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Screen-free bedtime
Hush the Talking Owl glowing softly on a child's pillow at night Plays your voice after you leave
A tired mother lying on the floor of her son's dark bedroom at night, taking a selfie, his hand on her shoulder Before 9:40pm.
Still on their floor.
The same mother laughing on the sofa with her husband in the evening, a bowl of popcorn between them After 7:40pm.
Your evening is back.
A sleepy boy hugging the owl in bed while his mother's finger presses play on its belly
They still fall asleep to you. Read their favorite book into the owl once. They hear you every night, even after you’ve gone downstairs.
Sound familiar? Every night at bedtime:
  • “I’m scared.”
  • “I need to go potty.”
  • “One more book.”
  • “I’m thirsty.”
  • “Mom… you dropped something.”

They’re not being difficult. They want you in the room. Hush keeps your voice there, so you don’t have to stay.

Why not just a story speaker?
HushStory speakerYou staying
Records your voice on the toy itself✓✗✓
Soft to hold in bed✓✗✓
No app, no cards to buy✓✗✓
You can leave the room✓✓✗
30nights Still stuck in their room after 30 nights?

Get your money back. Keep the owl. Nothing to post back.

4.6 from 248 reviews · in 20,000+ homes
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4.6 248 reviews
Hush the Talking Owl

Get your evenings back in the first week.
It plays their story in your voice.

Without crying it out, lying on their floor, or another sleep program.

  • It’s still you putting them to bed
  • You walk out while the story’s still playing
  • Same story every night, so they settle
  • A soft toy to hold. No screen, no app.
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Asleep without me by night three
“He has never once fallen asleep without me in the room. Third night, out like a light.”
Rachel T. · 3-year-old

Used every night in 20,000+ homes

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How it works

Three simple steps

A mother reads a picture book aloud with the owl on her knee, one finger on its belly panel 1

Record it once

Press record on the owl's belly and read their favorite book, or make one up. Up to 3 minutes. Do it in the afternoon, not at bedtime.

A sleeping child with the owl on the pillow beside them, its dim red light the only light in the room 2

Press play at bedtime

Turn the lights down and press play. They hear you tell the story, the same way every night.

A parent steps out of the bedroom and pulls the door to, the child asleep with the owl glowing beside them 3

Walk out

Leave the room while it plays. Your evening starts now.

The card player kept him up. This didn’t
We tried a story player last year and it woke him right up. He’d finish a card and come find me. The difference here is it’s the same three minutes every night, he knows every word. It’s boring on purpose and that’s exactly why it works.
Daniel K. · Verified buyer · 3-year-old · left a card player for this
What parents report back

What happens after the first week

We asked parents who used to lie on the floor at bedtime what changed after a month.

88%

could leave the room before their child fell asleep, most within the first week.

90%

said the stalling got shorter. The potty request, the second book, the lost toy.

84%

got their evening back. Downstairs, on the sofa, before nine.

94%

would recommend it to another parent.

A closer look

Six buttons. You need one of them

No app, no account, no setup. All the buttons are on its belly. Once you’ve recorded, bedtime is one press.

The owl face on, showing the ring of six lit buttons on its white belly panel 1 2 3 4 5 6
  1. 1
    Record

    Hold the mic button until you hear three beeps, then read for up to 3 minutes. Press once to stop. A new recording replaces the old one.

  2. 2
    Play

    One press and your recording plays. It’s the only button you need at bedtime.

  3. 3
    Sounds

    12 built-in sounds for the nights you haven’t recorded anything.

  4. 4
    Volume

    10 volume levels. At its loudest it’s quieter than a phone on full volume.

  5. 5
    Light

    A dim red light with 3 brightness levels and a slow fade in and out. Hold to turn it off.

  6. 6
    Timer

    Switches it off after 30 or 60 minutes. With no timer set, it keeps playing.

More info about the buttons

1Record

Up to 3 minutes in your own voice. Hold the button until you hear three beeps, read, then press it to stop. Press again to play it back. Recording again replaces the old one.

2Play

Press once to pause or keep playing. Hold for 3 seconds to turn the owl on or off. When you turn it back on, it picks up where you left off, with the same sound, volume and light. Only the timer needs setting again.

3Sounds and Bluetooth

12 built-in sounds. Press the button to switch to the next one. Sound fades in and out, so nothing starts or stops with a jolt. Hold it for 2 seconds to play sound from your phone over Bluetooth, and press once to switch back. No app needed.

4Volume

10 volume levels. It beeps when you reach the loudest or the quietest setting.

5Light

A dim red light. Press to go from 10% to 50% to full brightness, then a slow breathing glow, then off. Hold the button to turn the light off straight away.

6Timer

Press to pick 30 minutes (green light) or 60 minutes (blue light). It switches itself off when the time is up. With no light on, it keeps playing until you turn it off.

30-night guarantee If bedtime hasn’t changed in 30 nights, we refund you. You keep the owl.
20,000+ Parents who use it at bedtime
What makes it work

Why kids fall asleep with it

Your voice, not a stranger’s

Three minutes is a short picture book, or a story you make up about their day. No narrator they’ve never met. No new character to get excited about.

So you’re still the one telling the story, even from downstairs.

The same words, every night

A recording never changes. Same pace, same pauses, same ending. It’s the same reason they can finish the sentences in a book you’ve read a hundred times.

So they know what comes next and can relax.

Something to hold, not a speaker on a shelf

It’s soft, it sits right on the pillow, and the glow is dim, not bright. Kids fall asleep holding it. A speaker on a shelf is just something to play with.

So it feels like a cuddly toy, not a gadget.

A red light, because red doesn’t keep them awake

3 brightness levels, so it’s just bright enough to take the dark out of the corners. Nothing to watch and nothing moving.

So their room stays dark enough to sleep.

A mum figured this out first
“I tried giving her a different gentle, calm, quiet card the other day and she was up really late… It lulls her to sleep because it’s familiar.”
A parent on Reddit, about the one story her daughter falls asleep to

Sleep consultants say the same. Pick a story they’ve already heard, “since repetition prevents children from staying awake to discover what happens next.”Huckleberry sleep consultants

30nights Still stuck in their room after 30 nights?

Get your money back. Keep the owl. Nothing to post back.

4.6 from 248 reviews · in 20,000+ homes
Downstairs by 7:20
I came down at twenty past seven and the evening was still there. I can’t tell you the last time that happened.
Sophie A. · Verified buyer · 3-year-old

Record your story once. Get your evenings back.

Ships free, insured, and backed for 30 nights. If bedtime still ends with you on the floor, keep the owl and we’ll refund you.

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