Baby Einstein - Baby Mozart - Music Festival [DVD]

I first saw this video two years ago before we had our daughter. I was a guest at a friends house who had two infants. I came downstairs to drink some coffee and chat with the parents. I heard the music, and I watched the camera showing a grown up providing visual stimulus by playing with baby toys and puppets. I thought it was really dumb, then after a few minutes I found my attention getting absorbed by the video. My wife still laughs when she sees the video. Now that we have a two month old, Ive found this a great parenting tool. The baby sits in her bouncy chair and stares at the TV non-stop for 20 mins. She laughs and coos at the shapes and seems to dance with the music. This video gives parents a 20 min window to take a nap. The applause at the end of the video wakes me up.

I dont know if this is educational or helps your baby to learn as some might claim, but babies are definately very interested in it. I actually was showing it to my mother while she stayed with us. I thought it was pretty neat. I happened to be holding my daughter who was about a week old at the time. She was actually interested in looking at it. Of course, you have to put her pretty close to the screen, but she finds it neat. At her age, some parts are more interesting than others. Doesnt care at all about the parts with puppets, but stares at the ones with fast moving, brightly colored things. It is actually a little freaky. You almost wonder if theres some sort of subliminal brainwashing going on where Disney is really telling them to demand visits to the theme parks in the future. Ha. Still....our daughter could watch it from a week old and found it interesting. UPDATE: I see that I wrote this when my daughter was 2 weeks old. She is now 17 months old and I think I have a different perspective on this. We bought a lot of dumb things for her when she was first born and this is one. Heres a news flash for everyone: Kids like to watch television! This isnt a magic product. Kids are just about as interested in a football game with all the colored jerseys running around, not to mention anything on the Disney channel. Or, just point them at the TV and flip the channels. Im not saying this is a terrible product, but I think that in my sleep deprived early fathergood days, I assigned this product some mystical properties that it didnt deserve.

I loved this video mostly because it was a great tool to help extend my babys wake time in the mornings. It kept her interested but not overstimulated. It wasnt too loud or too busy, it was a perfect balance! Well thought out, I think.

Entertaining, probably. Educational, resounding NO. What a waste of time for a bright little mind, one sure to get no brighter watching this! Puppets, a few laughs, and pretty music in the background. I cannot imagine what this dvd teaches a baby that a loving caregiver couldnt accomplish with some toys and a radio. I you want to give your baby something musical, entertaining, AND wildly educational, check out the Trebellina DVD or even some Brainy Baby titles.

My son loves this DVD. We watch it together and hes mesmerized by the music and all the colorful, moving images. At some points he bursts with laughter or begins to chatter excitedly. He also enjoys listening to the music while he plays with his toys. He hasnt shown much interest in the vocabulary or reading yet but I imagine he will since he loves listening to people speaking different languages.

I got this as a baby shower gift. The content of this DVD doesnt seem that great. Its just music with a bunch of toys or other objects being flashed on the screen. I definitely wouldnt consider it educational. I first showed it to my daughter when she was 3 months and she could barely pay attention through the open credits. Then I tried a month later and she was more interested and watched the whole thing while I was able to make dinner. Recently I discovered that it is very useful for getting her to sit still and let me clip and file her nails! For that purpose alone, its great b/c she never sits still very long for me to do this and wakes up if I try to do it in her sleep. However, now that she is 5 months, she doesnt seem as interested in watching the entire thing. She seems to watch it only about halfway to 2/3.

We bought Baby Mozart for our daughter when she was just 3 months old. The colors fascinated her at such an early age. We continued to collect the Baby Einstein videos and then ended up buying all we could find on DVD. She still watches these at 17 months. I will often put one on to calm her down before her nap time. This is a great gift idea for anyone that has small children or is expecting! We were extremely delighted whenever we got one of the series as a gift.

Wish they would still sell these in stores, they are so amazing for calming newborns and it helps with their sight. It is awesome to watch them learn, you can see it through these videos and the music. Then of course as they get older the little Einsteins is the next great step. I know they say tv is not good for children but I disagree, especially when it comes to these videos and how they train the brain.

Toddler wants to hear this every day, and Beethoven!

I very much disliked that when I opened the product case there was no dvd inside! Why would someone bother shipping an empty case?! Absolutely ridiculous!