Oh, Baby Einstein!

Mom Central sent me this DVD 3 months and up. I think it should be more like 6 months, though.

Sam is a cartoon man, and much prefers his entertainment to come from that route. However, baby einstein isn't a "babysitter," it is meant to be watched with your child. Sam was willing to watch this is parts. He is 16 months old and watching this video was the very first time he was willing to touch his nose. We've been trying to get him to do that for months! But watching babies do it inspired him to do it. Monkey see, monkey do? I think his favorite part was a kangaroo playing peek-a-boo. All the peek-a-parts got him smiling.

The kids in the video were doing all sorts of activities from crawling and sitting to jumping and dancing. Some of it Sam wasn't interested in, but he did join in and jump and shake and dance.

Baby's First Moves is like an interactive book, but it is more than that, too.

There has been some controversy about children watching TV before they are 2. I know Baby Einstein has not been immune to criticism in that area. Parents are qualified to make their own decisions about letting their children watch TV. The quality and the quantity are really up to the parents. I should have some pretty horrendous children if all the experts were right about too much early TV or too much TV in general causing problems. But I have very smart, very well behaved children. I believe there is much more to your children's behavior than television.

Baby's First Moves is a fun DVD to help motivate your little one to get active to have some fun, structured play time. It is available at Amazon HERE. I would like to get their DVD Baby's First Signs next, that is something we are working on.