BabyPlus Prenatal Education System-Learning in the womb Start Price USD 50.00 Current Price USD 100.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 100.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 End Time Saturday, September 13, 2008 Location Clayton, DE See more about 'BabyPlus Prenatal Education System-Learning in the womb' Description This is a wonderful new learning system for prenatal children, this unit was only used with my last child and believe me I wish I would have been introduced to it with my 2 previous children. The information provided below is what I could find on this unit. Please read and visit their website for any other information. The unit is great. I definitely see a difference between (just one of the things i have seen) the independancy of my latest edition compared to my 2 previous children. Please read below and decide for yourself. The original price was $269 when I first bought the unit. But luckily the price has come down. This unit has been used so there is additional savings. The unit works perfectly and comes in the original box with all original paperwork!! I ship UPS. Happy Bidding and thanks for looking.     Benefits of BabyPlus® BabyPlus® parents report babies at birth and infancy: More readily nurse Display an increased ability to self-soothe Are more interactive & responsive Are more relaxed & alert at birth And later in life demonstrate: Earlier developmental milestones Enhanced intellectual abilities Longer attention spans Improved school readiness Greater creativity & independence     BabyPlus® babies are born to learn®!     What Is It? The BabyPlus curriculum is a series of 16 naturally derived sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat. The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally as the pregnancy progresses. The BabyPlus sonic pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment.This "auditory exercise" strengthens learning ability during the developmental period when the advantages will be most significant and enduring for a child. BabyPlus is the first educational tool designed for prenatal use that has been proven effective. BabyPlus children have an intellectual, developmental, creative, and emotional advantage from the time they are born. The BabyPlus lessons are designed to be played for one hour, twice a day. For optimal benefits, start using BabyPlus anytime between 18-32 weeks of pregnancy. The BabyPlus Prenatal Education System is at the forefront of the 21st century learning revolution. Since 1989, parents in more than 60 countries worldwide have given their children the BabyPlus advantage.  Your baby can very clearly hear these patterns. She/he learns to discriminate between the sound coming from the mother and those from BabyPlus. In other words, learning   Do Babies Like BabyPlus? Developing babies appear to like it very much. They frequently respond with soft, repeated movements accompanying the rhythmic lessons. Mothers report this to be comforting, and have confirmed that their babies anticipate, recognize, and seem to enjoy this activity. Virtually every mother who has ever used the BabyPlus system emphasizes that it has been a tremendous bonding opportunity and experience. How To Use BabyPlus Safe and easy to use, the BabyPlus curriculum is a series of 16 patented audio lessons.For optimal learning, we recommend that you begin using BabyPlus between the 18th and 32nd week of pregnancy. BabyPlus is used twice per day, 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon or evening.Simply enclose the unit inside the fabric pouch. With the speaker pointed inward, place the unit on your abdomen at mid-level and fasten the strap around your waist. The volume of BabyPlus is preset at a precise, safe level. The Science behind BabyPlus PrehistoryGestation rituals included dancing to instrumental music; still observed in Polynesian, African, and Asian tribal practices involving the pregnant motherc. 500 BCEConfucius suggests that the fetal environment can determine behaviorc. 450 BCEChinese culture formalizes special childbearing treatment, thereby acknowledging health, dietary, emotional, and stimulatory effects--including music--upon the fetusc. 400 BCEPlato asserts that vibration is the primary cosmic principle c. 350 BCEPrenatal receptivity to external factors surmised by Aristotlec. 400The surgeon Susruta of India believed the unborn child begins seeking sensation late in the first trimester, its mind at work by five monthsc. 600Talmudic writings reference fetal awarenessc. 1000Japan adapts Chinese prebirth arts to its society, institutionalizing stimulation as taikyo; over time, this focus shifts from superstitious precautions to a theistic and then imperial rationale, by the 20th century amalgamated with an overtly educational approach1690An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, by the British philosopher, John Locke, contains the presumption that a fetus is capable of thought, and its ideas can be specifically influenced from outside the womb1881William Preyer, in The Mind of the Child, claims cerebral functions are initiated before birth1890As the Quing dynasty of China was forming a republic, the civic expectations for progeny further standardized ancient in utero stimulation techniques, centering upon utopian aims1924Albrecht Peiper, Leipzig University pediatrician, visually confirms prenatal response to outside stimuli by observing distension from kicking in the maternal abdomen after an automobile horn is sounded1920s - 1950sIncreasing evidence of second-trimester audition and multisensory fetal reaction to the maternal environment, with in utero learning suggested by psychologist David Spelt; psychologist Donald Hebb, McGill University, Montreal, posits a neurogenetic hypothesis that early enrichment produces physiological changes in the brain which promote reasoning abilities1960sNew York psychologist, Lee Salk, conducts several investigations of prenatal imprinting from the mother's blood surging past the placenta, identifying various permanent behavioral indicators; neuroanatomist Marian Diamond at the University of California, Berkeley, begins three decades of research which show stimulating maternal environments alter brain physiology in rat offspring, and improve their learning skills1962Ashley Montagu's Prenatal Influences summarizes the expanding information about fetal life1970s - 80sTechnology provides more accurate monitoring of gestational processes, including photographic images which enhance public perceptions of the unborn child1971Prenatal psychology commences as a scientific discipline with the Vienna founding of its first professional organization, another group beginning in Toronto a decade after1980Introduction of the portable audiocassette player, the Sony Walkman; parents worldwide begin applying headphones to the maternal abdomen, producing fetal movement and claims for infant benefits1980sAnthony DeCasper, a University of North Carolina psychologist, determines that newborns exhibit preference for speech patterns heard before birth, favoring the maternal voice; at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, Donald Shetler has pregnant students provide recorded classical music to the womb through adjacent headsets, with their children exhibiting early musical skills1981In The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, Toronto psychiatrist Thomas Verny and co-writer John Kelly compile anecdotes of assorted fetal effects upon later life1982Media reports about Americans Joseph and Jitsuko Susedik having stimulated their four daughters before birth and throughout childhood during the prior decade with mixed means, all girls demonstrating giftedness; Brent Logan proposes curricularized variations of maternal in utero heartbeat sounds as an auditory cirriculum. This initiates comprehensive theoretical research, and he invents the earliest prenatal education technology1984Upon learning from his patients about fetal responsiveness to abdominal touch, California obstetrician Rene Van de Carr develops a stimulation methodology of tactile manipulations paired with words describing these actions1986Brent Logan presents prelearning theory before professional congresses, then inaugurates in utero pilot studies to verify his contention; Rene Van de Carr publishes the first clinical evidence showing neonatal and infant assets from prenatal stimulation1987 - 88The first babies prenatally experiencing an imprintable sonic progression under Brent Logan's projects are born; he begins a series of related articles in academic journals1989 - 90Commercialization of fetal enrichment technology created by Brent Logan commences, with 3000 children advantaged1990sNumerous studies link the earliest sonic influences to youth and adult proficiency; Brent Logan designs a second-generation prenatal stimulation product, tradenamed BabyPlus, with extensive donations of units to developing countries, resulting in tens of thousands of children from every socioeconomic background benefited2003Publication of the first comprehensive resource on prenatal enrichment--Brent Logan's Learning Before Birth: Every Child Deserves Giftedness2006Over 100,000 BabyPlus children born worldwide; November 11th, Hong Kong proclaimed the worlds first PRENATAL EDUCATION DAY honoring the progressive nature of the BabyPlus Prenatal Education method and the work of Dr. Brent Logan   Place a Bid!