Customer Reviews

Baby Beethoven

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As a mother of a fussy young child, this and the other Baby Einstein dvds were a welcome relief. I could put them on and get 20 minutes to tackle other tasks while he was occupied. While you can put on Noggin or other kid channels, you get ads that I'd just as soon he didn't watch. Give me the classics of Mozart or Beethoven and images that are stimulating for a child any day. Yes, they bore me, too, but I'm NOT the target audience!

My 4 months old baby loves it! She stays concentrated on the DVD for the whole half an hour! Especially on the puppets

Love this Baby Einstein.
It is more interesting than the Baby Mozart. My daughter loves it.

If you're going to buy a children's video, by all means buy this video for your two toddler. I highly recommend it compared to other kids' videos because it is engaging, fun, educational, not cartoon animated or fast-paced, and the puppets are really cute. My kids loved it.

Having said that, I have a beef with the title "Baby Einstein" and marketing this to BABIES. It seems to imply that watching these videos is good for babies, which they are NOT! These videos may be great for older kids, but definitely NOT for babies' brains!

After some research I found out that: 1) brain wave activity in babies is slower when watching television than when sleeping. 2) for every hour of television a baby watches a day, their chances of acquiring an attention deficit disorder increases by 10%, 3) for every hour of television viewed daily at 4 yrs old, there is a significant odds increase for being a bully later on, and 4)consistent, heavy television viewing (more than 2 hrs daily) throughout early childhood can cause behavior, sleep and attention problems.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no television for children under 2, and no more than two hours of media (tv, videos, video games & computers) daily after age 2! I think it's important for parents and caregivers to be aware of this so they can make better informed choices. I hope it encourages some people to limit television usage for babies and look for other outlets when possible.

For those looking to calm babies and build better brains, I recommend baby carriers because studies show that infants who are carried an extra 3 hours per day cry 40% less, and this effect is lasting over time! Frequently held babies pick up verbal skills faster and develop better core muscle strength and balance. Also, learning to communicate in sign language can reduce frustration and tantrums, accelerate language development and promote parent-child bonding in infants and toddlers.

These videos get rave reviews and I just don't understand it. It is your basic toys videotaped with music. My son watches them but there are better things out there. And I would NOT buy them again or any other videos for the future.

It's pretty good my daughter enjoys watching it. However I didn't realize that this version doesn't have repeat play until after receiving it.

I'm a classically trained pianist, so I'm the biggest skeptic when it comes to bad, baby-ized music. However, Baby Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart seem to stay true to the melody and harmony of the original music. The re-orchestrations must be very friendly to baby ears, and it is beautifully done. It simply makes some of the scary, bigger sounds more palatable for baby. This was a good basic introduction to Beethoven for a baby-- a nice long segment of Ode to Joy, 9th Symphony, and Fur Elise.

The synchronized images may look silly and dumb to an adult, but try to remember who the audience is! This DVD holds my baby's attention, and that is what matters.

There isn't supposed to be a storyline, so I can't judge on randomness. Nonetheless, the transitions are not as seamless as Baby Mozart, and there are many more parts in Baby Beethoven that are music-free and slightly awkward.