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Calm Baby [VHS]

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I don't know what it is about this video that is so wonderful, but why question a good thing? I also have several of the Baby Einstein videos and they haven't really held my son's attention. I assumed that my son at 5 months old is probably just too young for videos. Then a friend recommended the Calm Baby video. She has encorporated it into her children's bedtime routine and absoluetly raves about it. So, I skeptically, gave it a try.

When I first put the dvd on, I thought it was another Baby Mozart carbon copy. Both Baby Mozart and Calm Baby use music, puppets, toys and nature scenes to create a soothing effect - I can't tell the difference between the two videos. But for some reason, my son can. We put the video in right during his "fussy time" before bed. He was immediately enthralled and instantly became a "calm baby". He watched the whole video (around 30 min) and then settled right down to sleep. We've now achieved the same effect every night for the last couple of weeks.

For those of you who are not familiar with the premise of the video, Calm Baby uses puppets, nature scenes, and occasional toys set to soothing music (some classical, some lullabys). The video has a water theme (just like Baby Einstein's Baby Neptune - but for us, Baby Neptune doesn't seem to work, while this does). Throughout the video, the puppets go about their bedtime routine - putting pillows on the bed, getting the teddy bear ready, etc until the end of the video they are all fast asleep. I like that the video reinforces bedtime as it soothes baby. I also like that fewer toys are used in this video compared to Baby Einstein... Sometimes Baby Einstein videos seem to me like one long advertisement for their products. The DVD also comes with an audio CD which I keep in the car now for "calm baby" moments during traffic.

I wish I knew why this works so well, but I'm certainly going to enjoy it while it lasts.

I brought this video for my son when he was 2 months. Now he is 7 months. He loves it so much. We watch it every night before he goes to bed as a part of his bed time routine. It calms him down and makes him sleepy. He can't take his eyes of the video. He smiles every time when the duck and the white seal come out. I don't find it annoying like other baby videos. I actually enjoy watching it with him. I am buying another one to keep it as a backup.

My entire family enjoys watching this video. My youngest daughter is intrigued with the all the water in the video. The bonus CD helps calm the baby in the car or the driver of the car in traffic. We are buying another one for a gift.

Sisters-in-law made this video of soothing sights and sounds of water with nursery songs and classical music after realizing how effective it was with their children. One is the parent to triplets. Included with the video is an audio cd with twenty-three tracks covering thirty-four minutes of lullabies, nursery songs and classical music.

My seven-year old son thought the music was lovely and several times commented on the cute toys profiled in Calm Baby™ with the only negative being he got dizzy at one of the first images of some spinning and twirling of lights.

Throughout the Calm Baby™ video are images of stuffed and rubber animals in various water arrangements. The rubber duckie is one of them plus a stuffed duck that has a continuing story in a few segments. The duck is like a puppet and he pushes a small purple bed, this is similar to a dollhouse item. Before the duck shows up again the screen has a white background with blue coloring at the bottom similar to waves floating around and some classical music accompanying the image.

There is no speaking in the Calm Baby™ video, only the vocals to four songs I believe, Rain Rain Go Away, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Row Row Your Boat and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. For the Rain song there were a few kids shown from the back looking and touching a window while it was raining outside. The boat song showed toys that a child would play in the tub with and there was a twinkling show with an array of lights and colors for the star song.

The spider song showed a green and then blue spider that was like a stuffed animal but moved by a string going up and down in a room. Some of the other toys or images shown were the kind of toys that are attached to a mobile over a crib. One was a pretty red, white and black animal that my son just adored.

The images are of bubbles, water fountains, rain dropping on roses, umbrellas opening and twirling to the rain. The umbrella sequence moved perfectly to the music and then a few times there were the colored balls that you see in ball pits, but they were in a two- tiered fountain and the music and rain drops moved in rhythm perfectly.

There is one scene with a giant clam opening up with bubbles coming out and others showing the rocks and toys in aquariums. A child's hand is seen placing stuffed fish inside an aquarium that was handmade with colorful material. Thirty minutes of these arrangements goes by fairly quickly and quite possibly puts a smaller infant or toddler to sleep with the calming effects of the images and nursery songs.

I can attest to this being well suited for my children and those who enjoy visual images that are vibrant, as well as hearing rain droplets hitting the pavement. We enjoyed watching sunflowers and roses as the rain dropped on them and the colorful twirling of the umbrella.

This is a very relaxing and soothing video that could be played for children while parent is taking care of chores and before nap or bedtime. Older children will like to watch the various images that go by and remark on the colors and sounds and possibly sing along with the nursery songs.

Both my children are on the Autism Spectrum and liked Calm Baby at various times.

This movie is so calming to children, the sound captivates them. I have seen so many children calm down after being very upset.As a babysitter, it has saved my life more times. When the kid gets fussy, I pop in Calm Baby and they are relaxed, it is wonderful. The kids seem to enjoy the soothing sounds of water along with the images that are being presented. This is one MUST HAVE for any parent, babysitter, or educator.

Calm Baby really does soothe and captivate my child. As an infant, my son enjoyed the familiarity with the sights and sounds he was hearing. Now as a toddler, he loves to sing and follow along with the beautiful images and music.

I have triplet sons and this video is my "in case of emergency" if they are all fussy. For whatever reason, as soon as they see/hear this video, the instantly calm down and are just captivated. They will watch it over and over and are equally as mesmorized each time. We also have the Baby Einstein videos that they don't pay attention to hardly at all. This one just really calms and quiets them. This has been a life saver for us when we can't do anything else to make them happy!

I got this as a "suggested" video in combination with another "baby-show" that my sister had recommended that I get for my 2 year old. At the time my 5 month old son enjoyed crying more than just about anything else in the world. My husband put the "calm baby" video in hopes that we could eat dinner without holding my son on my lap. It was unbelievable. He was entranced from the first moment. We thought it might just be a fluke, but it worked everytime. We have a couple of Baby Einsteins, but this is by far the favorite. He is now 2 and my daughteris 3 and they both (on occasion) still ask for the "baby show" over the Wiggles or Elmo.

My 6 month old nephew was first introduced to this video when he was only a month old. It held his attention for the most part and so I concluded it was a good buy. But the other night when all attempts to put him to sleep failed my sister put on the cd that is included with the movie and he fell right to sleep. Nothing else has really been able to put him to sleep like that. Any video that puts a baby to sleep when the whole house is as tired and cranky as he is, get's two thumbs up from me.

update: At ten months old he still goes to sleep with this cd.

I bought this when my son turned 6 months old. He is a typical boy-- always on the go. However, every night by 6 pm he was cranky and fussy. For months we had dreaded these last 1 1/2 to 2 hours at night before he went to bed... it seemed like there was nothing we could do to distract him or satisfy him. The first night we played this DVD for him it was amazing. Although he tried to be fussy, it kept grabbing his attention and he would stop and quietly watch it. After using it nightly for only a few days, he got to the point where he would sit or lie down quietly and just watch contently. Now, most nights he just sits and plays with toys, looking up to watch his favorite scenes. He especially loves the yellow duck! The colors and characters are simple and eye-catching. The music is the best... the lullabies are all related to the water theme(as is the video) and the melodies are very pleasant. The sights and sounds of the rain, waterfall, ducks, and fish are truly calming. It is our ritual now... we have been using it almost nightly for the last month, and we never tire of it. I can honestly say our evenings are completely different now; they are so enjoyable for my husband and me, as our baby is no longer fussing or crying. He goes to sleep easier and is so content. I will say we do not allow our son to watch the TV at any other time and only own one other baby DVD. I highly, highly recommend this video!