Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers

I have 3 yo with speech delay and bought this video because having speech therapy done has been a long process securing. I wanted some help. This has been very good as it shows sign language for some requests. The sign language is beneficial for me to use and so when my son points instead of asking, I show the sign since I know what he wants. And it prompts him to ask for More or to say please and thank you. The speech pathologists on the video were good. You see their faces as they show various mouth/tongue exercises and how to make sounds. I appreciate them and wished they had another video for those of us with older toddlers with speech delay. Id say that this video is geered best for the baby audience of 6+ months to 2 years. But since my son is speaking on the level of an 18m-2yo, this has been beneficial for us. Our problem is getting our son to speak sentences or even two to three-word phrases. I would like to see a sequel to Baby Babble to work on phrases/sentences. My son simply loved the scence with the toy telephone. I recommend this. Since many try to compare this to Baby Einsteins, I would say that there are similarities in the showing of various toys, but this goes beyond that in that sounds are made verbally (and music too), and you see the speech pathologists. I appreciated the Parental guide at the end.

I have 2 toddlers who are both speech delayed, to different extents. They absolutely love the video and did their best to do the sounds with it.

We hated it. My 18 month old wasn’t sure what was happening but didn’t engage (whereas he does with the Leap Frog DVDs). It’s so cheaply made, it’s horrifying (for example, when showing farm animals, it shows toys of them. In fact, it relies only on toys and two women). Most of all, this DVD is extremely creepy. I can kind of imagine it’d be interesting for a baby but not for a toddler (which is usually when it’s obvious they’re not talking)

Our ST recommended this for our son who has motor speech planning issues/apraxia. I was skeptical because my son has become biased with what he watched on tv-meaning its really got to be Mickey Mouse or nothing else. He LOVES this dvd! We have watched it numerous times already and everytime we watch it seems he tries to imitate the signs or verbage....such a cool thing to see when communication is so limited with having an apraxic child. We have already ordered Baby Babble 2 and 3 now.

This video is just weird. My son hated it. We are recovering from apraxia. I bought this as we were beginning speech therapy. Just save your money to put toward your therapy bill.

my son gives it 5 stars, hes 5 months. Im aware babies should not watch tv until they are 2, but in todays world, that is impossible. i got this when my son was 3 months old and he responded immediately to it. He loves the faces and the sounds on the screen. Its very appropriate for babies. They show baby music, baby images, toys, & sign language lessons. My son giggles and babbles back to the screen. Cons: yes, its a bit outdated and low quality. it can be easily refilmed. But it doesnt matter to my son. I found a way to play Chapter 1 on repeat on my DVD player (without having to watch all the tutorials, and restarting the DVD over and over)

I would highly recommend this video, its really different, but in a good way. Not only is it educational, but really fun to watch to. Theres so much variety to it, and something that my six month old can pick up on with what they do in it. Like they state in the video this is where they start off before they start speaking. Plus youll find that after you watch it to with your little one that you like to do the facial expressions with them which is also a lot of fun, makes them laugh every time. Plus who would have thought that they would be learning from some silly facial expressions. She loves to repeat what I do to her, like I said they do pick up from it. Great video, its a must.

My (3 year old) daughter has a speech articulation delay and this video has been a HUGE help. She started watching it when she was about 20 months and I saw a noticeable improvement right away. I recommend this video to everyone. My second daughter (13 months) is advanced verbally and she loves this video too. Baby Babble 2 is very good too.

My son is a 29.5 wk preemie and at 19.5 months is still not talking very much. Our dr. recommended speech therapy, but I saw these videos and bought them to supplement at home. My son comprehends pretty much anything you say and communicates using non-verbal cues quite well, but he doesnt make a lot of different sounds or is progressing slow and thats why we are pursuing speech therapy/this video. I agree that the video isnt likely to win any awards for cinematography. However, the video is still engaging and my son really enjoys it. He laughs at things he finds funny and has already started to imitate the sounds and/or therapists. I do wish it was longer or maybe had 2 episodes, but its not a dealbreaker. My son seems to be progressing, so the video is doing what it is meant to do. Im happy with my purchase.

I bought this DVD about three months ago for my son, who at the time was 19m, and not talking at all. I watched the DVD all the time because I thought if he saw it a lot he would start to repeat the words. I would repeat the words as well thinking if I said it he might repeat it. After about a month I stopped watching it because he started to seem disinterested..... Well he is now 22 months and he hasnt watched the video in over two months and hes now started to talk. If I put our camera in front of him and tell him to say cheese he repeats cheese. He says uh-oh, dog, hi, and a few other words he wasnt saying three months ago... I dont think this video helped him. I think hes ready to talk now and thats basically all it was. He just wasnt ready before.