Comments on: Blaby is Ideal for Naive New Hipster Parents

By: Magda

Magda — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:58:29 +0000

My husband sings opera and chants Byzantine liturgical music whether I want him to or not. I don’t think I need much more. Oh, and we received one of those Baby Composer things with everything replaced by marimba and other percussion instruments, and it was terrifically disappointing. We listened to it once for politeness, and are hoping not to get asked about it.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:36:27 +0000

This device brings Mr. Holland’s Opus to mind, where the composer/father played music to his son in the womb using large headphones … the son ended up deaf (they didn’t specifically point to it as the cause). Great movie, but also points out that actions can sometimes have the opposite effect.

By: Rian

Rian — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 02:33:52 +0000

I think this is a great way to get our unborn child into Coldplay as soon as possible :)

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:36:30 +0000

I believe this is meant to drown out the mother’s constant whining and complaining about how this baby is ruining her figure and making her ankles swell. Meaning, it’s for a particular type of mom-to-be I’m sure we’ve all known.

By: Nadia

Nadia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:00:30 +0000

I saw some of a baby einstein (or something similar) dvd once. It had random video footage of bunnies and balloons and the such alternating every 2 seconds or so, and everyone seemed amazed that the kids couldn’t keep their eyes off it. I got a headache after about a minute, so you have to feel sorry for the poor kids.

By: KGS

KGS — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:25:57 +0000

My daughter did seem to respond to certain types of music coming out of my laptop in utero. Of course, by “respond” I mean move more or move less– she responded to a lot of other stuff too! I guess if you really want to subject your baby to music without hearing it yourself (like classical xylophones), this makes sense. Listening to bad synthesizer music over and over for 9 months with no possibility of escape sounds like an elaborate form of torture to me, though. Maybe they should market this as a labor-inducing device instead!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:34:50 +0000

My daughter hated Baby Einstein 30 seconds into the DVD (it was a gift). So, I think the whole Baby Einstein thing is a bunch of hoo-ha. But I thought this would be a great April Fool’s post. Do parents really want to believe that badly?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:52 +0000

Somebody gave us a baby einstein cd. I listened to 1 or 2 tracks and thought, “why would i listen to this synthesized garbage.” I then got a recording of the top 100 classical songs recorded by real orchestras.

I’m not sure why the people who produce baby einstein think children would rather listen to synthesized revisions of classic songs. I guess it is a way to market the cds as cutesy songs that parents will want to buy. I can assure you though, that the real songs are much better than the baby einstein versions. Some of them have opera singing too, which my son really enjoys.

By: Amy Kraft

Amy Kraft — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:25:12 +0000

I was sure this was another April Fool’s post.