Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers

My DVD had a missing video. Very disappointing!

Im the mother of a 3.5 year old boy who sits on the spectrum. My sons new speech therapist lent me a copy of Baby Babble to watch with my LO. After two months of using it here are my thoughts: Pros: * Focus on lip movement. My son seems to really pay attention to the therapists mouths as they coo out sounds/words. * The simple sounds make it easy for my son to repeat them. * Good rhythm. Just enough breaks to stop his frustration, but not too many that he gets distracted. Cons: * Really dated. I think this video was originally produced for VHS, it certainly feels that way. The producers should consider releasing an updated version with better sounds and graphics. In addition to Baby Babble, here are some other videos that have been really helpful for my sons speech and language: *

I bought this video last week, and after watching it once, immediately bought the Beginning Words one, too. My 2 year old son loves these videos, and hes already begun to imitate more sounds like Buh-buh-buh-bubble which is HUGE!

So many times toddlers begin with a few sounds. Soon the letter sounds come out and slowly the word is good. Mostly a fast babbling begins and conversations can begin holding a book sitting on the floor. I listen very carefully. I take the cue to repeat the sounds the toddler is making. With eyebrows lifted and a smile on their face, I babble right along with them. I watch two or three toddlers together babbling without interruptions. I document what I see and enter this into their personal binders. I play this dvd during play in the morning and once again in the afternoon. Here too I share with the parents and they share stories from what their toddler is doing at home.

Our son was about 10 months delayed in speech when we bought him this video. He was a little over 2 years old. He loved watching the video, and he started to say all the words within a matter of days. He would say the words on the video before the narrator would even say them. It was music to our ears. He watched this video until he was about 3. Then he didnt really have any interest because the video was beneath his level. At 3, he was about 6 months behind in speech. Now he is 4 and he is at an age appropriate level. We tried many other speech videos when he was two, and it was hard to find one that kept his interest enough to watch it. This was the only video we could find that he watched and learned from. You cant go wrong with the speech tool. My second son is starting to watch it at 9 months and I dont think he is delayed. But, it doesnt hurt to watch it.

My daughter requires speech therapy and these videos were recommended by the therapist. My daughter loves them and actually sits and watches them and interacts with what they are saying to her. She has learned a lot of her sounds from these videos...we have all 3.

I have an almost three year old Foster child who four months ago hardly spoke and what he did say couldnt be understood. The child has been in speech therapy twice a week for about a month now. I purchased this video to couple with his therapy and its great. I watched his therapist do the same things with the child that is done on the video.These ladies are speech therapists. Therapy is $125 an hour vs $15 paid for the video. While more is done overall in therapy this video is a wonderful tool for children who need a some extra help. Upon first viewing the video, I thought they used too many visuals as fillers but as my child progressed he would say,up, down or related command as the visuals were viewed. My child will request Baby Babble and knows what the therapists are going to say. He says it with them not after them. It also has a few words in sign language: thank you, help, eat, drink and a couple others for the child who hasnt learned to speak yet. These are great starter words to get your baby to use a form of communication other than pointing, grunting or screaming for things they need.

We will soon have an evaluation to see if our son is autistic. He is 3 1/2 and just recently has begun trying to talk after some speech therapy and starting preschool. I ordered this DVD and after just the first day he watched it he was already repeating some words of the words and sounds. Later he even said and signed more please! These are things we have been working with him and getting inconsistent results, but this video seemed to really reinforce the ideas. He absolutely loved it and wanted to watch it again and again. The tips they give are all things we learned with our speech therapist, but it helps to review them. The use of signs is also wonderful! Even my 4 month old seemed to be interested in it. I love it and would highly recommend if you do/may have a child on the spectrum.

I felt the video was very short and very cheaply made. My son did not have any interest in it. :(

Bought this just two weeks ago for my 27 month old daughter, who is a late talker. (There is a long wait where I live for a speech therapist.) She LOVED this DVD and the second one, asking to watch several times a day. By the second or third viewing she was saying the words and making the signs.Suddenly she is saying new words every day. Her vocabulary has nearly doubled in just few weeks time. I realize she was on the verge anyways but I definitely think this gave her just the push she needed. I really wish we had found this earlier.