Search - Bringing Baby Home: The Ultimate Baby Care DVD on DVD

Very light on baby care basics

Gadgester | Mother Earth | 06/25/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This newborn care DVD is strictly for caring for a newborn infant, in other words, what you learn here won't apply after the first 3 or 4 weeks. My biggest beef with this DVD is that it totally just skims over all the basics, such as how to breastfeed properly, how to bottlefeed properly, how to swaddle properly, how to calm a baby properly, etc. All the stuff you want to know about looking after a newborn, each is given about 5 seconds of screen time. Instead, the bulk of the program is wasted on things like "pre-birth preparation," which interestingly appears toward the end of the program, and how the mother should take care of herself. These are important things to know, but not for a "ultimate baby care DVD."

The DVD packaging is also very misleading. It says "over an hour of hints"... but that includes 1 minute of copyright warning and another 30 seconds of "you should always consult your doctor" warning, plus a long end-of-program credit. The actual content is about 55 minutes.

I've seen this DVD and the "ABC of Newborn Baby Care" DVD and even though the latter is not great, it's better because it goes through the important topics step-by-step, and the nurse/midwife demonstrates the techniques clearly. Between the two DVDs, I definitely recommend the latter.

BTW, you can likely find this at your local library. It's also available from Netflix. It's just not worth the price of the DVD, not even 1/10 of the price."

Perfect Video for Parents

M. Smith | Central Oregon | 12/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Bringing Baby Home is fantastic. They use actual newborns and parents (versus actors which we found in other videos). The doctors and specialists are straight forward and direct, and the information covered thorough. They talk about the basics, feeding, hygiene, sleep, car seats, possible illnesses, first doctor visits, and have segments on how the mom will possibly feel - how the dad will possibly feel - and sex after childbirth...and many other topics. Of the three videos we purchased, this one by far exceeds the others in quality and information. Highly recommended."

Helped new dad

todd | 08/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Thank you LIANDREA Company for a great DVD. I'm a first time dad and was so nervous. I watched this DVD with my wife and I felt like I could handle this...and I can. I learned about how to hold my son..I never had a baby in my family before. There's even a family therapist that talks about how dad's are going to feel...it's usually all about the moms, but this DVD had stuff about helping the dads too..."

Big help

Renee | 08/25/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A great DVD for any expectant mom. It has so many things...I always worried about jaundice and it covered that too...now, I even know the safe way to buckle my baby's car seat."