your free trial ends and before you're charged, so you're never surprised. We only want your payment if you are getting far more out of Ready for Bed than it costs you.

One Child
$9 /mo

1 child profile · 7-day free trial

  • A fresh story every night
  • Your child chooses what happens next
  • Name, sidekick & favorites
  • You pick the bedtime
  • Cancel anytime in one click
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Questions parents ask

Is this an app?

No. I, for one, am tired of one-off apps. Stories arrive by email. Tap a choice in the email; tomorrow continues from there.

How is this different from other AI kids' stories?

Most AI story tools give you a one-off story made on the spot, and after a few nights they start to sound the same. Ready for Bed is built on the storytelling I did with my own kid, tuned to your child's exact age, and written to be read aloud by you. And instead of following one formula, each night draws a different mix from a large pool of storytelling techniques, so the stories stay fresh instead of falling into the same patterns. Your child's choice each night shapes the next night's story, so bedtime becomes something they look forward to. And it arrives in your inbox, with no app and no screen in their hands.

What if we forget to tap a choice?

No problem. If you don't tap a choice, we'll assume you weren't able to get to that story that day, so we'll resend the same story the next day at bedtime, for your convenience. We know every family's different, and we're open to any suggestions you have about how to handle this.

What ages?

Kids change fast, and a story that really engages them has to be highly tuned to their age. Each age from 3 to 9 gets its own completely different AI prompts and rules. During the beta, stories are tuned for 3-year-olds only.

Are the stories scary?

There are elements of natural scariness, like wild animals and dark forests, but nothing gruesome and nothing supernatural. How scary it actually feels to your kids largely depends on how you read it.

Is every child getting a totally different story?

Every story is built on a set of storytelling rules tuned to your child's age, which keeps the quality high. On top of that, each night draws a different mix from a much larger pool of storytelling techniques, so the stories never fall into the same patterns or start to feel formulaic. Then AI weaves in your child: their animal sidekick, details from their own life, and the choice they made last night. This is the best way we've found to ensure quality stories and unique personalization.

Can I add another child later?

That's the plan. During the beta it's one child per account. Next, we plan to let you switch which child is active, and to add a Family plan for up to 4 children on one bill (you can join the waitlist now). Each child will get their own stories, with their own animal sidekick, details from their own life, and their choices, all tuned to their age.

How do I cancel?

One click from any story email or your My Family page. No phone calls, no guilt screens. We don't want your money because you forgot to cancel, so we'll send you reminder emails before your trial ends and before you're charged.

Tonight's story is waiting.

Read it together tonight, and let your child choose what happens tomorrow.

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