Good, but there are probably more contemporary guides available

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	• While You Are Expecting: Creating Your Own Prenatal Classroom F. Rene Van de Carr, Marc Lehrer Humanics Ltd Partners, 1996 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent Book

Thank you for this great book. Super information and easy to read!

Read the book and used the product

I bought the book and the BabyPlus Prenatal Education System recommended by it. I used this for my baby from month 5 of my pregnancy. The system recommends that the product is used twice daily for one hour each session. Because I didn't find any reviews, I decided to be a little conservative and only used it for half an hour once a day. Here are my results:

My baby is now almost 3 months old.

Babies are born more relaxed with their eyes and hands open, and crying little: This is very true. Many people have commented on how alert my newborn was. He also started following black-and-white objects with his eyes since he was two days old ! He is WAY ahead with his visual milestones.

Babies nurse better: this is partly true. My baby latched on right away. Unfortunately, he would fall asleep after 10 minutes, so I ended up having to switch to the bottle.

Babies sleep better: once their night-day cycles are resolved, it definitely seems like my baby sleeps well at night. Not sure if this is just his temperament or due to the BabyPlus.

Babies and children have longer attention spans and reach developmental milestones more quickly: the attention span is very true for my child. He can focus on books we read to him for 20 or 30 minutes at a time! He will play with his baby gym for an hour before needing attention! Regarding the milestones, he is ahead on some, on time with others, behind on some.

Babies have advanced language, musical, and creative abilities: he loves music, but with the other stuff it is too early to tell

Babies and children have enhanced curiosity and the ability to gather and process information very quickly: my baby definitely seems very curious about the world around him.

Babies and children have a better ability to self-soothe: Probably true. Hard to say.

Children demonstrate expanded cognitive abilities - testing has shown higher than average IQs: too early to tell with my baby

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Good, but there are probably more contemporary guides available

Overall, I was pleased with what I learned from this book about prenatal cognitive development, however there has been a lot of research done since this book was written that makes it slightly out of date. For my next child, I will probably buy something more recent to see what it says.

a bit tiring

I found the book quite nice with plenty of nice ideas, but a bit tiring to read it.

A good introduction about the subject

We bought this book to read about this concept which was new to us. We have practiced so far some of the excercises, like the Kick Game and playing music and talking with the baby. I guess some of these excercises make sense because they are related to our culture. We are anxious to see the results.

I would recommend this book for parents-to-be who want to build bonds with their children before they are born.

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Featured on Oprah, Donahue, and in Newsweek, Reader's Digest, and U.S.A. Today, this revolutionary guide introduces exercises which allow parents to communicate with their unborn baby. Also included are tips for stress reduction and how to provide an optimum pre-natal environment. Easy-to-use, this manual explains the stages of baby's physical and mental growth, concentrating on interactive exercises which result in the easy birth of a calm, intelligent child who has already formed strong bonds with his or her parents.

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