Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers

My pediatrician recommended this video. I purchased it and started letting my daughter watch it when she was around 1 yr old. She is almost 2 and still requests to watch it sometimes. She learned several words in sign language by watching the video.

My little boy loves this dvd laughed out loud at first viewing ...it has helped him in the sense that he is making a lot more sounds than ever before .

I bought this dvd for my granddaughter. She loves it. I see her watching all of it. Doesn’t move the whole time movie is playing.

It is outdated like others stated but at least my baby watches it. Weve only gotten half way because she gets impatient. We also havent been consistent so I cant really say whether it works or not.

Complete waste of money! Played it once and I wish I used YouTube instead of this stupid CD. Do not buy this instead I would recommend search in YouTube for other speech enhancing videos for FREE. I cant believe I trusted this stupid CD.

My son is 2 1/2 and barely speaks at all. He is in speech therapy but the once a week appointment isnt enough to really make a difference at home. This has really helped me, as a new mom, give focused lessons to my little man. I do wish there was a bit more on the DVD though.

This DVD quality is a little dated and it seems weird, but after two days my sons speech has already improved. My 18 month old son is in a bi-lingual home and he is only saying about 8 words but understanding both languages. He seems to enjoy this DVD and I have already seen him trying to imitate the sounds and gestures they make and he is making new sounds which is great! I already bought the next DVD

it helped a lot

I hesitated quite a bit before buying this video based on the many negative reviews. My son is 3 years old, has hypotonia and has been in speech therapy since he was 19 months old. This video replicates the activities he does with his professional speech pathologist. Yes - It is not a slick video like the Leap Frog series - it is an honest-to-goodness insight to what a therapy session is. It shows great tricks for the parents to engage their babies/toddler using toys to illustrate basic words such as UP and DOWN. The sign language is great. My son knows many of the signs and signs along with the video. With regard to those segments where the therapist is staring straight at the camera with a neutral expression making funny sounds and/or facial expressions - there is a sound reason for what they are doing. Many speech delays are caused by something called low tone - this relates specifically to the muscles surrounding the mouth. Delayed speakers often need exercises to strenghten those muscles. Blowing feathers, whistles, sticking out your tongue, all those funny facial expressions and sounds are great for developing facial muscles and for learning the proper way to hold your lips to create the target sounds. I was thrilled when my son imitated along with the therapist on the video. I have purchased all the videos in the series and my son (now 3 1/2) still watches them (we have had them for close to two years). He can even ask for Baby Babble by name. He remains in speech therapy twice a week but these videos have been a great supplement to his ongoing development.

I too bought this DVD based on the excellent reviews. I was horrified by how bad it was. The DVD is such low quality it looks like it was transferred from an 80s homemade video. Its extremely random with continuously changing shots of toys and people making various sounds. It doesnt stay in one place long enough for a child to absorb and practice the sound before moving on 30 seconds later to another sound. I cant imagine that Ill play this DVD again and Ill just chalk it up to a waste of money on something that isnt even worth 50 cents at a thrift store. Its bizarre how bad this video is!