Baby Einstein - Baby Mozart - Music Festival [DVD]

When reading reviews on the Baby Einstein videos, youll see both extremely happy customers, and horribly dissatisfied customers. Youll even get the ones who criticize you as a parent for putting your child in front of the television for more than 30 seconds (which is a whole other topic...). Anyway, the main thing is, not every single B.E. video is going to hold your childs interest. Like me, youll have your favorites, as well as the ones you wished you wouldnt have wasted money on. Personally, I felt this video was too young for my 18-month-old. She became bored almost immediately after watching the same toy repeatedly displayed for long-period stretches and lost interest completely, after 10 seconds worth of the dripping goo-type toy. This probably would have been a perfect movie for her when she was 6 months old, since it doesnt use many puppets and works at a sloooow pace. Now thats she older, and has a sense of humor, she likes to see the funny stuff, like the puppets in Baby MacDonald, Neighborhood Animals & Riding, Sailing, Soaring. Bottom line - if your child is over 6 months, your best bet is to get one of the older-age B.E. videos.

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.

Great

The dvd basically consists of pictures and short video sequences of toys and stuffed animals moving across the screen. I cant help but think it would just be better for babies to be playing with real toys rather than watching toys being played with on tv. The music may be mozart, but you wouldnt know it because its being played on what sounds like a cheap synthesizer as opposed to a true grand piano or a symphony. Our baby watches it, so it does keep her attention, but some of the other baby videos out there are better, have true symphonic classical music, and use language to interact with the baby which is important for babies to hear at 3 months. This seems to be one of the most popular of the baby einstein videos, and other than distracting your baby for a half hour, I dont see the value here. The Baby Laureate/Little Laureate videos are better, particularly the fine art one which is my personal favorite although our baby girls loves and goes nuts with the Baby Laureate world travel video.

My daughter got these for xmas her first year at 2mo old. She always loved dolittle but einstein never interested her much. Then my son was born. I turned einstein and my son (6mo and daughter 3yr) were transfixed. Dolittle gave the same reaction. That was it, I went out and bought Mozart, shakespear, Newton, Beethoven and Vangough. My son loves them! What do I love best... I can put the DVD on continuous play. Then I can listen to the music with my back to the TV while we interact. I can jump up and do something for a sec and he is fine, better than fine. I have not waited for the age groups to play the different ones, I just rotate them. My daugher watches and so does he. some may say that Einstein isnt as good, but I disagree. Each is meant to do a specific thing, and as adults we have to remember that stimulation for us is not the same as for Kids (when you first started hearing speech you didnt have subtitles right...) ANYWAY, I love them. Worth the money!

There are several parts to this DVD -- a musical theatre, concert series and language lab. We have only used the musical theatre because my son is only 3 months old and the other parts are not as useful yet (we have lots of just plain music for him, too). He enjoys watching the cute toys and figures moving and listening to the music in the musical theatre section. I wont say he just swoons over it, but he pays attention and is quite for the 25 minute show. I have to pick the right time to use this. Sometimes we watch together and I describe the toys to him. Other times I just let him watch and take a break. Either way, its a nice change of pace. He watches it one way or another about 3-5 times per week. The language lab is a little slow paced for a baby who cannot possibly understand that he is even learning words. He doesnt even know what a dog is in English, much less 8+ other languages. I look forward to using it later, though, to expose him to the sounds of other languages. Maybe when he is 6 or 9 months...

I have to agree with the rest of the reviewers, my 16-month old son and 9 month old niece just love these videos! As soon as my son hears the first notes of music he knows what Ive put on and he cannot get into the room fast enough. Even my 3 year old daughter still enjoys watching the videos. If my son is being fussy or a little too rambunctious I can put this video on and he will immediately be calmed down. Its also good if you need to have your kids out from under your feet to do a small chore such as mopping the floor. I agree with another reviewer that Baby Bach is just not as good as Baby Mozart. Baby Bach doesnt nearly hold his attention the way Baby Mozart does. However, my son does love Baby Shakespeare! He will easily sit and watch that one all the way through and there are some moments that always make him laugh. If you are a new or expectant Mom, do yourself a favor and buy Baby Mozart and Baby Shakespeare, you WILL NOT REGRET IT!!!

My MIL got this for my daughters who are 21 months and 8 months. My youngest daughter has enjoyed it but seems to be growing tired of watching a bunch of toys being played with - thats basically what it is. My 21 month old runs to it for a second and then run to play with toys herself. (Not much fun watching some one else play with em!) If you want a Baby Einstien video, I suggest Baby MacDonald. It actually TEACHES your child something.

It is a nice DVD, but I hardlly think it is worth the money

Our baby hit the wall of colic at 3 weeks and continued through 5 months screaming for more than 8 hours a day. At 4 months I found this DVD and read the reviews here where people said their infants were mezmerized. I bought it and from day one she actually watched it for 3 minutes... then 8 minutes... then 15 and now at 5.5 months her head turns to the TV when she hears the opening music or Julies voice. She actually loves Baby Shakepeare better because of the silly puppets - but this was a good beginner for her and helped us to get a few minutes of peace in our home. She cries now when she hears the ending music starting....