As a new mom, I remember that pregnancy lasts a lo-ong time! And there’s no way to imagine the way you’re going to feel until it happens to you (and keeps on happening… those are some pretty dramatic changes!).
My DH and I have just moved our bed up to the alcove in our room to prevent our DD (8 months) from rolling off the bed in the middle of the night (which she has done - we had pillows on the floor, thankfully). As I scoot in and out via the foot of the bed, I’m reminded of how difficult it was to get out of bed while in the 3rd tri. I mean, I couldn’t even roll over by the end - I had to use my arms to push up to sitting first.
Man, I don’t miss being pregnant!
We used BabyPlus - starting quite late, at 33 weeks’ gestation. My DH called it “the infernal drums”! Anyone using BabyPlus or doing some other form of baby education? Any thoughts on it?
Also, anyone used BabyPlus with one of their babies but not with another? Notice any difference?
I’m in my first trimester, and will probably use Baby Plus thanks to your write-up of it! My first child was not a beneficiary of Baby Plus (nor any other prenatal stimulation, so I will let you know if there is a noticeaable difference!
I’m also looking for good music CDs to play to my baby during pregnancy.
Any music I played for my baby while she was in the womb, she loves now… even music in foreign languages!! I would also make sure you play music that you like listening to so you can have fun listening together after he/she is born.
I used Baby plus, but I only have one child. I’m not too convinced that it did anything for my son as it advertises, but I think I will use it again. I also played classical baby music to him-- especially Mozart. Here is a link to download 2 Mozart cds. One is called Wombsong. I believe it is made for your unborn baby’s listening pleasure. http://www.munchkin.com/information_station/downloads.html
I visited the babyplus website a few months back and I do believe it will make a calm baby. However I did not buy it because it only uses heart beat. I think we can do a little more like mom doing meditations daily and listening to classical music in her pregnancy. I am going to do that to my baby in the womb now!
It’s actually more than a heartbeat. It’s the changing rhythm that’s supposed to make the difference, b/c the baby learns to distinguish b/t the mother’s heartbeat (which up to this point is the only rhythm he/she hears) and this new rhythm that is similar, but different. I used BabyPlus in addition to playing classical music when I was pregnant!
well thank you! It works in lessons (which vary in length depending on when you start). Each lesson is the “drum beat” faster than the last lesson. I started pretty early, so I played each lesson for about a week, twice a day. The website gives a lot of insight on how it works (better than I can explain!) Still play classical music and practice meditation though! I played classical music when I was driving and also when I went to bed.
We did Baby Plus (twice a day), lots of music (mainly classical but not only), played ‘kick-feedback’ games, ‘massage’, went singing karaoke every week, and speaking to her A LOT (and reading Dr. Seuss’s “Baby Oh Baby!” especially - highly recommended!).
Yeah, I massaged, talked and read to Gabriel in utero too. I read a variety of books to him (including my college texts while I was studying). I had a nightly routine where I’d play babyplus, read a story and play the classical music at certain times in the evening and night before I went to bed. I always tried to play babyplus at the same times every day and night. And normally it would be a couple of hours later when I was settling down in bed that I would read and then play the music as I fell asleep.
I think anything you do like that will make a difference.
Hi I am new to the group just joined yesterday , going through the archive trying to read old posts .
This is my first post .
I did use babyplus with my second baby Tina now 2 years old , and I am now 22 weeks pregnant with my third baby and i have been using babyplus from week 17 .
i didn’t know about babyplus when my first baby was born , don’t think it even existed , she is 14 years old now . and it is difficult to compare her with her sister because she is hurt and was the reason for me to know about Doman , my daughter was on their intensive therapy program since she was nine months old , and the success we had with their intellectual program is mind blowing , ability to do instant math , speed reading . unfortunetly we didn’t have that same success with their physical program but i won’t go into details here .
back to babyplus , Tina continue to amaze everybody with her abilities , not sure if it is because of using babyplus , or the benefit she got from years of experience i had in the field of early child development .
i read testimonials on babyplus site and all parents observed the same like me with their babies .
talking about birth as age 0 neurologically visually , auditory , …and early reflexes that babies grow out of them ,
i felt like Tina was at a more advanced level at birth , listening to the variations in babyplus helped develop her sensory pathways . She didn’t really startle a lot like newborn babies do , immediately after she was born , she was lying on her stomach , and was able to lift her head and turn it in our direction where i was standing talking to her grandma , staring at us with eyes wide open .
she said her first words very early at around four months , and her vocabulary kept growing , she could speak in sentences by 14 months , …
everybody around us commented how different she looks from other newborn babies , that they never saw a baby like her .
could it be babyplus ??
I was lucky that i didn’t have to pay for it . Taking care of a hurt child wasn’t easy for us , and i really have to carefully choose how to spend money . there are so many things advertised and at the end you don’t know what to buy and it can get really expensive .
i belong to another parenting group and a parent on that group kindly offered to land me his babyplus , it flew all the way from canada , to where i live in Gambia . than when i finished from it , i sent it to another mum in Germany , back to canada to its original owner .
Now when i got pregnant again I asked for it praying that i will be available and would have been very disappointed if i didn’t get it , feeling it might be a missed opportuinity for my unborn baby , so part of me really believe it did make a difference .
sorry for the long reply , and looking forward to get to know all of you
Hi and welcome to the forums! Thank you for sharing your experience with us. It sounds like you have a brilliant toddler and will have a smart baby soon. I hope you continue to share thoughts and experiences with us on the forums. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thanks for that wonderful post, Bella - karma point to you!
It’s very heart-moving to hear your experiences. We were also Babyplus users, and I’ve recommended everyone who’s pregnant to it ever since. Even though it’s impossible to tell how much difference Babyplus did, I’m sure it makes a big difference, though I would also say that if we were keen enough to use Babyplus, we’re also the type to do a lot of other things, like talk a lot to the baby, play music, etc. and I think ultimately, everything little thing will make a difference.
The great thing is that once the child is born, we can do so much more to stimulate their hungry senses!
Anyway, welcome to the Forum, Bella, and hope to see a lot of you around here!
I am new to the forum, but would like to share my experience of using babyplus. I was recommended by KL to use this when I was pregnant with my first child. I also listened to prenatal CDs as well as play ‘light’ games with her.
She was born prematurely at 33 weeks, however, she was more alert than any other babies and knew to turn her head when we called her name. She is now 15 months old and has reached all the developmental milestone that she is supposed to. She is also a very calm baby, hardly cries, sleeps and eats well. We are very blessed to have such a cheerful baby. She learns really well too as we are doing the flashcards etc. with her.
Thank you so much KL for recommending babyplus to me and I have recommended it to all my friends too. I am now using it with my second baby, due in November (I wouldn’t risk not using it now that I can see the benefits lol)
We used B+ too, but as this is my first child we could not compare but compared to friends who have children and some at the same age she is relatively calmer … and she is developing slightly faster than others … but then again it could be all the stimulation i have been giving her too …
she likes kicking or swinging her legs … to some rythem or sth that only she can hear … a friend said a happy baby would kick her legs … but … she does that sometimes when she is being fussy … she does cry, have colic etc, she does become fussy and irritated. But my mum says its much much lesser… well for new parents like me i wouldn’t know … she isn’t totally very difficult to handle … but she response well … especially when you let her be … and she really has a mind of her own … and she will protest if she ain’t happy to go along with it … but generally a happy baby
However, if depending on B+ alone i doubt it would be enough, the mother carrying the child must essentially be stable, emotionally, physically, psychologically etc … meditation is good as well as classical … it is also said that stress is good but not over stress … stress releases certain chemicals … and this is supposingly to help teach the fetus to respond to it … but toomuch stress may overwhelm … moderation is best …
we’re using Babyplus at the moment. we’ve found it to be a commitment to pre-birth bonding.
first thing we’ve noted is the level of excitement the programme generates in our baby anytime we start- kicks.
second, because we have tried to engage our baby at about the same time both in the morning and evening, his activity level is normally higher around that time if we are late to hook him up. this is giving us an impression that our baby is already learning about routine, even at this very early stage.
we believe every little helps - talking to the baby, listening to music of different genres and even Babyplus. they are all geared towards connecting baby to parents and preparing the baby for the tasks ahead on the overall.
so if you can afford it and you’re expecting, you should try it even if it is hard to evaluate the weight of its impact on a baby’s development.
When I started to use B+ with my first, the thought I had was ‘as long as it does not harm my baby, I don’t see why I shouldn’t try it’ At the end, I am VERY happy with how my baby turned out: happy, calm and very alert!
