Hey, you want to start annoying your kids with your crummy taste in tunes before they’ve even been born? Fine, go for it. The Lullabelly prenatal music belt — which is like a giant, soft cummerbund with a speaker stuffed into it — is here to help. Just plug your fave PMP into it and you’ll be all set to turn the womb into a super musical fun fest. The speaker has an output of about 60 to 80 decibels, and you can jack in with your earbuds to jam along. Just remember: you’re the one with the volume control, and no matter how good the Tran-Siberian Orchestra sounds to you at 11 am, some people would rather listen to Megadeth. This bad boy comes in two slightly different packages, one which will run you $49.99, the other is $59.99
Source: Engadget
November 10th, 2009 in
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The Disney Company, makers and distributors of Baby Einsteinproducts are apparently offering a full refund of $15.99 to anyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD between June 5, 2004 and Sept. 4, 2009.
Why? Because apparently while these videos were marketed as “educational,” they do little to educate. And, apparently, they weren’t just ineffective, they may, in fact, have been DETRIMENTAL.
This assessment is based upon a study which linked kids who were exposed to Baby Einstein videos to lower scores on tests that measured standard language development. Thus striking a blow to neurotic parents everywhere who’d put their kids on a regimen of watching these videos as a first step on the road to Mensa.
On the one hand I believe it. Because, personally, I STILL, almost a decade later, can’t get those songs out of my head. And I’m sure that would be distracting to anyone trying to take any kind of test. But on the other hand – how sad!
The Baby Einstein videos were, in their heyday, the pinnacle of doing something good for your kid–while not having to make any effort. You were grooming the next Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist while they were sitting there drooling, swaddled in their own excrement.
Now these videos have been thrown atop the heap along with things like lead-based paint, heavy metal music, and playing in old refrigerators left out for the trash with the door left on.
But let’s be serious, did we REALLY think we were conditioning our kids for brilliance by watching a puppet stick its tonge out to the tune of light classical piano? Or were we just psyched that we could get stuff done for 45 minutes while the kid was otherwise amused?
I think it should be sort of obvious to any parent that sitting in front of a TV, not talking, not listening to someone else talking is going to do more harm than good to any child’s language development. Of course real human interaction is better for them. You’d have to watch an awful lot of harmful kids videos not to recognize that.
Source: nj.com
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This is Jayden! He is born Dec 07. I like his cheery and boyish look. Check out his blog at http://jaydenplayground.com/blog/
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Cheryl Lim is born in Jul 08. See more of her at http://www.angsuling.blogspot.com/
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Megan Lim is born in April 2008. She is a miracle baby to her parents and bring joy and happiness to their lives. She is a sweet lil darling who gives them suprises everyday. She just loves to fit into daddy t-shirt cos that’s the way she expresses her love for daddy. Check out her blog at www.rebangela.blogspot.com 
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Find it hard to come up with a chinese name for your baby? Here is a compiled list of chinese names using Han Yu Pin Yin from A to Z to help you. Do contribute to the list if you know of a good chinese character that can be used for names The list is located in our forum, http://forum.joybearer.com/viewforum.php?f=4
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Austin is born in Feb 09! To his daddy, he is the cutest because he is a cheery baby! Always smiling! His smiles melt all hearts… don’t u agree?
check out his blog at http://littlethaichilli.blogspot.com/
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Ashley is born in Mar 08. Her blog http://ashleyoke.blogspot.com/
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Shermaine is born in July 07. To her mummy, she is the cutest cause she has the most cheeky expression! 
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Came across this weblog today. Charmaine has been diagnosed with neuroblastoma. She is currently in the 4th stage and fighting hard. It is sad that such a sweet and cheerful little girl has to undergo so much pain and suffering at such a young age.
Click on the banner above to go to the blog which is a platform for anyone who wishes to share their stories and experiences of having somebody close suffering from cancer. The author of the blog would also appreciate if you could leave comments of encouragement for Charmaine and her mummy.
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