Kids alarm clocks

[zukeypur]

The kids have been using LEGO alarm clocks, but DD (8) wants a new one. She saw one that has nature sounds at Costco, and likes the idea of waking up to soothing sounds instead of a loud blaring beep. DD (12) has a Dot, but I’m not sure that would work for younger DD. Any recommendations?

[jgenie]

My kids got these for Christmas. They love seeing the time on the ceiling at night.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/your-accou...k&startIndex=0


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[Mommy_Mea]

We have these is every room and got one for my dad for Christmas. Love just a quick glance at the ceiling!

Oregon Scientific RM313PNFA New FLIP projection feature Self-Setting Projection Flip Clock, Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01765GL6I..._cRGDBbWJFWXYW

[robinsmommy]

I thought I read that NIST funding was on the chopping block again - I'd look into that before buying a self-setting clock that depends on it......NIST runs the radio stations/atomic clocks that send out the official time to all sorts of devices.

https://electronics.howstuffworks.co...uestion461.htm

[zukeypur]

I thought I read that NIST funding was on the chopping block again - I'd look into that before buying a self-setting clock that depends on it......NIST runs the radio stations/atomic clocks that send out the official time to all sorts of devices.

https://electronics.howstuffworks.co...uestion461.htm

Oh, thanks for that.

DD2 (8 yrs) decided on this one, because it's battery operated (she's in a bunk bed), she liked the color, and it has nature sounds.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

DD3 (12 yrs) decided on this one because she considerably more fashionable. Ironically, she overslept this morning because she forgot to set her lego AND her dot alarms.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I told them that they could put the Oregon Scientific ones on their Christmas lists if the NIST funding hasn't been chopped.

[robinsmommy]

I think their budget is threatened periodically, but has always been saved before - hard to say what will happen this time. Which is weird because there is a lot of time-driven technology that depends on it still.

One would hope that clocks using it would have a way to set them just in case, as a backup - no idea there - it would probably be buried deep in an instruction manual, I would guess.

My husband's clock is one that switched automatically on daylight savings time days - until they switched the day it took effect some time ago - it still switches on the OLD schedule. It is a huge pain to remember to deal with - I wish he'd just replace it!

Off to go check out clocks - we need a new one, as well, for DD1.