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Ok…seriously…what kind of baby crack is in these DVDs? I am amazed and fascinated and just a little bit disturbed by how much Ella is captivated by the Baby Einstein DVDs. The person/people who created the series must have done some serious research to find out exactly what babies respond to and how to hold their attention. Judging from the extreme popularity of the Baby Einstein name, all different kinds of babies and parents love them.
We have the Baby Van Gogh, Baby Galileo and Baby Mozart (and I really want the Baby Shakespeare, but that’s more for me!) I had no idea what to expect when I first put in the Van Gogh disc for the first time, and I still don’t quite know how to explain it. The half hour show is made up of little vignettes with music, words, colors and movement like bubbles, balloons and water. It doesn’t even do justice to her attraction to the Van Gogh DVD to say that she absolutely loves it. She is fixated by it. My always busy, always moving, always into something baby girl sits on the floor and watches almost the entire DVD and loves it. She responds to the children on the screen and loves the noises and colors.
I’ve only put in the Galileo one once because she wasn’t interested in that one at all. Last week I broke out the Mozart one, mainly because I was interested. It’s a very similar format to the Van Gogh, only without the kids, words and poetry. She liked this one a lot, but not quite as much as Van Gogh. But it was beyond adorable to watch her bounce her shoulders up and down when a song came on that she liked.
This picture is of her being fascinated by her first viewing of Baby Mozart. I think now we’ll have a rotation of two DVDs to watch when Ella (and mommy) need some down time.
My 7 month old loves them too! I expect she too will be a genius.
lol……”baby crack”….I’m still laughing at that. After watching my little guy with his “shows”, that is a totally perfect description on how it seems!
Ah yes, I recognize that pose. My little guy loves them. Personally, my favorite is Baby Neptune. He didn’t initially care much for Baby Van Gogh, but he likes Baby Galile(there are balloons in it!); he especially likes the ones animals. I have them all courtesy of friends and family.
Romee
Count us in, too. Sam was mesmerized from an early age, and it’s been Cj’s turn for a while now.
I”m so glad the newer versions start out a bit differently, as I have a “Hi. I’m Julie Clark, founder of the Baby Einstein Company.
Blah, blah (Won’t bore you with every word) … Enjoy the show,” brain tattoo.
Now that Sam is in school during the day, Cj seems to be moving toward more Elmo at the moment. Darn! I far prefer the music to the constant shrillness of “Elmo has mail! Elmo has mail!”
Baby crack! Good one!