1. Why Should We Use BabyPlus? 2. Is It Safe? - Kiddicare

1. Why should we use BabyPlus?
The real question is, "Why wouldn't you use BabyPlus?" It is safe, scientifically validated, and the benefits are
remarkable. In order to give your child every advantage, you take care of your health while your pregnant - eating
right, taking prenatal vitamins, avoiding alcohol, etc. Why not start educating your child as early as possible - with an
age-appropriate curriculum.
2. Is it safe?
Yes it is. There is no question that this is an entirely new field of education, but prenatal stimulation has been around
for thousands of years. BabyPlus simply represents the evolution of enrichment in the womb to a technique that has
incredible advantages for the child. We believe that, someday, the use of BabyPlus will be as much a part of being
pregnant as is taking prenatal vitamins.
Decibel (dB) Ratings and Hazardous Time Exposures of Common Noises
Typical
Decibel
Example of Sounds
0 Lowest sound audible to the human ear
10 Normal breathing
20 Whispering at 5 feet
30 Quiet library, soft whisper
40 Living room, quiet office, bedroom away from traffic
50 Light traffic at a distance, refrigerator, gentle breeze
45-60
BabyPlus when it reaches the prenatal child through the maternal
abdomen
60 Air conditioner at 20 feet, conversation, sewing machine
70
Busy traffic, office tabulator, noisy restaurant. At this decibel level, noise may
begin to affect your hearing if you're exposed to it constantly
The Hazardous Zone
Subway, heavy city traffic, alarm clock at two feet, motorboats 85 to 115 dBA,
80 factory noise. These noises are dangerous if you are exposed to them for
more than eight hours.
Truck traffic, motorcycles 95 to 120 dBA, snowmobiles 99 dBA, noisy home
90 appliances, shop tools, lawn mower. As loudness increases, the “safe” time
exposure decreases; damage can occur in less than eight hours.
95 The womb's continuous maternal bloodpulse sound level
Chain saw, stereo headphones 105 to 120 dBA, pneumatic drill. Even two
100 hours of exposure can be dangerous at 100 dBA, and with each 5 dBA
increase, the “safe time” is cut in half.
110 Video arcades can be this high.

Rock band concert in front of speakers, health clubs, aerobic studios,
120
sandblasting, movie theaters measured up to 118 dBA, sporting events up to
127 dBA, thunderclap. The danger is immediate: at 120 dBA exposure can
injure your ears.
130
Children's toys that emit sounds many at 135 to 150 dBA, percussion section
at symphony, stock car races, jackhammer, power drill
Gunshot 150 to 167 dBA, air plane taking off, “Boom Cars” 140 dBA and
140 beyond, bicycle horn. Any length of exposure time is dangerous; noise at
140 dB may cause actual pain in the ear.
150
Jet engine taking off, firecrackers range from 125 to 155 dBA at an average
distance of 10 feet, cap gun, balloon pop
160 fireworks (at 3 feet), rifle shot, handgun
170 Shotgun
180
Rocket launching pad. Without ear protection, noise at this level causes
irreversible damage: hearing loss is inevitable.
Information provided by the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Inc., Washington, D.C.1983 and League
for the Hard of Hearing 1996-2003.
3. When should I start using BabyPlus?
Ideally, you may begin using the system anytime between weeks 18 and 32 of pregnancy. Mothers who have started
using the system as late as 34 weeks of pregnancy have reported many positive benefits.
The following chart is a guide to help you determine your start date and the corresponding schedule of the lessons.
Please reference your start date only. Your start date will indicate the number of days you should use each lesson
throughout your pregnancy.
Find the week you are
starting to use
BabyPlus
18th week of pregnancy
19th week of pregnancy
20th week of pregnancy
21st week of pregnancy
22nd week of pregnancy
23rd week of pregnancy
24th week of pregnancy
25th week of pregnancy
26th week of pregnancy
This will be the number
of days you will use
each lesson (twice a
day)
Use each lesson 9 days
Use each lesson 9 days
Use each lesson 9 days
Use each lesson 8 days
Use each lesson 8 days
Use each lesson 7 days
Use each lesson 7 days
Use each lesson 6 days
Use each lesson 6 days

27th week of pregnancy
28th week of pregnancy
29th week of pregnancy
30th week of pregnancy
31st week of pregnancy
32nd week of pregnancy
33rd week of pregnancy
34th week of pregnancy
35th week of pregnancy
Use each lesson 5 days
Use each lesson 5 days
Use each lesson 5 days
Use each lesson 4 days
Use each lesson 4 days
Use each lesson 3 days
Use each lesson 3 days
Use each lesson 3 days
Use each lesson 2 days
4. Is there any chance of overstimulation?
No! The entire system is designed to present the sounds of BabyPlus to the fetus at a level below that of the normal
sounds of the maternal heartbeat - which never stops.
5. How do the BabyPlus sounds educate my baby?
The unborn child receives very little stimulation in the uterus. The only sound that it can clearly discern is the
maternal heartbeat. By providing the infant with sounds which closely mimic the maternal heartbeat but which vary in
subtly increasing ways, the child's brain learns one of the most basic skills of all - discrimination - before she/he is
born
6. Does the mother's heartbeat conflict with the BabyPlus sounds?
Obviously both sounds are occurring at the same time, but it is as if you listen to two different rhythms being played
simultaneously two sets of drums - you can listen selectively to one or the other and clearly hear the difference.
7. Why heartbeats?
Whether the maternal heart speeds or slows due to exercise, emotion, stress, or sleep, changes in its rate are
relatively consistent, therefore they imprint, unlike other sonic stimuli in the mother's environment - all reaching the
unborn child but nonsensical, merely meaningless white noise with no opportunity to imprint; both extreme simplicity
and repetition are required for this very special kind of learning, a critical phase which ends with birth.
BabyPlus provides what the infant's natural surroundings cannot: Sequential variations from the imprinted cardiac
baseline, thereby exercising formative neurology through elementary information-processing, strengthening memory
and comparative functions to reduce normal brain cell death concluding gestation. Neurogenesis is so
developmentally dependant upon recognizable data that the mother may stimulate with BabyPlus no matter her level
of physical activity, mental state, or mood--the evolving brain will relate to that which makes sense at its most
important stage.

8. Can BabyPlus aid bonding?
There are two primary ways in which bonding between a pregnant mother and her unborn child are enhanced by
using BabyPlus. First, the physical act of stimulation occurring twice or more daily (particularly if provided at the same
times of day) becomes a regularized process which by its very mechanics focuses upon the fetus, drawing attention
to any potential response; this is the psychodynamic effect.
More importantly, as the mother witnesses fetal movements in response to the BabyPlus rhythms - often
synchronized with them and of considerable duration - a dialogue is established: Her infant has reacted to cues she
initiated... our earliest connection with another individual, just like a game; in this sense, the baby becomes
personalized without having to exit the womb - it relates directly to the mother's behavior. As she realizes this growing
attachment, every motor reaction by the fetus to the mother's use of BabyPlus in turn elicits her hormonal/biochemical
responses which cross the placental barrier, further evoking in the child reinforcement of its playful activity.
Naturally, while such bonding is most intense between mother and her unborn child, father, any siblings, and
extended family can as well share in this interpersonal exchange - not only do they observe maternal happiness at its
effect, they can place their hands or face against the mother's abdomen and feel what is going on... the beginning of
human communication in the family classroom.
9. Isn't music or speaking to your unborn child just as effective as BabyPlus?
Every unborn child experiences a sonic environment - outside voices, television, radio, CDs, all passing through the
abdominal wall (which lowers their volume by about 35 decibels, and muffles these sounds . . . like listening
underwater), but most dominant is mother's blood pulsing constantly past the womb at 95 decibels, loud as a rock
band; even so, the fetus sleeps about 80 percent of each day. Researchers note that to promote our beginning
pattern recognition, such basic stimuli must be very simple and repetitive, something which neither speech nor music
can accomplish; even nursery tunes - let alone Mozart - are simply too complex to register, and standard comparative
clinical trials verify this consistently. However, the BabyPlus tones increase in speed and tonal complexity by
increments, what is called a curriculum (that which all education is based upon), and nothing except these slight
changes in the maternal bloodpulse can appropriately provide the most elementary patterns at this early stage -
especially important since all information after a full-term birth will never be acquired through the comprehensive
process which BabyPlus utilizes. In short, all babies are exposed to speech and music, but these pass by them as
white noise, absolutely meaningless - which has been repeatedly verified in independent testing when compared with
BabyPlus and a control group; this breakthrough discovery is reported fully in peer-reviewed academic journals, as
BabyPlus has become the only effective and safe way to prenatally enrich your unborn child's forming cognitive,
empathic, and creative skills.
10. Can I use BabyPlus more than twice a day?
The earliest studies showed that Babyplus is most effective at two or more hours of usage per day, although over this
minimum did not produce substantially greater results.
11. My BabyPlus is not working properly, it won't come on or comes on intermittently.
The BabyPlus unit is a very reliable unit. Occasionally a problem can occur and it is usually a battery issue.
There are several remedies you may want to try. First, be sure you have a fresh set of batteries, the BabyPlus
requires new batteries every 7-10 days to operate at optimum performance. Even batteries purchased new at the
store could be old. Always check the date to ensure freshness. We recommend the Duracell brand.
You can also check the battery contacts. If they are no longer a tight fit, you can remove the batteries and pull the
contacts out a bit to create a tighter fit. Also, look for any corrosion, and clean if needed. Remember, always store
any electronic device with the batteries removed.

12. I'm too small for the Comfort Pouch belt, can it be re-sized?
If you have adjusted your comfort pouch to the smallest size
and it is still not small enough, you can simply work the
adjuster over the seam that joins the elastic to the webbing. It
will take a bit of manipulating, but once it is over the seam it
will have the ability to adjust the belt as small as 31”. Be sure
to work the seam through both openings in the adjusters.