Category Archives: Music & DVD

Baby Meets Family – Personalized baby video

Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Music & DVD, Personalized, Store Reviews

BabymeetsfamilyI know you don’t like to put your baby or child in front of the TV while you clean the kitchen but sometimes it has to be done. Now your baby/child can have a positive, educational entertainment experience while in the TV zone.

Baby Meets Family DVD’s include up to ten photographs that the parent submits. Each photograph is displayed several times throughout the show. The show itself is very cute and keeps Madelyn’s attention unlike regular TV shows.  Now that Madelyn is old enough to recognize me and Tim (daddy) she ‘gets it’ enough to wave at the TV. It’s so cute! 

Baby Meets Family videos are a great tool to use when leaving your child with a babysitter or nanny. 

The video itself is fun to watch. Even Sebastian, who is seven, enjoys watching it!  The video features toys, puppets, and animal scenes, that are soothing, easy to follow, and colorful.

You can watch a demo on the Baby Meets Family website.

Don’t forget to buy extra copies for the Grandparents!

Where to buy: Baby Meets Family

Baby Pro DVD’s – Encouraging active play..

Age 0-1 year, Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Music & DVD,

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I have a lot to say about BABY PRO DVD’s! I am really excited to share BABY PRO with you.

Most of you know that I have two kids. My son, Sebastian is 7, and Madelyn was born in May of 2006.

Sebastian was obviously an only child for many years and got A LOT of attention from us.. too much attention and not enough interactivity with other kids. Sebastian is more comfortable interacting with adults than he is with other kids which I hear is normal for only children. One unexpected issue with him being an only child for so long is that we didn’t get him involved with other children or in social activities at an early age because we wanted to be with him all of the time. He was (and still is) our baby.

So, my goal is to socialize Madelyn at a young age so she isn’t so shy and wants to be involved in social activities and sports unlike Sebastian.

I realized when I received a couple of BABY PRO DVD’s that these programs are a great first step in the socialization process.  Baby Pro DVD’s introduce baby’s to activities and sports in a very entertaining way. Baby Pro DVD’s are not overly stimulating with bright colors and fast movements. These programs feature baby’s, and older kids participating in every day activities such as tumbling, swimming, and ball sports. It has been so exciting to watch as Madelyn tries to imitate the baby’s and kids on the DVD’s when they tumble. She loves to watch the baby’s and the kids on the DVD’s.

Baby Pro DVD’s give baby’s the advantage of observing a lot of children without mom having a house full of them!

BabyPro’s DVDs are made to grow with your baby. Each video features seven chapters.  Parents can choose from a chapter with as few as ten minutes of programming or 30+ minutes of  programming. This is great for parents with more than one child as the younger baby’s with short attention spans may only want to watch 10 minutes but mom can turn on a longer chapter for the older kids with longer attention spans.

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Experts are cheering BabyPro’s dynamic new addition to children’s video entertainment! Featuring sports themes from balls to cheerleading, BabyPro videos combine classical music and Baby-to-Pro
imagery to instill an early interest in healthy, active play. Created  by a Ph.D. mom, BabyPro is designed to satisfy the AAPs  recommendations for shorter viewing times and a physically active
lifestyle, so parents won’t be left feeling guilty about plopping  their little ones in front of the TV. Ages 9 months to 4 years.

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Where to buy: Baby Pro Sports

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Sara Holliday’s Postnatal Total Body Toning Workout

Music & DVD,

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Calling all new moms.. including me. I hate sweating, taking the time to exercise, and putting on my workout clothes.  I just don’t like it. I have tried several exercise programs and found that I wasn’t excited enough about them to get motivated to use them regularly.   That all changed with Sara Holliday’s Total Body Toning Workout DVD. 

Sara is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an expert in yoga, aerobics, martial arts and holistic health practices. I’m impressed.  She has put together some wonderful DVD’s for expecting and new moms including the Postnatal Total Body Toning Workout DVD. This excerise program will not only give you extra energy through out the day, and strengthen your immune system, but it also targets the ‘trouble’ areas that new moms experience such as the abdomen, hips and upper arms.

As stated on the Sara Holliday website; "Try this workout at least 3x a week and you’ll experience dramatic changes and see real results to your body in just 30 days!". I haven’t been using the DVD for 30 days yet but I will keep you posted as to how it goes. I can already tell a difference in my energy levels and muscle tone in my abdomen and I have been using the DVD 3x’s a week for 2 weeks.

I recommend Sara Holliday’s exercise DVD to my new mom friends and to you!

Where to buy: Fit by Sara

Pumpadoodle personalized music for kids

Age 1-3, Age 3-5, Age 5-7, Age 7-10, Ages 10-13, Music & DVD, Personalized, ,

The look on Sebastian’s face when he heard the music on this CD was priceless. I’m not kidding. He was so excited that he was the star of the songs. He danced, he sang, he jumped up and down! 

Our Pumpadoodle CD travels with us from room to room in the house, it makes its way into the car and even to Grandmother’s house.

Our CD has four songs on it, two of which have a true rock n’ roll sound that Sebastian loves.

When you visit Pumpadoodle, you can listen to snipits of songs. You can choose from birthday songs, songs about friends, pets, holiday songs, sports, super hero’s and more.

The sound quality is great and singers voices are amazing. They really grab Sebastian’s attention and can pull even the most unsuspecting parent into the song.

Depending on which songs you order for your Pumpadoodle CD, you will be asked questions such as what is your child’s name, what is the name of one of their friends, what is their pets name, what is their bicycle seat cover, what city do you live in, what do they want for Christmas.  The songs are so personalized, your child will be in awe!

Where to buy: Pumpadoodle