Child Development Assessment Tools

Shannon Miller used the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System with her first child, and we have been eagerly following his progress ever since his delivery:

"Rocco started crawling a couple weeks ago and every day he is more  active exploring everything and everywhere! We are so blessed to have  such a happy little boy. He loves his sleep and still makes it through the night 12 hours! That certainly helps me recharge and get things done after he goes to bed so I can make the most of my time with him while he is awake. He hasn't found anything he doesn't like to  eat....anything.   I am so thankful that I used BabyPlus. I know it's  
made a difference and I have to admit it makes me feel good when  people remark on how alert, calm and curious he is. Thank you BabyPlus!"

We see that Shannon Miller's baby Rocco is exhibiting the tangible benefits parents all over the world have come to expect in their BabyPlus babies.

Thank you Shannon Miller! 

Seventeen years ago this month, Mattel and Fisher Price Toys companies merged.  My favorite toys growing up were Barbies and Little People and seeing these toys in the store brings back many happy memories.

Toys are such an integral part of a child's development.  Kids are learning while they play.  Age-appropriate toys are important as well - you wouldn't give a metal erector set to a one-year-old.  You would start off with soft, squishy blocks.  After that, you could give him or her foam blocks and eventually you could introduce wooden or plastic pieces.  You start with the simple and basic before moving to the next level. 

This philosophy is the idea behind BabyPlus, which uses age-appropriate sounds during critical stages of fetal development.  By introducing simple sounds relevant to your baby's environment--your heartbeat--you will be able to strengthen cognitive development.  You will be able to move on to more complex sounds, such as music, after your little one is born. 

Much like a prenatal vitamin encourages strong physical development in your baby, BabyPlus encourages strong cognitive development during pregnancy.  You can find out more details at www.babyplus.com and read other families' experiences.

these are her words:

"Aloha,

I thoroughly enjoyed using BabyPlus.  I am a Special Education teacher by profession, but have been a proud stay at home mom for the past 20 months.  I believe BabyPlus has helped my son become as intelligent, well developed, and expresses himself with such ease.  He slept throughout the night when he was 1 month old,  at 3 months, he was pointing at pictures in books, at 4 months, if I had given him the book upside down, he knew to turn the book right side up, he began walking at 11 months, throughout his first year, we traveled on 11 planes, of which he didn't cry on either of them, he remembered a gesture he did at 11 months when I asked him only once when he was 13 months,  (I couldn't believe he remembered it because we hadn't practiced it), he follows directions very well, he can associate what words go with what objects, he understands the concepts of emotions, he knows how to use an iphone (knows where the apps he likes are, the camera, and the photo app; he plays Tozzle, a puzzle app, and Giraffe's Preschool Playground, where he can identify letters and numbers), and even associates my husband, my brother, and my mother's number to the right people, in fact, he will call them to talk with them, he can even carry on a conversation on the phone, last weekend, he took out my decorative rocks and pretended to count, he was pointing and mumbling, though I heard "two" and "three" quite well, he also put my decorative rocks back to where they belong without being told, he is a very easy going and happy child, and he learns things so fast. I am amazed at how well my son, Junior, has developed intelligently and emotionally. "

WE KNOW!  These are exactly the types of characteristics BabyPlus parents all over the world describe. 

We look forward to learning more about this child as he begins his schooling!

All parents know that learning actually begins before your child goes to school.  Learning really begins in the womb.  Everyone knows that baby development after birth is important.  However, the research now confirms that the critical period in prenatal development - especially early brain development - is impacted week by week in pregnancy.  Using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System - a simple set of sounds similar to the mother's heartbeat - helps during the stages of prenatal development.

Don't wait to begin teaching your baby after he or she is born - help them to be born already learning!

Learn more about BabyPlus by clicking on the BabyPlus system!

What does this mean, exactly?  Well, here at BabyPlus US, we are happy to explain!

BabyPlus is a curriculum that is a series of 16 naturally derived sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat.  The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally as your pregnancy progresses.

This "auditory exercise" strengthens learning ability during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant and enduring for a child.

Simply put, BabyPlus sounds just like what your baby already knows (your heartbeat!).  The BabyPlus lessons provide just enough variation during the critical period in prenatal development.  Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. Your baby learns to tell the difference between the sound coming from you and those from BabyPlus.

In other words, learning has begun!

Learn more about giving your baby the very best start to life and learning by click on the BabyPlus logo.

It's all in the numbers...that's what parents of Ella Rose Riehle born 08/09/10 at 11:12 pm probably think!  Access the sweet story here.

What an interesting fact to share as baby Ella gets older.  It's always fun to share special events or occurrences from your child's birthday with him or her.  Every year on our boys' birthdays, we all pile in our bed and tell the story of their birth.   They look forward to it every year and never let us forget!  We will probably call them every year after they have moved out to continue sharing the memories.

Each child is special and unique in his or her own way, but I don't think anyone in Ella's family will have a problem remembering her birthday.

 

Alanis Morissette is pregnant with her first child – just a few months after getting married to husband Mario "Souleye" Treadway. We are sure they will want to know the benefits of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System. 

A few of the BabyPlus benefits include:

• Earlier developmental milestones
• More readily to nurse
• Display an increased ability to self soothe
• Are more relaxed and alert at birth
• Are more interactive and responsive
• Longer attention spans

Congratulations Alanis and Mario! BabyPlus wishes you both all the best. Just remember the title of your song "You Learn" and remember your baby can learn with BabyPlus! 

When I was pregnant, I didn't have any friends or relatives pregnant at the same time.  It would have been nice to share details and have someone with a child around the same age to play with. 

This won't be a problem for four sisters from Chicago who were not only pregnant at the same time but all had their babies within four days of each other!  What fun!  Their story is here.

Another set of sisters who were pregnant at the same time, gave birth in January, February and March of 2010.  (Dr. Phil's daughter-in-law is one of them.)  In fact, they were featured together on the Rachael Ray Show and promoted BabyPlus as one of their favorite pregnancy items.  They understood how the benefits of a simple set of sounds during important stages of fetal development can strengthen learning for a lifetime!

You can find out more about the benefits of BabyPlus and what other parents say by clicking on the logo below.

Trista Sutter is launching a clothing line called "Winter Rose" for My Vintage Baby (http://myvintagebaby.com)

We are very excited to see the debut of Trista Sutter's clothing collection.  

Trista Sutter is a BabyPlus mom of two adorable children, so she already knows the benefits of using this patented prenatal curriculum.  Trista saw the tangible benefits in her first child, 3-year-old Max and decided to use the BabyPlus again with her second child, 1-year-old daughter Blakesley.

Like the other BabyPlus parents all over the world, Trista and her husband Ryan made the decision to give their babies the very best possible advantages throughout life by using this simple, safe set of sounds based on the mother's heartbeat.  During the stages of fetal development, Trista's babies heard her heartbeat and the sounds of BabyPlus.  During the critical period in prenatal development, Trista's babies compared and contrasted the different sounds and strengthened cognitive development... in other words, learning had begun!

BabyPlus US wishes Trista well in her newest endeavor!

"Pregnant women everywhere can pull the headset away from their bellies...." begins the article titled "Mozart Effect: A Popular Myth Debunked and Explained" written by Katie Drummond on the site politicsdaily.com. 

Her information comes from an article titled "Mozart's Music Does Not Make You Smarter, Study Finds" from the May 10, 2010 online article at ScienceDaily.  

The article at ScienceDaily refers to three University of Vienna researchers who present new findings in the US journal Intelligence suggesting no evidence for specific cognitive enhancements by mere listening to Mozart's music.

This is the reason BabyPlus is so very effective - music and the spoken word are simply too complex for the prenatal child during cognitive development.  BabyPlus is so effective because of the simplicity of the sounds - the maternal heartbeat - used during the development of the fetus.  Your developing baby hears your heartbeat 24/7.  When you play the BabyPlus curriculum your baby hears your heartbeat and then the heartbeat sounds of the BabyPlus and begins comparing and contrasting - thus learning has begun.

We already KNOW this and that is why the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System is so distinctive from classical music for the prenatal months!

in her own words:

"I'm a proud mother of 3 BabyPlus "graduates." I first read about the BabyPlus System in Parenting Magazine in spring of 2004 when I found out I was pregnant with my first. I could not be happier with my choice and advocacy to my husband that I wanted to use this system. All 3 of my children ranging from 5 1/2 years to 23 1/2 months have always hit their milestones well before the "norm." I've used a BabyPlus system with my pregnancies because after seeing the benefits of the first I couldn't bring myself to chance it and highly recommend it to anyone looking for something that will benefit a child for the rest of their life."

We thank all of "our" parents for choosing to use BabyPlus with their children!

All parents know that learning actually begins before your child goes to school.  Learning really begins in the womb.  Everyone knows that baby development after birth is important.  However, the research now confirms that the critical period in prenatal development - especially early cognitive development - is impacted week by week in pregnancy.  Using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System - a simple set of sounds similar to the mother's heartbeat - helps during the stages of prenatal development.

Don't wait to begin teaching your baby after he or she is born - help them to be born already learning!

Learn more about BabyPlus by clicking on the BabyPlus system!

Congratulations to expectant mom Ali Larter!  Ali Larter and her husband Hayes MacArthur are expecting their first child.

Once they share the news with loved ones and friends, they are sure begin researching everything pregnancy.  They will read articles on prenatal development and realize that the prenatal environment is crucial to baby's development with a lifetime impact.  Most expectant parents want to know everything they can about the critical period in prenatal development.  Using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System during pregnancy promotes learning in the womb.

Being a busy working mom, Ali will likely be interested to know the benefits of using BabyPlus.  Parents report that BabyPlus babies more readily nurse, have an increased ability to self-soothe, are more interactive and responsive, and are relaxed and alert at birth.  Ali will also want to know about the BabyPlus curriculum and how the mother's heartbeat sounds have a positive impact on infant sleeping schedules.

BabyPlus wishes Ali Larter, her husband Hayes MacArthur and their baby the very best!

BabyPlus is a universal product because of the heartbeat sounds - the language babies all over the world can understand!

Here is another testimonial from a "mum" in England:

"I used this product when I was pregnant in 1998 (of course, I have no idea how much it may have changed during the years but I guess the principle is the same!)

There is no doubt in my mind that this really does stimulate the unborn child. My son is now 10 years old and is incredibly bright, musically talented and has incredible energy and stamina.

From the moment he was born, he was extremely alert, and seemed to want to be stimulated so much more than my first child. He seems to be good at everything that he does, and has won a number of awards. He is extremely mature for his age, and I only wish I could find someone else with a similar experience with this product to compare notes!

Highly recommended!"

Thank you to all BabyPlus parents all over the world!

These are the words of a UK BabyPlus "mum"

"I was recommended BabyPlus by a friend who used it during her two pregnancies and raved about it. To be perfectly honest I was skeptical but after reading up on it decided that it couldn’t do any harm so thought that I had nothing to lose. I began using it at 18 weeks of pregnancy as the manufacturer recommends for an hour in the morning (I set the alarm an hour earlier to put it on in bed!!) and an hour after work. I soon grew to love this time as it was a part of the day that I could really focus on the pregnancy and the baby. At about week 20, the baby started to kick and soon would move and squirm during our `sessions’ which was wonderful so if nothing else I felt that I was really bonding with the baby. I wasn’t religious in using it and missed the odd lesson but fit them in whenever I could.

My baby arrived on his due date and at birth his eyes were wide open and he was alert observing his surroundings. He latched on fairly easily straight away and has been a good feeder ever since. His sleeping patterns were fairly sociable from the off and he slept through the night from about 3 months which I believe is unusual! He is developing well and I get many comments about how he seems advanced for his age. He is my first baby so I don’t know but certainly he seems to be slightly ahead of his buddies of the same age from the antenatal classes.

It’s hard to say whether or not BabyPlus is the reason that our little boy is doing so well but is does seem a coincidence and having convinced other friends of it’s benefits and who have used it they seem to be sharing the same experience. I think that there are many factors that contribute to a happy baby but I would say that if I was to have another child I would certainly use BabyPlus again because I feel it would be unfair not to give my other children the same start. It may be on the pricy side but it is well worth the investment giving the amount of research that is reported to have gone into the product, and certainly my experience is that it does seem to work! If I had another child, I would not want to miss out on giving them the same opportunity.

I don’t think buying this is about trying to make your baby a genius but if you are interested in giving your baby a bit of a headstart, surely it’s worth a go!

There’s lots of useful info on the BabyPlus website about the scientific research which is great if you need a bit more convincing!"

As usual, "our" parents are the very best! 

The BabyPlus Prenatal Education System is a series of 16 lessons based on the mother's heartbeat sounds.  Use of BabyPlus during the prenatal period will help your baby's cognitive development.

You can hear the sounds of BabyPlus by clicking the picture to listen to the prenatal education curriculum.

The BabyPlus sonic pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment - the maternal blood pulse - which your baby is hearing all day every day.

Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. She/he learns to discriminate between the sound coming from the mother and those from BabyPlus.

In other words, learning has begun!

What does this mean, exactly?  Well, here at BabyPlus US, we are happy to explain!

BabyPlus is a curriculum that is a series of 16 naturally derived sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat.  The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally as your pregnancy progresses.

This "auditory exercise" strengthens learning ability during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant and enduring for a child.

Simply put, BabyPlus sounds just like what your baby already knows - your heartbeat! 

The BabyPlus lessons provide just enough variation during the critical period in prenatal development.  Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. Your baby learns to tell the difference between the sound coming from you and those from BabyPlus.

In other words, learning has begun!

Learn more about giving your baby the very best start to life and learning by click on the BabyPlus logo.

Attitudes are shifting!  Common sense about the prenatal environment is here!

Everyone understands the negatives of the prenatal environment on fetal development.  We know that when a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, she risks giving birth to a child who will pay the price — in mental and physical deficiencies — for his or her entire life.  Fetal alcohol syndrome will impact a baby physically and developmentally forever.

What about the positives?

Doesn't it make sense that if the negatives can impact your child forever, so can the positives?  Everything that is enriching should start early - and early means the critical times in child development - while you are still pregnant.  Fetal development occurs in stages.  Begin using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System during your pregnancy  you will benefit your baby's development in profound ways.

Remember -anything you do as an expectant mother and during pregnancy lasts a lifetime for your child!

Congratulation to Project Runway's Nina Garcia!

Nina Garcia and her husband David Conrad are expecting their second child!  Once they share the news with loved ones and friends, they are sure to read articles on prenatal development.  Most expectant parents want to know everything they can about the critical period in prenatal development.  Using the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System during pregnancy promotes learning in the womb.

Nina Garcia leads a busy life, so she will likely be interested to know the benefits of using BabyPlus - especially how the mother's heartbeat sounds have a positive impact on infant sleeping schedules.  Parents report that BabyPlus babies more readily nurse, have an increased ability to self-soothe, are more interactive and responsive, and are relaxed and alert at birth.  

Later in life, BabyPlus babies reach developmental milestones earlier, have improved school readiness, have greater creativity and independence, and have longer attention spans.  This is why BabyPlus is the gift of a lifetime!

BabyPlus wishes Nina Garcia, her husband David Conrad, and their baby the very best!