Gro Ollie the Owl

Our baby has never been a great sleeper, night or day and Ollie certainly isn't a miracle fix-it cure but he really helps baby settle at night.
Each limb has a function. The "hands" play sounds and the "feet" control the night-light and volume. The sounds are Brahms lullaby (press once) and white noise (press twice) and the other "hand" is waterfall or heartbeat. Ollie plays for 15 mins and then goes quiet unless it senses sounds from baby or otherwise and then kicks in again. It is incredibly sensitive-closing a window or even the oven door will trigger the sound again....which isn't a problem but if you're heavy footed or clumsy at night like we are, and live in a bungalow, it will carry on throughout the night and drain the batteries faster.
Ollie takes x4 AA batteries and I would suggest using rechargeable. If used night and day with the light as well you will get about 2 days from a set. There is nothing worse than pressing a "hand" to get baby back to sleep and the batteries have died!

The only feature I wish could be changed is the cry sensor working on both "hands". Currently you can only cycle on Brahms or white noise. That means if your baby takes to the heatbeat sound (as ours does at night) or the waterfall you have to go back and restart yourself after 15 mins, it won't restart automatically with the cry sensor. I don't know why, it seems a shame but there you go.
All the sounds are soothing and as a light sleeper they don't bother me in the slightest. Ollie is a nice design, lovely and soft and easy to attach to a cot or crib. He is also firm and doesn't pose the risk that a soft plushy toy would. The night light is a nice warm glow and can be dimmed or increased to suit your needs.
Ollie travels with us for overnights, trips and holidays and I am really glad we have him. I would recommend this product.

Was brought as a present. Would recommend as a must have product. Easy to use, each of his limbs does a different thing (white noise, lullaby, volume and night light). It also has a cry sense so will play for 30 mins ish then go onto sleep mode but as soon as baby stirs it will start again. The sounds are relaxing to listen to even for a parent who has heard them thousands of times. It is made with lovely material and would look good in any nursery. It also has a strap on the back to attach it to the cot bars so there is no need to have it in the cot with baby as a health risk. I did bout the weakness as battery life but when I think about it he was always on standby and they lasted a few weeks sometimes being played throughout the night so it seems they have nan out quick but actually you could save the problem by turning him completely off when not in use. One of my favour products I cannot recommend enough.

Couldn’t live without this product . It worked instantly making the baby fall into a deep sleep, absolutely fantastic product. Sharing a bedroom with the baby we even found it relaxing ourselves.