Customer Reviews

The Baby Whisperer (Vol. 1)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

While Tracey Hogg has some wonderful advice in her book - of the same title - about how to interact with your newborn, the video seems to gloss right over it. It seemed like whole chapters were presented in mere minutes and important sections were left out. Plus, the sections that featured questions from real parents seemed canned and corny. All this being said, the book is terrific. Skip the video - read the book instead.

Forget the DVD, get the book instead. There's no real help in the DVD. In fact, very little of the book is covered in the DVD. It explains the EASY acronym, but no help on how to implement it, what to do if you have problems with it, or even cheezy acted out examples (like they show of a couple coming home from the hospital). It's a terrible DVD. I'm giving it 1 star solely for those who want some VERY basic advice.

Purchase before your baby is born. If your baby is already here, don't buy this video, perhaps if you can find the time, the book may be helpful to read. This video details certain topics, but brushes over some of the more important topics like SLEEPING! Tracy Hogg makes a comment about a 2nd video which details things like sleep, however, I've been unable to find that video.

I have a 5 month old and this video would've been great to see in my 8th or 9th month of pregnancy. I am going to buy one for my friend's baby shower. But, to watch it at the stage I am at now didn't offer anything that helpful. I am looking forward to Volume 2 - hopefully it will help me out more with the 6+ month stage. Overall, the video highlighted some good points from the book.

I thought this video would give me tips on how calm a baby and help them fall to sleep. I was wrong.....I guess you have to buy the next video to get that. This video shared very, very little that I did not already know and I am a first time twin mother. I think that Tracy needs to put more meat in ONE video instead of releasing multiple short videos to make money. I really feel like I wasted my money.

This video is a "must have" for first-time parents. My husband and I are expecting our first child in June 2002. Everywhere we go we get advice from people--sometimes conflicting advice. This video contained the most sound advice we've received so far. The video was engrossing. We enjoyed it, and we plan to buy Hogg's series of books and tapes. We will probably watch this video again when we get closer to our due date. Even experienced parents may garner an "a ha" moment from this tape. The value we gained from this tape is worth every cent we invested to buy it.

I wish this had existed when my baby was on her way because she was a few months old by the time this DVD came out. Great help for parents wanting to know how to calm their baby, change their baby, and other basic care. Not so great for parents of slightly older babies who have already been doing these things for quite a while. Good baby shower gift for someone.

My husband and I just tried to watch this DVD. Luckily we only borrowed the DVD from the library. Save your money. This was easily the worst DVD I've seen on infant care to date. What's up with all the horrible acting and the useless tips and facts? We could barely get through the first 10 mins. This was in utter contrast to The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD that we just watched. That was an excellent DVD. If you want to spend money on a DVD re infant care, spend your money on the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD and don't waste time with this one.

I wish I had this 11 years ago since my first child was born. I was given advices here and there when they didn't really work for me and my babies. Tracy Hogg was really intuned with the babies. She opened up my eyes and clearly explained the baby's world after birth and so on like how relatives and friends should properly meet the baby for the first time. Plus, when moms and dads are sleep deprived, we only see our own view of how things should be with the baby, when we should take a step back and hear what the baby is really saying to us. The more we get intuned with our baby, the better. It also talked about what's healthy and what's right for you and your baby. It's not a one size fits all, all babies are unique and it's up to us parents to find out the characteristics of our own baby...so it's a must see DVD for parents along with everyone who wants to be part of the baby's life, grandparents, aunts and uncles, friends.... really everyone! If the babies were to write a book, this is it! Have fun with your baby!

This video was a waste of time. I had read a little bit about The Baby Whisperer on their forum and had heard from several friends that The Baby Whisperer gave some good tips on baby body language.

The video was VERY superficial about Tracy's key acronyms (EASY and SLOW). Tracy would start off talking about something and then would be interrupted by a very random 'Parents Questions and Answers' segment. The questions/answers had no sense of order or focus.

I did not learn anything from watching this video and would like my hour+ of time back from watching it!