Saturday, March 1, 2008

Our BabyPlus story

On their company website, the founder of the BabyPlus company boldly declares:
BabyPlus children have an intellectual, developmental, creative, and emotional advantage from the time they are born.

The site goes on to name several benefits of using BabyPlus:

  • More readily nurse
  • Display an increased ability to self soothe
  • Are more interactive & responsive
  • Are better relaxed and alert at birth

We used BabyPlus after our fertility doctor recommended it. Since he shares the same last name as the BabyPlus founder and president, there's a chance his endorsement may have been coerced.

That fact aside, we have noticed that Jude has been thus far the picture of a perfect baby. He's had no problems nursing, has been alert and awake during the day and sleeps well at night. Really, his biggest challenges to date have been with training his parents how to recognize a dirty diaper, how to swaddle tightly and in general how to recognize what he's trying to communicate to his rookie parents!

We've joked that we're not going to use BabyPlus on our second child so we can test to see if it really works! Kidding aside, it wasn't very difficult to add to Amanda's routine and I would think we'll probably use it again for child #2.


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