Baby Einstein - Baby Mozart - Music Festival [DVD]

I don't 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. Doesn't 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 there's 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. Here's a news flash for everyone: Kids like to watch television! This isn't 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. I'm 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 didn't deserve.

I gave a copy of this disc to my daughter years ago when she had her first baby. Whenever she needed a half-hour to get things done, she'd put this disc on TV, set her baby in front of it, and the baby would be mesmerized. All the bright colors, objects in motion, and beautiful music kept the tot totally occupied. I've since given copies of this disc to other young mothers and they've all had the same experience. Plus, there's a school of thought that "Mozart makes you smarter," the theory being that classical music creates or improves synapses in the brain, especially in toddlers. Some states, Georgia among them, issue classical CDs to all new birth mothers.

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, I've 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.

It's always sketchy purchasing used DVD/CD's online but was relieved and pleased when this arrived as described in good cosmetic condition and I had no issues playing it all the way through! Thank you!

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 won't 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 doesn't 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...

My son has been watching this video since he was 4 months old! He loves it and still cannot take his eyes off it when we put it on. It gives you a chance to take a 30 minute breather. Each scene lasts for a second and the music is soothing for both you and baby.If you're looking for other baby registry items for your little one, check out my list of MUST HAVES by searching for AllMomsArePerfect. The blog helps you figure out what you really need and what you can live without, especially if you are on a tight budget or don't have much space.

Baby Mozart is truly great! We started my son watching it at 2 mos, and at 10 months he will still sit for the 30 minutes or so completely occupied. I run an in-home day care, and the other children all love this too...even the 5 year old! We've tried others in the Baby Einstein line, and have come to the conclusion that Baby Mozart is the best of the lot. The other videos tend to cut back and forth more, which doesn't hold the kids' interest as much. As soon as the children hear the intro to Baby Mozart, they settle down and watch, talk about their favorite toy shown, and giggle at the puppet that sticks his tongue out. What a lifesaver....I know I wouldn't be able to keep my sanity without this video. Kudos for Baby Mozart!