Product Rave: babyPlus Pre-natal Education System

I was just thinking about this as I'm approaching week 18 of my pregnancy when I would start using this again and wanted to highly recommend it.

http://babyplus.com/WhatIsIt.php

When I was PG with DS, I saw this during a segment on Rachael Ray. It sounded a little far fetched to me but I figured what can it hurt. You wear this little pouch from week 18 until you give birth. There are 16 "lessons" in all -- which essentially boils down to a heartbeat sound that increases in speed with a varying pattern as you move from week to week. Depending when you start using BabyPlus affects the number of days you listen to the same "lesson". If you don't start at week 18, you can still use the thing.

People definitely made fun of my "heartbeat machine" It is loud, there is no volume control, it eats batteries and you have to wear it for 1 hour a day twice a day. (I usually did it at night after work with a break in between. )

That being said, DS is now 3 years old. A lot of what they said would be the benefit of using this is blatantly obvious in my son! He nursed well. He met major milestones on time or early. His language ability is ridiculous. It's almost like his vocabulary exploded when he was 15-18 months of age. He never "talked like a baby". He was (and is) way beyond the word capacity he should've been at his age (based on what all these articles say) and always very clear in the way he spoke. He slept through the night at like 4 months old and while this isn't super early or anything, he literally has not had an issue with sleeping through the night since -- almost 11 hours a night every night. Not even as a toddler when kids tend to struggle with this again. He can definitely self-soothe -- I noticed this especially when the kid is sick! He's not whiny or cranky. If he cried at night, he'd cry himself back to sleep. His daycare teachers are floored by how smart he is and have actually expressed concern that we are doing enough to stimulate him at home because he's beyond where many of the kids his age are. He's also very alert and very observant. He notices when there's the slightest change in anything. He's generally very happy and easygoing. He adapts very well to his environments and to change...

Please please please know I am not saying all this just to brag about my son. I don't necessarily take credit for any of this. DH and I didn't read to him on a nightly basis or anything like that. I still don't -- not even close. I really attribute so much of it to the BabyPlus and definitely plan to use it again with this pregnancy. It isn't cheap (retails for $150 but it's available on sites that offer a lot of coupons like diapers.com) but it was definitely worth it. I wanted to share with any of you who are at stage where you might be able to benefit.

And even if you think it sounds crazy (like I did), what can it hurt to try it?

Message edited 6/10/2013 1:46:04 PM.

Re: Product Rave: babyPlus Pre-natal Education System

We used the babyPlus with DS1. While I happen to think my DS is actually really intelligent, I believe it comes from genes (I have a rather high IQ). My DH really wanted me to use this so I did the 1st time around but this time with DS2 I'm not the least bit interested.

It may have its benefits, may not. I think it's a decision an individual comes to based on available information. JMHO.