Babies

Guys,

Have you ever seen a documentary? If so, you probably know that most of them are extended beyond proportion and the whole information in a documentary could be presented in one minute.

"Babies" are no different. Basically every episode can be summed up in a one line sentence. For example "spend time with your children, it is good for them."

I do not write reviews often but I just wanted to come here and save you some time. If you have really nothing to do or for example you are making a dinner, house cleaning, you can run it as a background. I have given up after 3 episodes.

I thought this was fascinating! I have a 3 year old toddler girl and while most things are not new to me such as how nutrition and the care and attention given to a baby affects their development and lives, there was so much more scientific exploration that I was not aware of, for example how households with primarily dogs can deter diseases, especially asthma in babies and in their lives afterwards due to scientific research regarding microbes/just how much what food is ingested can affect memory and so on. So much important information. I'm on episode "Crawling" and I am absolutely fascinated and am in awe!

Science for the sake of science. No practical application. Some things are common sense. Many "researches" are irritating. MRIying babie's brains for the sake of so called science should not be allowed. Young parents today assume it is safe, along with cell phones near babies, but it is NOT! I could not continue watching. May be millennials parents find the series interesting.

But the science of this documentary was meh. I think the first few episodes provided food for thought but then after that; I felt like they were "testing" traits that we already know the answer to OR the answer really has no bearing on how you raise your child. But hey lots of cute babies doing there baby things. That was enough for me.

These experts talk so slowly and with so much pause between their scentences, and every 2 or 3 lines they stop to show some shots of people just walking around or going in and out of buildings. Very little of it is actually informative. As a mom to be I thought this might be really interesting and helpful, but each shocking new discovery they make is neither shocking nor new, and takes almost an hour to reveal. 75% of this documentary is just filler.