Product Details

• Actors: Susan Peach
• Directors: Frederic Robinson
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Dance Land Studio
• DVD Release Date: December 30, 2004
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BB7JE8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,691 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun with baby!, April 23, 2007

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C. Christopherson (Oak Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mambo Moms: Fitness Fun For for Baby & Mom (DVD)

I love this DVD! It's good exercise and my baby loves it! I'm sure there are probably more intense work-outs out there, but it'd be hard to do them with baby and with dance you can really choose how much you put into it - I always end up sweating!

The DVD has a series of dances, strength exercises on the floor and stretching on the floor. The instructor explains everything well, taking baby into consideration. I hardly even realize I'm working out because it's so interactive. My baby loves both the dance and floor part. He'll smile up at me or fall asleep while dancing and just laughs and laughs during some of the floor moves (sometimes he's fussy so we miss some parts of the floor exercises, but that's just life with baby).

Why I really love this DVD is that some days I'm just not motivated to work out and plan to skip it. But then baby gets fussy and I know this DVD will solve it, whether it's the dancing putting him to sleep, or playing together through the floor exercises. So I'll pop in whichever seems to fit his mood (then usually end up doing the other section after!) Highly recommend.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great way to get off the couch!, March 4, 2009

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Iriskat - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mambo Moms: Fitness Fun For for Baby & Mom (DVD)

All in all - a great introduction to latin dance and a great way for a new mom to get off the couch and move a bit.

What you get - a warm up dance, 6 dance routines (2 merengue, 2 salsa, 2 cha cha cha), floor exercises with baby and some relaxing stretches, all with baby. There is also a bonus dance and some out takes, which are in a different section of the DVD.

The plus side: Peach is a sweet instructor - pleasant, calm and motivating. The dance routines are fun and not too confusing, once you've done them a couple of times, but you do get a nice sweat. The baby is involved or in your arms the entire workout - you don't have to put them aside to watch you for a single moment, unlike other mom-baby DVDs out there. The floor exercises are not too hard and are well known mom-baby classics. Real mothers are shown - not super pretty models.

The minus side: The reason why this lovely DVD looses a star is that babies are shown with their heads hanging forward or sideways from the baby sling without support during some of the dances. I think it is not good for the babies - so watch out - do as Peach does - hold your baby in your arms for maximum support for baby and nice arm workout for yourself! I missed having an option to turn off the instruction and just do the dances without cuing once I've learned them.

You should also know: Some of the music has kind of a Jazzy take on it - which makes it hard to follow for the musically challenged like myself.

All in all - the DVD is quite expensive, but I found it was worth it, and would definitely recommend it to any new mom.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rewarding!! Keep practicing!!, January 7, 2009

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Mommy-Sarah "Mommy-Sarah" (Columbia, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mambo Moms: Fitness Fun For for Baby & Mom (DVD)

Terrific idea, although the instructor is (at first) hard to follow. Try it out when you're not too tired and keep practicing--you'll find you can do these routines--and they are fun!!! I dont do gym routines on a regular basis, so these were tough for me at first, but I kept at it. It;s the only momma & baby routine I've found that works. Plus, my baby actually goes to sleep after we do the warm-up and dance #1 (or sometimes after these and a second round of dance #1). No joke--we all win.