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Baby Plus Prenatal Education System | 
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| Brand: Dorel Juvenile Group
Category: Baby Product
List Price: $189.99
Buy New: $148.00
You Save: $41.99 (22%)
New (6) from $148.00
Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 1341
Color: White
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: No
Clothing Size: Small
Size: Small
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.1 x 2.4
Model: 08200
UPC: 052181082009
EAN: 0052181082009
ASIN: B0009EFYJE
Release Date: June 12, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Infants who have used BabyPlus are born ore alert and responsive, nurse better, sleep better, and later in life, enjoy improved school readiness. | | • | Audio lessons allow baby to discriminate the simple rhythmic sounds of BabyPlus from those of the mother and learning begins. | | • | A progressive developmental tool that gets results | | • | Tracks usage time starting at 18 - 32 weeks of pregnancy to track your usage goal of playing for one hour twice a day. | | • | Comfortable for prenatal mother to wear |
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Amazon.com Product Description
A Breakthrough in Learning
This patented, prenatal curriculum is designed to strengthen your baby's learning capabilities with naturally derived audio lessons. For your child, the developmental benefits of BabyPlus last a lifetime. |  | | | | Parents who hope to give their prenatal child every intellectual, developmental, creative, and emotional enrichment will want to take a closer look at the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System. BabyPlus is a patented, prenatal curriculum developed to strengthen a child's long term learning capabilities. These naturally derived audio lessons are founded on the very language of the prenatal child, the language of the maternal heartbeat. As a baby distinguishes the simple rhythmic sound lessons of BabyPlus from those of the mother, auditory learning begins. As a mom's pregnancy progresses, so does the BabyPlus curriculum. The baby is introduced to a sequential learning process at a time during development when the advantages will be most enduring and significant. The developmental benefits of BabyPlus last a lifetime. |  |  |  | |
What are Professionals Saying?
| "Baby Plus may have been the simplest, yet most important thing I did for Mary before she was born. From her quiet, calm alertness as a newborn to her, now happy, interactive personality as a toddler, I have been amazed at what a difference Baby Plus has made in the way she learns from everyone and everything around her."
Elizabeth Moore, M.D.
Pediatrician
| "As a pediatric physical therapist, the developmental strengths of the BabyPlus children I've seen in my practice are very convincing. These children consistently demonstrate very strong fine and gross motor skills, early milestones, and long attention spans. Now, I too am a BabyPlus mother (of three) and I have seen countless additional benefits in my own children, most notably their strong learning skills and long-term memory, and adaptive dispositions. What a wonderful investment!"
Paula Ryan, PT
Pediatric Physical Therapist
| "BabyPlus is a brilliant system. I have used it myself, will definitely use it again, and have only positive things to say about it in my book."
Sarah Brewer, M.D.
Obstetrician
Author of SuperBaby: Boost Your Baby's Potential from Conception to Year One
| "For their child's lifetime development, every parent should hear about this discovery, an innovation representing the single most significant step science has taken toward increasing infant potential."
Rene Van de Carr, M.D.
Obstetrician
Author of While You Are Expecting
| "I think that someday, the use of BabyPlus will be absolutely as common during pregnancy as is taking a prenatal vitamin today."
Karen Bell, R.N.
Registered Nurse, BabyPlus Mother of 3
| "I just love your BabyPlus! I would recommend it to anyone! My son was alert and active from the time we began using your product at 18 weeks gestation. Gradually, he began to anticipate his "sessions" and would kick when it began. Since his birth he has been more alert than the average baby. He is now 16 months old and has more than 50 words in vocabulary, listens intently, watches lips and speaks 10-15 words in his father's native Italian! I credit half of this development to Babyplus!! He has benefited greatly from your product!"
Kati Corsi
Teacher
| "An expectant mother provides for the physical growth of her developing child through conscientious lifestyle, diet, and the use of prenatal vitamins. BabyPlus offers similar enrichment by strengthening a child's learning capacity at the most critical period of development. I have seen the remarkable benefits myself."
Susan Morrow, Ph.D.
Molecular Biologist
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What is Prenatal Learning?
| | Every mother knows that her child's physical development begins during the crucial prenatal months. Taking a prenatal vitamin to enrich a child's nutritional environment is the standard-of-care for providing an optimal environment during a child's earliest physical development. It is widely accepted that a child's learning ability begins during those very same prenatal months. Educators, scientists, criminologists and physicians alike have long ago acknowledged the vital importance of a healthy and enriched prenatal environment as it pertains to the long term development and learning ability of a child. An age-appropriate prenatal curriculum strengthens a child's ability to learn during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant for the child. In the prenatal months, the brain is at its most receptive stage of learning. The prenatal baby's hearing is fully developed by the 18th week of pregnancy. Independent studies have demonstrated that, for the duration of the pregnancy, the baby can actually compare and contrast simple sounds. By encouraging this simple 'auditory exercise' during this crucial period, these studies have demonstrated that the child may realize significant long-term developmental benefits. Dr. Mark Pitzer, Ph.D. writes, "Research suggests that a child's intellectual development is influenced equally by their inherited genetic blueprint and the early immediate environment." This crucial early environment is not just the "0 to 3" years of age that we hear so much about, but actually the "prenatal to 3" years of age. An expectant mother's uterus is not a 'soundproof booth'. The developing child can certainly hear many of the sounds and noises in his or her mother's external environment. However, these sounds are fairly fleeting. The one true and consistent sound presented to the child naturally during those months is the mother's heartbeat. For the duration of pregnancy, this is the natural language heard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is a natural, simple, and repetitive sound. Therefore, in order to truly communicate with and encourage early comparative learning during the prenatal months, sounds similar to the mother's heartbeat are the most developmentally appropriate. For more information on prenatal education go to BabyPlus.
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Can Prenatal Learning Aid in Bonding?
| | Bonding is the relationship that forms between a mother and her child that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment. Bonding implies that there has been interaction between them, each contributing to the relationship at some level. The encouragement and practice of prenatal learning provides the mother with an opportunity each day to focus on her prenatal child. She can offer her prenatal baby auditory stimulation that she knows will help the baby's cognitive development. It is a loving, conscious effort on the part of the mother and it is satisfying to her maternal instinct to be able to do something so very beneficial for her baby. As a mother observes the baby's movements in response to a prenatal curriculum, communication between the mother and baby has begun. The baby reacts with interest and curiosity to these new sounds which have entered its otherwise predictable environment. In brief, their interaction becomes an elementary form of learning, like playing a game (the same delight seen in infants playing peek-a-boo or pat-a-cake). Parents who have engaged in prenatal learning with their babies report various responses. Typically, babies will become active during the sessions, kicking in rhythm with the simple sounds of BabyPlus. Other babies adjust their biologic clocks to begin arm or leg movements at the precise time a session is to start (even if the mother is late) if the mother turns on the BabyPlus unit at the same time each day. Still others who are normally active may cease activity during the sessions, as if they are concentrating on the sounds. Naturally, while such bonding is most significant between the mother and the prenatal baby, others can share in this interpersonal exchange. Not only do they observe maternal happiness as an effect, they can place their hands or face against the mother's abdomen and feel what is going on. In this way the family can experience the beginning of interactive family communication. How a baby responds can actually provide a preview of future personality traits!
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Does Playing Music Encourage Prenatal Learning?
| | Every prenatal child experiences the sonic environment of his or her mother: outside voices, traffic, television, radio, and CDs. The sounds generated by this outside stimuli pass through the abdominal wall, which lowers the volume by about 35 decibels and muffles the sounds. For the baby, it is much like listening to sounds underwater. Even though the baby is exposed to these sounds, they pass by him as white noise because they are too complex and the baby has no frame of reference for them as sounds. Listening to music is a pleasurable experience, and certain types of classical music can have a calming effect on a pregnant mother. Since the prenatal baby can sense a mother's mood, the mother's emotional state can have a corresponding calming affect on the baby. However, music is not 'basic' enough to be the most effective prenatal curriculum. The most dominant sound heard by the baby is the mother's pulsing heartbeat at 95 decibels. This sounds to the baby as loud as a rock band concert would sound to you. This heartbeat occurs naturally at about 1 beat per second. The baby's heartbeat is approximately 2 beats per second. As the baby develops and hears these two sounds repeatedly, they become imprinted in the baby's cognitive architecture. They become the permanent foundation upon which all learning will be built. The most effective prenatal education curriculum is one that utilizes the main element of the baby's frame of reference, namely, the heartbeat. Research has shown that introducing a heartbeat sound at a lower decibel level (like the simple rhythms of BabyPlus at 65 decibels) encourages the prenatal baby to begin to differentiate between the two sounds. Click here to hear what your baby would hear inside the womb. The next progression is to slowly increase the rate of the sound used in the curriculum. Following this, the curriculum can introduce a slight tonal change. All changes in the prenatal curriculum must be very slight to give the prenatal baby the means of discriminating between these similar sounds. In this pattern of staged progression, the baby begins to learn. Such sounds must be very simple and repetitive, something which neither speech nor music can accomplish as effectively. That is why nursery rhymes, tunes, reading aloud, and classical music are simply too complex during this early stage of development.
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What are the Benefits of Prenatal Learning?
| | Parents and researchers alike have observed and measured the benefits associated with the BabyPlus Prenatal Education curriculum. Babies that have enjoyed this prenatal curriculum are born more relaxed and alert. Typically, their eyes and hands are open at birth. These infants are more responsive and interactive and are visibly ready to absorb and appreciate their environment. Parents report that these babies nurse more readily and self-soothe more easily. Parents also report that, if their care giving skills are consistent, the regular sleep/wake cycle of their baby becomes quite consistent at an early age in the infant's life. There is also documented scientific evidence that the immune system of an infant who sleeps well and sleeps regularly is actually stronger. Additionally, an obvious side benefit of a well-rested baby is a well-rested parent! Babies that have benefited from prenatal learning are reported to reach early childhood milestones, such as the ability to point to body parts on command, walk and talk, etc. ahead of their peers. Utilizing such milestone assays as the Clinical and Linguistic Auditory Milestone Scale (CLAMS test) and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale (school readiness test), these children have shown an increased attention span and measurably improved school readiness. Parents have also reported that BabyPlus children exhibit greater creativity and independence. All of these traits result as a combination of both genetics and an enriching early environment. Strong thinking children are more successful in school and in life. Prenatal learning does not create a "genius baby" anymore than a prenatal vitamin creates a "bodybuilder." The prenatal months of early development are simply the right time to strengthen the foundation for learning.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 79 more reviews...
 My daughter was born with hearing loss after using this product November 26, 2008
Ruth Greenfield (San Francisco, CA - Tacoma, WA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Starting at around 30 weeks, I used the BabyPlus system as directed. My daughter was in a breached position (head up), with her left ear facing my outer stomach for most of the pregnancy. Due to her positioning, the BabyPlus system was playing primarily into her left ear. She was born on July 16th (2008), with permanent (moderate - possibly moderate to severe) sensorineural hearing loss in her left ear. This type of hearing loss is mainly "..due to poor hair cell function. The hair cells may be abnormal at birth...There are both external causes of damage, like noise trauma ..." My husband's family and my family do not have any history of hearing loss. Needless to say, we're in shock. Our daughter will be wearing a hearing aid for the rest of her life - starting now, at 4 months old. I cannot guarantee that the hearing loss was caused by this product; but, this seems like too much of a coincidence. I regret using this product and would like to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience. I could not keep a clear conscience, if I did not post this warning.
That "thumpy" thing November 23, 2008
Leah Greer-pinzaru (Lewes, DE USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't attest to the science behind the Baby Plus but, it makes intuitive sense that in utero audio stimulation would be benefitial to cognitive development. And what could be more natural than a system based on the familiar sound of a mother's heartbeat. At the very least, I am certain that my baby will have a good sense of rhythm.
Just a few criticisms: 1) There is no off button. If you accidentally bump the button and turn it on, you're stuck with random thumping for an hour. This happened to me yesterday when I had finished a session and put in my purse. I must have bumped it because before long I was getting a lot of curious looks about that strange sound emanating from my bag. 2) It is not as discrete as I would like. Other products that accomodate MP3 players sit very close to the body. This one protrudes quite a bit from the body. 3) It is audible in many settings, unless there is quite a bit of external ambient noise. Not ideal if you wanted to wear it to work, for example.
I would love it if this could be integrated into a product that could both play the "educational program" and music.
 Incredible!!!! October 30, 2008
Lina Sofla (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I used the Baby Plus system and am so amazed by what its done. Every single thing your site claims that this product does, is dead on! I was in labor for over 12 hours and ended up having an emergency cesarean. My baby girl had to endure all of this stress in the womb and yet once she was born she was bright eyed, lifted her head, pulled the nurses stethoscope and was unbelievably alert. The nurses were amazed by her, so much so they actually sent other nurses in to see her. At a day old she was laying on my chest and started inching her way up my chest towards my neck and nuzzled herself there. I was astonished as was every visitor who saw her. The child barely ever has cried, she is amazingly capable of coping with any change that I put her through. For example, switching from breast to bottle was no problem at all - switching from sleeping in the bassinet next to me to the crib in her own room - not one hiccup with that either, eating solids was also quite easy. She simply adapts to change very well. Every person I meet and even family and friends who have children of their own cannot believe how alert and responsive she is. You can't even imagine how many times I have had people completely shocked when I tell them how old she is because they expect her to be older because of the way she is.
Another thing I hear from family, friends and strangers alike is that they've never seen a baby look at them with such concentration - like she doesn't have that blank look about her that most infants have. She truly interacts with you, smiling back, she will crawl to you if you call her name, she hears us call our dogs name and she immediately looks out for her, she vocalizes back to you when you talk to her, she's simply amazing. I'm actually switching her to the older kids playgroup because she is just that far ahead of reaching milestones as the other kids her age, the teacher agreed completely with me that she's definitely ready.
As far as her milestones go, at about 6 weeks she started rolling over. She had complete head and neck control at 2 months. At 4 months she started "soldier crawling" as we called it and was capable of sitting perfectly fine at 5 months and by 5 1/2 months she started crawling. A week before she turned 6 months she started pulling herself up on things and can now stand while holding onto something and has started to walk alongside the couch as she holds onto it. She's known her name now for a good month and a half as well (she turned 6 months on Oct. 24, 2008). As I mentioned before, I take her to a playgroup with babies all her age and she is by far the most alert of all of them, most social and the only one that crawl and stand and sit perfectly still. Most of the other babies are just learning to sit or mastering rolling over. I hear of the troubles the moms have with none stop crying and reluctant ness to bottles and so on and I bless the day I found out about Baby Plus. My husband and I are 100% convinced that she is the way she is because of Baby Plus. At her last Doctors visit the Pediatrician was even shocked at all the milestones she has already conquered. In our doctors words "her motor skills, both large and small are at that of a 10 month baby's level." This is the most amazing thing I have ever had the pleasure of using and will definitely be using it on any future babies we have.
Without any hesitation I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone who is having a baby. I've included a picture of my little girl Gabriela Maria - this is how she always is, happy, super healthy and alert. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Babies first learning session October 23, 2008
Mr. T (Olympia, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is our first child it's hard to actually determine how much success this product has placed on our baby due to not knowing the outcome yet since our child is not yet born. This product is a bit on the loud side, but we have learned to deal with it and use Babyplus when it will not distract us. The only other concern, the orginal strap that comes with the Babyplus product is extremely small (size of strap was not available when ordered)for a pregnant woman and it would be helpful if there was different sizes available for woman of all different sizes. We found out the hard way after receiving the product I had to go back and re-order the comfort strap and wait for it to arrive prior before we could get started using this product. Other than these concerns time will tell how well this product works. I would recommend trying this product though, I feel that every child in this world deserves only the best from the very start of life.
 Not sure if it works.... September 30, 2008
L. Kwan
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for my second pregnancy and used it diligently twice a day from week 21 till delivery at week 38.5. I expected to have an alert and a "seldom cries" baby but to my shock she just kept crying and crying. Right from the moment she was born she cried. But boy was it loud! She cried all the way till we reached my ward. Her elder sister was definitely not like that. She was the one who was like the typical babyplus baby, crying very little at birth and showing sparks of geniuses as a baby. This second daughter of mine was very loud in contrast. However, she did reach her milestones slightly earlier than her elder sister. She slept through the night when she was just 6 weeks old but so did her sister! She is coming to two now and I am still trying to see how babyplus has affected her in a positive manner. She can count to ten since she was 16 months but isn't that what all normal babies can do? Hmmm...
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