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Her favorite out of the Baby Einstein collection
It's hard to explain why some of these are a hit and some aren't. It could really depend on the individual baby. My daughters two favorites are Baby Beethoven and also the Numbers Nursery. She likes Mozart and Bach too but this one puts a serious smile on her face. Maybe she just really likes Beethoven!!!! I will say that she absolutely hates the Neptune video. Who knows why?

Gives Mommy Free time
Wonderful Product!!! I can't say enough about these DVD's. My Daughter has been watching these since she was 6 weeks old. Now at 9 months, she loves them so much, she has to watch one every day. This gives me about 30-40 minutes daily to get something done around the house. she is so happy when the little caterpillar crawls across the screen... Highly recomended, and remember to start them early on these...

Bit better than other Baby Einsteins but no dev. attributes
I've written a few comments on "Baby Einstein" and I'm not a big fan generally. This one may be slightly better b/c there is some correlation to the music with the images but still very little. When in desperate need of a 30 minute break, it can do the job but I'm not a big fan of just allowing her to watch TV in a trance. They don't call it "baby crack" for nothing. Also, the videos all say that they're for ages 0-3 which is silly. No 3 year old (or 18 month old for that matter!) will ever stay focused on these videos and I'm always bothered by the use of the word "Einstein" in the title as if to imply your baby will BENEFIT from the videos. The music is synthesized too which doesn't help with the development of a babies appreciation for music (and spatial reasoning and all of the things that The Mozart Effect espouses.

"Fantasia" is one of my top picks if you're interested in beautiful music and lovely images. It's not a developmental video obviously, but is a classic. For stimulation and Mozart Effect type of results, the best option I've found so far is "Juno Baby". They focus on shapes, counting, and have cute characters that all of the babies in my play group love. They only have one video on their website but are supposedly coming out with another one soon. They're not too easy to find yet either which is not a positive for them - that's their biggest shortcoming.

As I've mentioned in some other posts though, if you do have the time, it's better to interact with your baby, perhaps while listening to classical music. Just getting some little drums or tambourines out is cute and might even help teach a bit of rhythm and timing.

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