Donkey Time
Every night, your kid wants one thing: You.
Not a fancy toy. Not another screen. Just a moment. Just you.
And you want to give them that moment. You just don't have the brainspace to invent a whole ritual every night from scratch.
Life is full. Bedtime is chaos. You're tired. They're spinning. You love them fiercely—but the connection you're craving? It gets buried under snack requests, tangled pajamas, and five false alarms about monsters in the closet.
That's where Donkey Time comes in.
It's less than five minutes. It's zero prep. And it's how weird kids and weary parents build a bedtime routine they actually look forward to.
So what is it?
Donkey Time is a $7/month membership that delivers:
- A new, illustrated poem every week
- Daily connection prompts and questions delivered and ready to go at bedtime
- A recording of the poem read aloud by the poet herself
- A Donkey Time tracker they can color in each night (because nothing says victory like a row of tiny, weird donkeys)
- Age-tiered questions for Little / Middle / Big kids—so your whole household is covered in one email
No apps. No prep. No guilt.
What happens when you subscribe?
You get one email a night. That's it.
Each message includes:
• The poem (again—so you don't have to go digging)
• A playful, age-appropriate question or sleepy-time prompt
• A link to hear it read aloud (if you're too wiped to read it yourself)
• And a whole lot of love, weirdness, and permission to not do this perfectly
"But what if my kid is more… feral possum than sweet cherub?"
Perfect. Same.
These aren't gentle, moonbeam lullabies. These are bedtime busters. These are interrogations of teddy bears. These are poems about farts and questionable daredevils and the time a house got eaten by its lawn.
They're silly. They're smart. They're weird on purpose.
Most bedtime routines want your kid to calm down. This one wants them to feel understood.
Because you're raising someone magical. And they deserve to feel like that's a feature, not a flaw.
"But what if I'm the one who feels like a disaster?"
You are not a disaster. You are a parent in a loud, messy world trying to carve out a couple quiet minutes with your kid.
You don't need to plan crafts. You don't need to write questions. You don't even need to remember what the poem was from the night before.
You just open the email and read. Or hit play. Or hand your kid the iPad and let them listen on their own. (Yes. That counts. Connection doesn't require perfection.)
And yes—it's the same poem all week.
That's not a bug. That's the perk.
This isn't about novelty. It's about rhythm. Ritual. Repetition that makes them feel safe. By night three, you'll own the weird rhymes. By night five, they'll start filling in the lines. And by night seven? You might be amazed what opens up. (Spoiler: It might be your kid.)
What you get (besides the magic part):
• A new illustrated poem every week
• Daily connection email ready at bedtime
• Audio read-aloud
• Donkey Time check-off chart
• Little / Middle / Big kid questions
• Instant relief from "I should be doing more with them" guilt
• A bedtime ritual that makes them laugh, makes you laugh, and makes everything feel okay
No commitment. Cancel anytime.
One poem a week. One moment a night. One childhood you don't want to miss.
Donkey Time - $7/monthYou don't get a do-over on these nights. But you do get to start tonight.
Join Donkey Time now.
Because the world can wait. This is your five-minute bubble. You and your little burrito. Reading something weird. Together.
That's it. That's the whole thing. And it's everything.