Crib speech, the monologue speech of a child before s/he sleeps, has been barely inquired. This case study explores 57 crib speech recordings of a young girl between 46 and 50 months of age. Speech was coded as: self-regulation, fantasy dialogue, emotions, & language/literacy practice. Fantasy role-playing speech and private singing were common. Emotion-related speech was positively linked to self-regulatory expressions.