baby Einstein 26-DVD gift set review

There have been wide debates whether or not Disney's baby Einstein can live up to the claims as a product that can help educate and improve your baby's brain developement and verbal and motor skills with the products they use on the DVD's. Some speculate that it takes away from the child, and that children under two years should not be at home watching dvd's on t.v, rather they should be out socialising with other kids their age, and with their parents - whom they learn the most from. There have been no positive or negative findings on the product to say that it is as good as people say or as bad. Personally, I think it's just a matter of personal taste & opinion. I think where the problem lies, is that some parents use it as a substitute parent - instead of using it as an opportunity to watch and interact with their child. I think parent involvement is the stimulation the child needs to learn more than just being plonked infront of a screen and watch it by themselves with minimal parental involvement.

I recently purchased a 25 DVD gift set with the bonus DVD included. Skipped through them all to make sure they work. I don't know how educational it really is, but I think it would certainly grab the childs attention with the puppets, cards and vivid colours. Each disc is aimed at a certain stage in your chids life ( 0-3 months, 3-6 etc) so it has a good variety, and 26 discs lasta a long time. here's what is included:

1.BABY SANTA'S

2.BABY BACH

3.BABY MOZART

4.BABY NEPTUNE

5.BABY BEETHOVEN

6.BABY GALILEO

7.BABY NEWTON

8.BABY VAN GOGH

9.BABY SHAKESPEAR

10.BABY MACDONALD

11.BABY DA VINCI

12.NUMBERS NURSERY

13.LANGUAGE NURSERY

14.BABY EINSTEIN

15.NEIGHBORHOOD ANIMALS

16.BABY NOAH

17.BABY MONET

18.BABY WORDSWORTH

19.BABY ON THE GO

20.MEET THE ORCHESTRA

21.BABY'S FAVORITE PLACES

22.BABY'S FIRST MOVES

23.MY FIRST SIGNS - See and Sign with Baby

24.Baby Einstein: Discovering Shapes - Circles, Squares and More

25.Baby Einstein: Lullaby Time

26. Baby's first sounds *** bOnUs

I think spending time with your child is precious, nomatter what. I seriously doubt my child going to become the next rocket scientist, but I'm 100% sure she's going to benefit from the stimulation of spending time and being silly with mom, especially since I'm going to be working full time, and we won't have much time together. I think it's a good product, and it wouldn't be around if it wasn't. Well worth the money!

If you do want to buy it checkout the ISBN# 0-7888-5689-8 to make sure it's not a fake. A lot of bootleg copies around!! This set selld between $50 and $100, the estimated worth is around $400. Amazon and e-bay are good places to pick it up. I hope those of you that do, enjoy the product as much as me :)