Meet Moonbaa, our sleepy little bedtime buddy

Moonbaa is a sleepy little sheep who lives on a crescent moon, and the face of our YouTube channel. In 22 seconds Moonbaa says hello and tells you what we make.

Watch on YouTube · SleepBetter channel · Moonbaa

Made with AI. Parts of this video are AI-generated (see “How this was made” below).

What it is

A short, sweet introduction. Moonbaa, a fluffy baby sheep curled up on a glowing crescent moon, waves hello, explains what you will find on the channel and in the app, then yawns and signs off with the catchphrase “Snuggle in. Sweet dreams.” It’s the first video in a small series of Moonbaa Shorts, made to be gentle and a little silly rather than to sell anything hard.

Why a sheep?

Counting sheep is the oldest bedtime trick there is, so a sheep felt like the right mascot for a sleep channel. Moonbaa is deliberately soft: slow movements, a warm, quiet voice, and a soft blue-and-gold night palette that matches this site. You will see Moonbaa pop up at the start and end of some videos and in the occasional Short, but never in the middle of a sleep video, where it would only wake you.

Good for

A smile before bed, introducing the channel to kids or friends, and finding out what else we make. If you are here for the sleep sounds themselves, start with our free sleep sound player, browse every sleep sound we have written about, or jump to the 8-hour cabin rain.

Sound design note

Moonbaa’s voice is an original designed voice made with ElevenLabs, built for this character: small, soft and a bit sleepy. It doesn’t imitate any real person or narrator. The music bed is kept quiet and the voice is mixed gently, so the Short doesn’t blast out of your phone at night.

How this was made

This Short is AI-generated. Moonbaa’s animation was made with Higgsfield AI video tools, and the voice is an original AI-designed voice made with ElevenLabs. Script and character design by SleepBetter.

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