Baby Babble - Speech-Enhancing DVD for Babies and Toddlers

I purchased both the first and second editions of Baby Babble for my son, who is almost two. He loves the first edition, but doesnt care for the second one (Im not sure why!). I consider him a late talker although he does make attempts to speak with gestures and sounds. He was evaluated by a speech therapist, who determined his speech was that of a 12 month old. Although his speech therapist encouraged me to use other methods, I truly feel that these videos are quite effective. My mother purchased a portable DVD player for my son to watch the movies on, which he loves. It gives him a sense of ownership (he gets to watch HIS movie on HIS personal DVD player) and the movie is quite engaging and entertaining. I started to see an improvement with his speech almost instantly. I would recommend that parents/caregivers watch the movie WITH their child, instead of letting the movie do all the work (which is why I emphasize that this is a good TOOL for speech development). The DVDs are designed to help children mimic sounds and sign language, which my son does all the time now. I would recommend it to any parent. There are parent tutorials at the beginning and end, which are helpful. My only regret is that I didnt discover these DVDs earlier! This also would be an awesome tool for parents who would like to get a jump start on teaching their children language early.

My son is 2 years old and not talking much, but he signs a lot. He really loved the video and at times he even chuckled a bit! After a few times of watching the video he tried to repeat the sounds as well as words! Great video! They should make more!!!

It wasnt as advertised! I take my daughter to free classes at the library and they were more stimulating and educational, but this is an okay alternative for when the weather confines us home

My 11-month old first viewed the tape at a play group. Throughout the viewing, she was very responsive-clapping her hands adorably to the music, imitating mouth movements, and repeating the sounds that she heard. I bought a copy, and each time she watches the video she picks up something new.

I read through the reviews and just had to get it to see if it worked like everyone said it did. Wow, was I blown away. Our 14 month old was good at nodding and shaking her head and pointing, but was not really catching on to communicating with her words. I put this DVD in on our car ride to the sitter one morning and watched in the rear view mirror and she took it all in. She watched it again on our way home. When I went to get her out of her carseat she looks at me and says UP. I couldnt believe it! For about a week she watched it once a day (usually on the way home because the dvd lasts about 20-25 min which is how long our commute is) and I noticed her sounds and language improving every day. We took a break from it for about a week and she watched Dora. The first time Dora played she is in the back saying D, D, D, Dora. Its amazing! So we alternate between other videos and this, but she is always very excited for this (despite the fact that it is WAY outdated) and it holds her attention. I am looking forward to getting Baby Babble 2 once she masters this one! For our future babies I am going to start playing this even sooner now that I see how magical it is. So glad I found this, it saved me a trip to a speech therapist!

For my child, the dvd did not work. Its very outdated, but if it wouldve worked Im sure I wouldnt have cared. I would not recommend purchasing this dvd.

I read some negative reviews before buying this and now I understand them better. Im thinking about returning this dvd. SigningTime is so much better than this dvd in every way for every purpose. I dont even understand this dvd.

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Whoever created this should be punched in the face with a full jug of Motts baby juice, fruit punch flavor. The most ridiculous and utterly useless garb Ive ever encountered when looking for speech enhancement tutorials. Just useless.

My son is two and he didnt pay the video much attention. The video was mostly women making silly faces and noises while pictures of toys popped up on the screen. It was not what I would expect a profession speech video to like. I wouldnt waste my money.