About Grounded Press Co
Grounded Press Co makes calming storybooks and printable tools for kids who struggle with big feelings, bedtime resistance, transitions, and overwhelm.
If your child won’t fall asleep, fights bedtime every night, or melts down the moment you say “time for bed,” you’re not doing anything wrong. You just need a better tool in the routine.
Most bedtime advice assumes you have unlimited patience and a calm child. We design for the opposite. Our books are for the toddler who won’t stay in bed, the preschooler who can’t stop crying at night, the kid whose brain won’t turn off, and the parent who’s already exhausted by 7 PM. Whether your child is neurotypical, on the autism spectrum, or somewhere in between, if bedtime is hard, we made this for you.
How it works: we build calming techniques directly into bedtime stories. Breathing exercises, sensory grounding, gentle repetition, co-regulation, all woven into pages your child actually wants to hear again. No flashcards. No scripts. No turning storytime into a therapy session. You read the book. The book does the work.
Our approach is based on evidence-based calming strategies used in clinical settings, including the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding technique, progressive muscle relaxation, and guided belly breathing, simplified for little minds and real bedtime chaos. These techniques work across neurotypes because they’re body-based rather than behavior-based. They don’t require a child to “listen better.” They help a child’s nervous system slow down.
Created by a registered nurse and mom who spent years in home care, cardiac, psychiatric, and complex medical settings, watching what actually works when someone is dysregulated and what doesn’t. These aren’t Pinterest trends. They’re nurse-tested, parent-approved, and designed for the nights when nothing else is working.
Built to be accessible. We offer large-print, high-contrast PDFs for low vision because every child and adult deserves calming tools that actually work for them.
Grounded Press Co is for parents searching for how to help a child calm down at bedtime, families dealing with toddler meltdowns, nighttime anxiety, or bedtime battles, parents of children on the autism spectrum looking for sensory-friendly bedtime tools, caregivers who want a calming routine that doesn’t require extra steps, families who need accessible low-vision-friendly children’s books, and anyone who’s typed “my kid won’t sleep” into a search bar at 11 PM.
We’re for real homes. For the parent who’s already doing a lot. For the child who needs calm before the hard moment, not after.