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While You Are Expecting: Creating Your Own Prenatal Classroom

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The whole idea of prenatal stimulation fascinated me. There was some mention of it in another book I was reading and so I bought this book to find out more. I was not disappointed. It is easy to understand the concepts behind the communication you are having with your unborn baby because the book explains why you are doing what you are doing. It also backs up the notion of prenatal stimulation with case studies and results. This is my fourth child, the other three being ages 19, 22 & 23, so this concept is very new to me and it's wonderful and exciting to be able to participate in a process where I can give my unborn child "one up" by the time she is born.

Good and sober information about bonding and teaching your child. During our pregnancy we carried out the majority of the suggestions in the book with amazing response. Today, although our daughter at present is only 2 months old, we have a wonderfully alert and happy daugther. She is very intelligent, good at focusing and way ahead of the normal developmental curve for an infant.

Also we enjoyed the advice on nutrition and living in general.

All in all highly recommendable to any expecting parents.

I bought the book and the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System recommended by it. I used this for my baby from month 5 of my pregnancy. The system recommends that the product is used twice daily for one hour each session. Because I didn't find any reviews, I decided to be a little conservative and only used it for half an hour once a day. Here are my results:

My baby is now almost 3 months old.

Babies are born more relaxed with their eyes and hands open, and crying little: This is very true. Many people have commented on how alert my newborn was. He also started following black-and-white objects with his eyes since he was two days old ! He is WAY ahead with his visual milestones.

Babies nurse better: this is partly true. My baby latched on right away. Unfortunately, he would fall asleep after 10 minutes, so I ended up having to switch to the bottle.

Babies sleep better: once their night-day cycles are resolved, it definitely seems like my baby sleeps well at night. Not sure if this is just his temperament or due to the BabyPlus.

Babies and children have longer attention spans and reach developmental milestones more quickly: the attention span is very true for my child. He can focus on books we read to him for 20 or 30 minutes at a time! He will play with his baby gym for an hour before needing attention! Regarding the milestones, he is ahead on some, on time with others, behind on some.

Babies have advanced language, musical, and creative abilities: he loves music, but with the other stuff it is too early to tell

Babies and children have enhanced curiosity and the ability to gather and process information very quickly: my baby definitely seems very curious about the world around him.

Babies and children have a better ability to self-soothe: Probably true. Hard to say.

Children demonstrate expanded cognitive abilities - testing has shown higher than average IQs: too early to tell with my baby

awesome book about communicating with your prenatal child and begining the process of interaction with the world, months before s/he is born. plenty of simple exercises to give your child months of head start in an increasingly complex and demanding world. highly recomended I am just glad I stumbled on this book at the right time!

The method presented in this book is useful, although it includes no controlled scientific evidence for either short or long-term benefits. I would strongly suggest expectant parents to look at Dr. Sarah Brewer's Super Baby, and especially the proven approach that author recommends, the BabyPlus prenatal enrichment system [...], which Dr. Van de Carr's method could complement.

We bought this book to read about this concept which was new to us. We have practiced so far some of the excercises, like the Kick Game and playing music and talking with the baby. I guess some of these excercises make sense because they are related to our culture. We are anxious to see the results.

I would recommend this book for parents-to-be who want to build bonds with their children before they are born.

Overall, I was pleased with what I learned from this book about prenatal cognitive development, however there has been a lot of research done since this book was written that makes it slightly out of date. For my next child, I will probably buy something more recent to see what it says.

Very interesting perspective on connecting with your baby before it is born
Illuminating! I can't wait to try some of the proposed lessons and report back

I found the book quite nice with plenty of nice ideas, but a bit tiring to read it.

Thank you for this great book. Super information and easy to read!