Skip Hop Moonlight & Melodies Owl Baby Soother

If you’re buying this one because of the wave sound in the portable one, then make sure you get the new version. It’s the one with the dark box.

We bought the portable for our newborn. He loved the wave sound. It was the only thing that would soothe him to sleep. We then decided to buy the nightlight soother for his nursery and continuous playing. And then we bought 2 more. 1 for our bedroom and 1 for traveling. We received a used one and it sounded nothing like the portable one. It’s the one with the white box.

I highly recommend this soother, as long as you get the one with the dark box. See picture. It’s the one of the left.

We are disappointed that Amazon sent us a used item. It was no problem exchanging but cmon. We pay a premium for prime and new items.

Expecting our second baby and we have a similar product for our first that isn’t made anymore, so decided to try this one.

Overall, a great product for the price and frankly best thing we could find (we wanted music and projection). Lots of sounds, more than we need I’m sure. I hate that it’s not battery powered, as we lose power out in our holler too frequently for 2022, but part of the reason we picked this is because they make a smaller battery powered version that does less, so we can have something similar as backup. I only wish they make a value pack with both or something.
The projected stars are fine. Not as good as the first thing we had (this has only stars, no planets or anything, and solid white only), but I LOVE that the angle is adjustable.

I LOVE the timer and continuous options. Our 3yo’s slightly different thing only has one time option and we find ourselves resetting it sometimes multiple times if she doesn’t quite fall asleep in the allotted time. That was probably honestly the biggest selling point of this one for us.
Also love that the nightlight part will stay on even when the music is done. That’s a big bonus.

The sound quality (especially of the classical music) leaves a lot to be desired – it sounds very tinny and sad like a bad music box. It’s actually pretty pathetic. But, I don’t think the newborn will care and again, so many great features that it’s still well worth it.

Not as nice as the mobile one… I bought the $13 portable skip hop owl that attaches to a stroller or such and I absolutely love it. The only problem is that due to the nature of the battery life, there is only a 60-minute option. Enter the big, power-corded owl! This is a great set up in theory, but the speakers or the recording or something must be different because the calm ocean sound on this massive owl is quite frankly annoying in comparison to the mobile owl. And that sound/setting was the only reason why I purchased it. The quietest setting is super loud and I basically wrap swaddles around the entire thing to try to attempt to smother or lower the sound level. Otherwise, it’s super cute and has other lighting and projector options that may come in handy later as a distraction, but right now it’s just a waste of space and a disappointment. Also, beware that a friend’s owl went straight up exorcist on them – halfway thru the lullaby setting it starts summoning Satan. All of this aside, mine still works fine despite my annoyance with the sound quality or decibel level. Therefore, I will give it more stars than it’s probably worth simply because it’s cute and others may like the different sound options, and it may work great for them.

Random 2020 Update:
My first owl’s electrical cord/plug hosed the owl up somehow, so it stopped turning on. My friend told me to contact Skip Hop for a replacement, and let me tell you, they really pulled through. Adding another star for their customer service. And now that my kids are older, they don’t care that it’s a bit loud, they love love love the moon and stars and “snow.” I will still stand by my title: “Not as nice as the mobile one” simply because we adore the stroller/mobile one, but it has definitely been worth it, as we are still rocking this six years later!!!

Hands down best purchase made for my babe. Use it every night! We room shared and loved that it came with multiple sounds that are enjoyable for all ears. Also the nightlight is great for the middle of the night feedings instead of turning on a lamp or over head light. It has multiple levels so was able to pick just enough light to see but not enough to keep babe up. Love how easy it is to use and that you can keep it on forever or pick time limits.
My only dislike is the buttons are very loud when pushed, they make a very audible clicking sound.

Bought for granddaughter for when she comes over. Has music lullabies and other sounds. Like that you can turn the light off and just have sounds.

This is a very nice addition to our nursery. The nightlight belly is soft and dimmable, the songs and white noise are perfect levels and clear. The projection is a little bit dim, but that’s probably warranted! The timer function also works.