I have the handheld shusher and use it in the car and away from home. I have paid for the app twice now (once on my old phone and again on my new phone) and very grateful for it. My 7 month old has used it from the day we came home from the hospital. It calms here and often soothes her right to sleep. I can’t say enough about how well it works BUT when I get a call or anything else on my phone makes a noise, the shusher stops making the noise and does not continue after the other noise (phone call, text message noise, other app...). I have to close the app completely every time, restart the app and then turn it back on. Imagine the frustration when this happens in the middle of her nap or while I’m trying to get her to sleep! I understand that the sound will stop while the other noise occurs, but once it’s over, I should be able to press start again and hear the shusher. Nope! Have to restart app every time. Please fix this problem. I am an iPhoneX user and also used the app on my LGV20 and had the same problem. Thanks so much!

I read Dr. Karp’s book 9 years ago and used his methods with my second child who REFUSED to sleep, and it was the only thing that eventually calmed her to sleep. Nine years ago this app or the Shusher didn’t exist so my husband and I had to use our own breath to constantly shush her (she still gets sleepy when we shush in her ear). Fast forward to now. I have a 7 week old and I looked into getting the Shusher machine because I knew the 4s worked. However, before I spent the $$ on the actual machine I decided to see if there was an app and lo and behold I found this little miracle. For $5 I have turned an iPod I had lying around into my own Shusher machine. Even better, this one will pause and listen to the baby every 3 min to adjust the volume! It also has a longer timer, and since the baby is in our room it acts as a sound machine for my husband and me as well. We are getting the best nights sleep we have ever gotten with a 7 week old! As an added bonus I can connect my phone to my car’s auxiliary port when he’s fussy in his car seat and play the sound over the speakers! Spend the $5. You won’t regret it.

The sound is good, relaxing, but one thing I don’t understand: why is there no option to just have it shush until you turn off the app?! Like any white noise app, the sound plays until you shut down the app. This app has multiple options for timer, like 15 mins, an hour etc, but is there no option to just let it run while the app runs? We have it on the 12 hours and the kiddo sleeps better with the shushing sound, and we put it on while starting the bed time routine, so by the time we put him down, it’s already been playing for an hour, and then at 11 hours mark he wakes up. Please add the option to have the sound play while the app is running.

I have a 4 month old and I really wish I heard of this much sooner. It hasn’t put my baby to sleep like others (yet) BUT it does calm him down when he gets upset. We were out and about and stretched his patience a little too far and on the way home our bug got upset. I put the Shusher on and he instantly stopped crying. That alone is worth the $5 bucks…or however much money it is now.People complain about how the app will stop working if they receive a call or other notification…all you have to do is put your phone or device on ‘do not disturb’. Presto! No more disturbances. Can’t blame an app for your phone settings. Just sayin’.My advice: Just spend the $5 (or whatever it is now). This app is definitely worth it. Remember, all babies are different and just because it was a miracle worker for one baby, doesn’t mean it’ll work for yours. And if your baby could care less, than you’re only out $5 (or whatever it is now). Just try it.Use an old phone or device you have laying around, that way, you don’t have to give up your main phone. Praying for rest and sleep for you and your baby! Happy sleeping!