Baby Einstein - Baby Mozart - Music Festival

I got this as a baby shower gift. The content of this DVD doesn't seem that great. It's just music with a bunch of toys or other objects being flashed on the screen. I definitely wouldn't consider it educational. I first showed it to my daughter when she was 3 months and she could barely pay attention through the open credits. Then I tried a month later and she was more interested and watched the whole thing while I was able to make dinner. Recently I discovered that it is very useful for getting her to sit still and let me clip and file her nails! For that purpose alone, it's great b/c she never sits still very long for me to do this and wakes up if I try to do it in her sleep. However, now that she is 5 months, she doesn't seem as interested in watching the entire thing. She seems to watch it only about halfway to 2/3.

I bought this since I saw my friend's baby being completely hooked on it. However, my own experience with my 6M old son was not the same. He was not intereseted in it at all, I manage to get his attention with the vocab part of the video, but that's only because I was reading with him. It was my interaction with him that got his attention, not the DVD. I think all baby respond differently. For my baby, looking at interesting toys just doesn't do it. He is more interested in playing with me even if it is just one stuff animal only, I can get him to laugh and watch for a hour! I think interaction is alway better than just letting your baby watch TV. If your baby are very into this DVD thing, may be you should ask yourself if you've given enough fun lovely attention to your baby. It is sad if you can't beat a DVD.

Upon the recommendation of a friend who uses Sesame Street with her parrots with good results, I decided to look around for some "learning" type dvd's for toddlers. I decided I did not want to go with Sesame Street for a few reasons, first of all, I can't stand that annoying "children's music" and I sure as heck didn't want our sweet little African Grey boy picking up on any of that. ;) Also, I don't see the point in dvd's that feature a lot of humans for educating and entertaining parrots. Baby Einstein's Baby Mozart was a perfect choice that met all of our criteria: lack of humans (just a couple of hands and a short clip of a human baby at the end), beautiful classical music, brilliant colors and interesting objects.

Greys tend to be a bit neurotic, and my little boy has a bad habit of screaming and biting his nails whenever I have to leave the room if he is not allowed to shoulder constantly. Baby Einstein Mozart held his attention and entertained him very well starting the first night we used it! I'd say this is a very good product for reducing stress with a Grey.

Frequent repetition of this DVD is the key to getting, and holding the attention of a Grey, in our experience. I set it on repeat and let it loop over and over again and I suggest you do the same if you get this for your parrot. Remember, dvd's aren't babysitters, the parrot will learn best if you are actively involved in the dvd watching with him/her at least some of the time.

The best thing about this video, other than being really effective with our little parrot boy, is that it's not at all annoying for the parrot parents! Even looped over and over again, it will not drive you mad.

My twin 4 month old boys are mesmerized watching this video. My husband and I wish we thought of it as it is still a wonder to us that it is such a successful video. However, the babies love it and that's what matters. I'd give it 5 stars based on the babies' thoughts but not mine and my husband's. After a while, you'll find yourself watching along.

My daughter watched these when she only 4 months old until 3. She is now turning 6 years old. Is she any smarter for watching them, not sure but she is reading at a 3rd grade level. Did the fact that she watched them turn her into a mindless dud - NO WAY! Sure - people can come on here and rate the videos 1 star and say the pediatric blah blah blah says no TV under 2 but we all know that parents who take their time to pick out a few pieces of video for their kids under 2 are doing no wrong. What is the difference of putting a child under a mobile to sit and stare at then a video that plays music, shows mobiles, other kids, shiny toys, pieces of art, colors, numbers, shapes and nature? TV can be a very educational tool for your kids if used with the right shows/video and for a small amount of time each day. I would never sit my child in front of the TV playing mindless cartoons and I sure wouldn't let her watch 90% of the junk on most "kid" networks but when she was younger I would allow one video a day which equals 30min. They allowed my husband and I to enjoy occasional dinners together, it allowed my daughter to relax after a hard day of running in the playgrounds and most of all we would all sit around at night on occasion and learn from them. My daughter barely watches TV now because she is a reader and intrigued from many other things but when she was younger and couldn't do a lot on her own, those 30min where a blessing to all.

I highly recommend, Bach, Mozart, Van Gogh and Baby Santa as the 4 favs.