Baby Einstein - Baby Noah - Animal Expedition [DVD]

I bought the Baby Einstein for my son who is 5 months old. This particular DVD says it is recommended for babies 9 months and above. However, my son has always seemed advanced so I thought Id start him early. The DVD seems a little complicated for a baby of any age. I watched the entire thing with him. It has too many different types of scenarios going on. At one point it shows live, real people then it switches to puppets, then to cartoons, then back to animals. There is no consistency to the video or the dialogue. It seems to just be a bunch of thoughts put together in no particular order. I believe it does have some great footage of animals on the video. However, the entire video itself does not seem to flow together. My son was very interested in the puppets and cartoon animation but not so much of the other stuff. I have heard this from other people as well. Also, for the quality and content of the video it seems overpriced. We received the other videos in the collection for Christmas so hopefully the rest of the collection will be better than this one was.

This is my favorite of the Baby Einsteins. They group animals (some familiar and some more unusual) by region. At 2, my daughter can correctly identify animals of the rainforest, savannah, polar regions, etc. Unfortunately, Disneys thirst for self-promotion results in ads for Little Einsteins AND a new theme park. If you are a vigilant parent and can work around these, the content is great.

This is SUCH a great Baby Einstein. I was looking at the other reviews trying to figure out why it only had an over all 4 stars. I guess a few people are unhappy with the previews at the beginning. Maybe they dont know how to work their DVD players or VCRs, but you can skip past them. Maybe they just sit their kids down in front of the TV and dont bother to skip the preview. I dont know, but this is a FABULOUS DVD for kids. The music is by far the best of any Baby Einstein, and the animal footage is symply entrancing. I lost my 1st copy, and paid for another one, because I love it so much. Dont miss out. Its totally worth the extra 7 seconds it takes to skip the preview.

I have the Baby Beethoven and Baby Mozart - they are still great, but especially when my daughter was 7-12 months. We bought Baby Noah for her 1-year birthday and she LOVES it, and when we watch Beethoven and Mozart I almost feel like shes already outgrown them. This one is definitely a little more advanced - for a slightly older child. The music is great because its stuff that an adult would like to listen to also - it doesnt get on my nerves like the other 2 DVDs did after a while. For example, when they play the music for the Tropics, its steel drum and so catchy. My daughter is fascinated by this one, and gives me a great time out for a few minutes if I need to run do something (baby is safely in her play yard, of course!) If you buy this DVD - you wont be sorry!

This is the ONLY baby einstein video I have ever thought was educationally valuable at all (I have a doc degree in child psych). I admit I am not a baby einstein fan, since it seems that most of them demonstrate little awareness of how children acquire language. The other ones I have seen are slow paced, with little thought towards helping infants make logical connections between words and concepts, the baby Noah is fantastic. It follows a predictable format that repeats names of animals with multiple images of those animals set to upbeat music, as well as shots of interesting toys and cute puppet shorts. The dvd is fast paced with lots of repition, and the overall tone is humorous and exciting. My 8 month old son is fascinated by this one, while he has never given any of the others more than a passing glance.

My 10 month old absolutely loves the puppets in this one. However, I was less thrilled due to the advertisements that are included in the play section of the DVD. None of the other Baby Einstein videos have this advertising and I wish this one didnt either. However, I think this one is well put together and keeps my infants attention for a long while. She just crawls up to the TV, has a seat and is there for the duration of the movie. She coos, laughs, and squeels at the puppets and copies their noises. I am very glad I bought this one.

My daughter loves this video. She is almost 2 and weve had the video for 2 months and she asks to watch it every day. She very quickly learned the names of all the animals, and she giggles at the puppets antics. We also have Baby Neptune and Baby Galileo, and she loves those as well. She likes having me sit next to her to watch it with her, because then she can ask me what the animals are and what are they doing. It makes for relaxing downtime for both of us.

Ok, first of all I do not think babies should be placed in front of the TV to be used as a babysitter. Therefore, when our 11 month old son watches this DVD we are right there with him. We use the Baby Noah DVD as another form of story time and he LOVES IT! We talk about all the animals, the sounds they make, and how they move. He loves when the music plays and the puppets come on too. I agree with other reviewers that the live animal footage is great and my son oos and points when the animals come on. Love this DVD and would recommended it to anyone whos child loves to read books. This interactive board book ads a whole new level to story time. This DVD was also a real life saver when my son was sick as he would sit in my lap and listen to my husband and I talk about the animals with him.

We enjoyed this, as we do all the Baby Einstein products. Its the only break I can get from my son, during the day, when I need him to be occupied for a few minutes.

Every child should have Baby Einstein movies.