Many years ago, pregnant women just did what was natural with little thought to nutrition or outside influences. When prenatal vitamins were first suggested, I'm sure that women were thinking that it was a fad, a scam or a money making scheme. Doctors didn't know about how folic acid impacted a developing baby. Now we know how essential it is during pregnancy and what birth defects it can prevent. However, I should point out that folic acid does not guarantee the prevention of birth defects but increases the odds they will prevented.
Today, taking a prenatal vitamin isn't given a second thought and is strongly encouraged for many reasons learned over the years. Why wouldn't using a prenatal curriculum be the same? We are learning more and more about the prenatal environment every day.
It is safe to assume that influencing a baby's cognitive development during fetal stages can be one such factor. The realization that learning in the womb actually takes place and that learning begins before birth is giving way to prenatal education in mainstream ideas.
The brain is a complex organ and scientists only know a fraction about it and its functions. To push aside an idea is a little premature. Using a prenatal curriculum during pregnancy has so many great benefits. BabyPlus doesn't guarantee a genius baby, a perfect sleeper or a highly gifted child, but it does increase the odds of strengthening the cognitive blueprint.
Today, taking a prenatal vitamin isn't given a second thought and is strongly encouraged for many reasons learned over the years. Why wouldn't using a prenatal curriculum be the same? We are learning more and more about the prenatal environment every day.
It is safe to assume that influencing a baby's cognitive development during fetal stages can be one such factor. The realization that learning in the womb actually takes place and that learning begins before birth is giving way to prenatal education in mainstream ideas.
The brain is a complex organ and scientists only know a fraction about it and its functions. To push aside an idea is a little premature. Using a prenatal curriculum during pregnancy has so many great benefits. BabyPlus doesn't guarantee a genius baby, a perfect sleeper or a highly gifted child, but it does increase the odds of strengthening the cognitive blueprint.
Resolution # 4 - find out WHY should I use BabyPlus?Back to
www.babyplus.com today - I want to know WHY I should use BabyPlus. The information on the website, plus the parent testimonials and the videos have convinced me, but I want to read just a little bit more...
That makes sense - the brain is at its most receptive while it is developing, plus I know I will
love the bonding experience before baby is delivered!
I am ready to buy BabyPlus! On to Resolution # 5 - purchase BabyPlus Prenatal Education System.
If you’re trying to get pregnant or are newly expecting, “One of the most important things you can do to help prevent serious birth defects in your baby is to get enough folic acid every day,” says KidsHealth.org.
Folic acid is a B vitamin crucial to the development of DNA, playing a big role in promoting cell growth and tissue formation. And according to the American Pregnancy Association, folic acid is also important in making the extra blood your body needs during pregnancy.
All of that means taking folic acid can help reduce the risk of your fetus developing a neural tube defect by up to 70 percent. Some of the conditions you can avoid with folic acid include:
- Spina bifida – an incomplete closure of the spinal cord and spinal column
- Anencephaly – severe underdevelopment of the brain
- Encephalocele – an abnormal opening in the skull causing brain tissue to protrude out to the skin
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend that if you are a woman of childbearing age you should consume 400 micrograms of folic acid every day. You should do this even if you aren’t planning a pregnancy because, in truth, about half of all pregnancies are unplanned.
(written by Marcia Ellett)
BabyPlus - pregnant mom says research about brain development was the key for her...
"Not a day goes by that someone doesn't mention how amazing and bright they think our 16 month old daughter is or how surprised they are when we tell them her age as they often think she is about 2 years old because of the way she acts. I usually get "she is so petite, how old is she about 2?" When I respond with her actual age, they always say something along the lines of "Wow, I've never seen a child that young act the way she does. I thought she was just
small for her age and about 2!" This even comes from people with kids about our daughters age as well.
I would love to say that its just great genes, but I know its a little more than that that gave her that little extra "spark".
When I first found out I was pregnant I read tons of books and did tons of research on the Internet about brain development in the womb. I kept coming across BabyPlus here and there, until I finally took a look at their web site. I was amazed to say the least by the testimonials. I did some more research even so and knew it was a no brainer to give this gift to my baby."
Click on the blue BabyPlus box to do your own research!
"The brain is like a parachute: It works best when it’s open."I love this sentence! This is from an article titled "Baby's first classroom" in the September issue of Pregnancy Magazine written by Brooks Lea Foster.
Learning in the womb is not a new idea. In fact, as far back as 500 BC Confucius suggested that the fetal environment can determine behavior.
What I love about this article is that so many people are really focused on the fact that the prenatal environment has a huge impact on a baby's long-term health and wellness.
Read the entire article by clicking on the "In-Utero Education" picture. Then, visit
www.babyplus.com to learn more about the benefits of the BabyPlus curriculum.
BabyPlus - Why You Need It
Your womb is the perfect classroom. Infant development is widely accepted as a crucial time period.
You take prenatal vitamins every day to enrich your child's earliest physical development.
Your child's brain development begins during these prenatal months, too.
Now is the time to provide your developing baby with the advantage of the BabyPlus heartbeat curriculum.Since 1989, parents in more than 60 countries worldwide have given their children the BabyPlus advantage.
BabyPlus - How it WorksIn the prenatal period, the brain is at its most receptive stage of learning. By enriching the auditory environment during this crucial period, independent studies have shown that a child's
long term learning capacities are improved.
This early advantage means children will be able to absorb and appreciate far more of their environment than if they had not received prenatal enrichment. BabyPlus children have an intellectual, social, creative, and emotional advantage from the time they are born.
It is safe, scientifically validated, and the benefits are remarkable. In order to give your child every advantage, you take care of your health while your pregnant - eating right, taking prenatal vitamins, avoiding alcohol, and others.
Why not start educating your child as early as possible - with an age-appropriate curriculum?
Very simply, your baby
hears BabyPlus and
hears your heartbeat and begins to
know the difference between the two heartbeat sounds -
learning has begun!Your unborn child receives very little stimulation in the uterus. The only sound that baby can clearly understand is the
YOUR heartbeat. By providing your baby with the BabyPlus sounds which closely mimic the maternal heartbeat, your baby's brain learns one of the most basic skills of all - discrimination - before she/he is even born.
Click on our "Buy Now" logo to go directly to BabyPlus and purchase this incredible learning system for your baby - today!
The sound level to the baby is strictly controlled for both pitch and volume. Dr. Logan spent many years studying the normal environment of the developing baby, and BabyPlus® is carefully designed to present sounds to the prenatal infant at a very safe but audible level.
Normal sounds in a mother's environment, such as television, loud remarks, and traffic, reach the fetus at volumes similar to that of her heartbeat yet the baby still sleeps through
it most of the time, even though its brain is monitoring the sound. BabyPlus is designed to produce an external sound of about 105 decibels, which is then reduced by 30-35 decibels as it is filtered through the mother's abdominal wall, reaching the unborn infant at 70-75 decibels, well below the sound level of the mother's blood.
BabyPlus therefore has a scientifically engineered sound ceiling which is always less that the natural sonic environment of the womb. More than 150,000+ families worldwide have attested to its safety and effectiveness. Over stimulation does not occur because the sound is so familiar to the developing baby. The tones are natural and the sound level is safe. Of the 150,000+ BabyPlus children born to date, there has never been a case of hearing damage--or any other detrimental effect from the product.
Think about it - your baby is not in a sound-proof booth! Baby is hearing so much during the prenatal months - why not use sounds that are scientifically proven and researched???
I know this sounds very "science-y" - but the truth is, the BabyPlus is an unbelievable way of enabling your child to have the ability to learn easily and well throughout his or her life.
What parent wouldn't want these benefits?
You take prenatal vitamins every day to enrich your child's earliest physical developments.
Your child's brain development begins during these prenatal months, too.
Now is the time for the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System. Our patented prenatal curriculum is designed to strengthen your baby's learning capabilities with naturally derived audio lessons.
For your child, the developmental benefits of BabyPlus last a lifetime.Learn more at
www.babyplus.com!
Many years ago, pregnant women just did what was natural with little thought to nutrition or outside influences. When prenatal vitamins were first suggested, I'm sure that women were thinking that it was a fad, a scam or a money making scheme. Doctors didn't know about how folic acid impacted a developing baby. Now we know how essential it is during pregnancy and what birth defects it can prevent. However, I should point out that folic acid does not guarantee the prevention of birth defects but increases the odds they will prevented.
Today, taking a prenatal vitamin isn't given a second thought and is strongly encouraged for many reasons learned over the years. Why wouldn't using a prenatal curriculum be the same? We are learning more and more about the prenatal environment every day.
It is safe to assume that influencing a baby's cognitive development during fetal stages can be one such factor. The realization that learning in the womb actually takes place and that learning begins before birth is giving way to prenatal education in mainstream ideas.
The brain is a complex organ and scientists only know a fraction about it and its functions. To push aside an idea is a little premature. Using a prenatal curriculum during pregnancy has so many great benefits. BabyPlus doesn't guarantee a genius baby, a perfect sleeper or a highly gifted child, but it does increase the odds of strengthening the cognitive blueprint.
Biggest Loser star Alison Sweeney used BabyPlus with both of her pregnancies. We were thrilled to be featured in the February, 2009 issue of Pregnancy Magazine as a co-sponsor of
Alison Sweeney's Beverly Hills baby shower.
According to the article, Alison is a "big fan of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System." And, why wouldn't she be? The idea of prenatal education is becoming more and more mainstream.
Learning in the womb is not new. Impacting early brain development during your pregnancy is profoundly possible. Using the mother's heartbeat sounds during the critical period in prenatal development will benefit your baby for a lifetime. Alison Sweeney knows this - and now you do, too!
Click on the BabyPlus logo to go to our website to learn more about our patented prenatal learning curriculum.
The time to make the impact is now!
You will not have a chance again to impact your baby's development in such a profound way. We know so much about the prenatal environment, so we must do everything we can to make sure our developing baby has all the opportunities available to her.
Most people believe pregnancy lasts a long time. Well, I believe time flies when you are trying
to create this wonderful little person. We say many times a day that providing our beneficial curriculum of a mother's heartbeat during fetal development is crucial.
Take the time to visit our website and learn more about learning in the womb, why the mother's heartbeat sounds are significant, and early brain development.
Using BabyPlus during the prenatal period enhances cognitive development. The news seems to be buzzing right now about the fact that mothers should take omega-3 fatty acid during pregnancy for "brain development." We are all saying the same thing!First, what exactly are omega-3s? With a small amount of research I was able to learn that
they are fatty acids that are good for you. Your body can't produce them, so you need to get them another way. How can we get omega-3s into our diet? Most articles mention flax seeds, walnuts, beans, some fish (such as salmon), olive oil - even cod liver oil! (Please remember to first check with your health care provider to see what what he or she thinks.)
According to an archived article at webmd.com, "researchers found that infants born to mothers with higher blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at delivery had advanced levels of attention spans well into their second year of life. During the first six months of life, these infants were two months ahead of those babies whose mothers had lower DHA levels."
(two months ahead!)
You can read a great article about omega-3's and pregnancy at pregnancy-info.com by clicking on their picture to the left.
Or, go to www.dha.com - "a dedicated resource for new and expectant mothers, healthcare
professionals and media, which focuses on two vital nutrients for a baby’s development: DHA omega-3 and AA omega-6."
The importance of the prenatal period has never been more clear - your baby is impacted for a lifetime by your choices now. This is a critical time in the development of your child. Remember to be well-balanced and not to overdo anything!
Rev Your Child’s Brain Power With Rhythms - Part 2(written by Marcia Ellett, June, 2009)
Nadine Gaab, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital in Boston, said in a recent USA Today article that babies can “learn about rhythm from hearing music in the womb, feeling the rhythm of a mother’s movements or listening to her heartbeat.”
And Daniel Levlin, author of This is Your Brain on Music, confirms “the auditory system of the fetus is fully functional about twenty weeks after conception.”
So whether babies are born with an innate understanding of rhythm or not, you can help them along. Exactly what can you do to stimulate early learning and a lifetime of music appreciation in your children? Here are a few suggestions:
- Use the BabyPlus curriculum while you’re expecting to introduce your baby to the sequential learning process through rhythm.
- Expose your little bundle of joy to music before and after he or she arrives. Levlin said from birth to age five is the opportune time to develop your child’s communication skills and musical aptitude. Exposing them to a variety of melodies and rhythms can also enhance your child’s listening skills.
- Consider enrolling your child in a weekly pre-school music program where they can experience the joy of having fun with music and song. They won’t even know they’re working on their brainpower.
- As they get older, nurture any interest they show in playing a musical instrument. There is strong evidence to suggest that students who play musical instruments tend to get better grades in core subjects such as math, science, reading and language arts, and they do better on standardized tests too.
Click on the BabyPlus logo below to go directly to the BabyPlus site to learn more about using the patented curriculum of heartbeat sounds while pregnant to benefit your baby for life!
Rev Your Child’s Brain Power With Rhythms - Part 1
(written by Marcia Ellett, June, 2009)
Research on babies, such as a recent study through the University of Amsterdam that measured brain activity of a group of infants in response to a pattern of drum beats, continues to mount evidence suggesting that your little tykes can follow and understand rhythms much as adults do.
If you think about it, rhythms are basic to almost every form of communication, including conversation, making them vital to childhood development and necessary for rearing the well-adjusted little ones you know and love.
That’s where you, as parents, come in.....
Exposing your children early and often to music and other forms of rhythm can have a positive and permanent effect on the inner workings of their noggins.
Translation: You will sharpen their senses and give them an intellectual edge when it comes to navigating life’s road from infancy through higher education and beyond.
Learn more about BabyPlus at
www.babyplus.com.
More testing of BabyPlus using exciting new technology could be on the horizon...It has just been announced that new, noninvasive electroencephalographic (EEG) technology for better interpreting the brain's electrical activity will become available in 18 months . . . a further safe way to detect important advantages between BabyPlus newborns and the norm.
This noninvasive approach--with even one BabyPlus infant and another not experiencing an enhanced sonic environment (with the use of the heartbeat curriculum) before birth--should reveal the extent to which certain areas in the brain are affected, as well as how rapidly they react to such input.
Since its 1988 pilot study BabyPlus has undergone highly successful evaluations for effectiveness, among them an independent 1999 clinical trial contrasting it with music played prenatally and a control group; these results appear on www.babyplus.com. Another controlled, comparative study will soon begin through Indiana University and Clarian Hospital.
As science continues to improve analytical tools which complement skills testing for BabyPlus infants and children, these outcomes will appear in the major media and be posted on www.babyplus.com.
Brent Logan, Director
Prenatal Institute
BabyPlus is all about learning! We repeatedly comment that a pregnant mom doesn't take a prenatal vitamin to produce a bodybuilder.
The same is true for our simple yet effective curriculum of using a mother's heartbeat sounds to positively impact your child for a lifetime of learning.
I found a great website that talks about prenatal learning. Those at brillbaby.com are "passionate believers in the benefits of early learning." Click on the picture to visit their website to learn more about early learning and prenatal education.
"The aim of baby education is not to impart specific facts to a child, but rather to stimulate the child's brain, thereby facilitating learning at an earlier age, when it is easier." (brillbaby.com)
Every so often we have a comment about "pushing" children too hard. Of course we at the BabyPlus Company take those types of comments very seriously. By using BabyPlus during your pregnancy you are setting the groundwork for a lifetime of learning for your child.
Please click on our logo to learn more about the benefits of prenatal education.
Timing is everything - especially with pregnancy!
You will not have a chance again to impact your baby's development in such a profound way. We know so much about the prenatal environment, so we must do everything we can to make sure our developing baby has all the opportunities available to her.
Most people believe pregnancy lasts a long time. Well, I believe time flies when you are trying to create this wonderful little person. We say many times a day that providing our beneficial curriculum of a mother's heartbeat during fetal development is crucial.
Take the time to visit our website and learn more about learning in the womb, why the mother's heartbeat sounds are significant, and early brain development.
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