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Jewel and Fisher Price partner to debut Lullaby

Lisa Estall — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:31:00 GMT

Jewel has a new CD out for adults and children! She has partnered with Fisher-Price to create Lullaby, a collection of 15 acoustic tracks. Besides Twinkle...

Twinkle Little Star and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, there are 10 self-penned songs.

The tracks are very relaxing to listen to and ideal for those times when you just need a chill out session.

You can buy Lullaby at major retailers in the baby and infant departments, as well as online at jeweljk.com.

ABC Kids Expo 2008: Sound Sleep For Babies

Chris Ford — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:23:00 GMT

One of the more interesting product demos I saw at ABC was from a company called SoundScience. They make a CD to help babies sleep, but unlike "lullaby CDs" this one concentrates on the low frequencies infants were used to in the womb. And unlike other "womb sounds" products, they also add some ambient music in there so parents don't go crazy too.

The basic idea is that babies react to higher pitched sounds when they are awake and learning, but when it's time to relax and go to sleep, high pitched noises like a lullaby only keep the baby awake and upset. I stood there and listened to SoundSleep while the creator was talking about it, and while it didn't put me to sleep, when he turned it off abruptly there was this feeling that something was missing. It's hard to describe, but it definitely convinced me that there is something to it.

On their web site there are tons of product testimonials, and they describe it all in much more detail. But twenty-five bucks seems like a pretty low price for a shot to get your infant asleep.

Sound Sleep for Babies from Sound Science, $24.95 from SoundScience.us.

Babble Gift Guide Outtakes: Instant Karma CD

editors — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:32:00 GMT

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur CD - $16

This John Lennon tribute CD was left out of our gift guide on a technicality; it's not really intended for families. But we like it anyway, especially since profits go to benefit a fantastic cause: the Amnesty International campaign to end the violence in Darfur. How's the music, you might ask? Well, the short answer is: take a look at the track list, and if you like the musician, you'll probably like that track. Our favorites are the low-key ballads: Corrine Bailey Rae's "I'm Losing You," Postal Service's "Grow Old With Me," Jackson Browne's "Oh My Love," Ben Harper's "Beautiful Boy" (one of the best parent-child love songs ever) and Regina Spektor's "Real Love." We also give props to Matisyahu's inventive cover of "Watching the Wheels." Yes, there are some crappy tracks (cough Xtina cough Avril cough), but at the 2-CDS-for-the-price-of-1 cost, you can download one disc's worth and consider it money well spent. — Gwynne Watkins

To see what made it into the Babble Gift Guide, go here!

Father's Day Gift: The GoodFather

modmom — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:05:00 GMT

The GoodFather CD-ROM interactive baby skills lessons for new + expecting Dad's has a "humorous mobster parody."

$29.95 at Amazon