Customer Reviews
Limited Fun for Baby, Nightmare for Mom 
2002-12-08
JumpStart Baby Deluxe Edition was the first CD-ROM that I bought for my daughter when she was almost a year old. She found it fascinating the first handful of times that we played it together, but it seemed to get old pretty fast for her. She did learn basic cause-and-effect via keyboard banging, but she lost interest in the games quickly and some were actually quite confusing.
As lapware, this was not a fun program to use. With lapware, the child sits on the parent's lap while they both attend to the game. It's a way for the parent AND child to interact together so that the computer doesn't act as a babysitter per se. However, I found the graphics very stilted and unappealing. Teddy was much too talkative and the animals were downright scary-looking. The baby performing fingerplays and dancing in the song section was nightmarish. I don't know what the JumpStart team was thinking when they released this version of JumpStart Baby.
Too much talk, not enough of interest. 
2001-09-04
We got this for my son when he was about 1.5 and have tried it on him every month or so to see what he thinks. He is totally uninterested. There is much too much talking and too little time where he can do things. And the games provide him with very limited stuff he can do, and poor feedback for what he's done. He much prefers Read Rabbit for Baby over this.
not enough interaction 2001-07-30
My 18 month old is very bored with the program. He loves Reader Rabbit Toddler and was used to the rich graphics and having lots of input into the activities.
When we tried Jump Start Baby he liked some of the activities, and the cute bear, but was frustrated that he couldn't choose the sequencing of events. For example, he liked the idea of putting clothes onto the bear, but he wanted to pick what to put on next and the program forced him to go in their order. This type of program flow frustrated him in all of the games.
The graphics are disappointing as well.
Didn't like 2001-07-15
I tired several times to get my grandbaby to play with the game but it never kept her interest for more than 3-4 minutes. She has other games that she plays and I have a hard time getting her off.
Do yourself a favor, Check it out first 2001-05-14
I would strongly urge anyone to check this product out before buying it.... This is one of the first we bought. It is very slow. Our bright enough baby was unable to establish any relationship between mouse movement and what happens on screen. The characters talk to the baby and tell her or him what to do. Babies do not get it. Our baby is now a toddler and this softwere is still useless. I suggest Reader Rabbit Baby, Reader Rabbit Toddler, or Sesame Street Baby and ME. Stay away from Sasame Street Toddler. It is very old, probably a Windows 3.1 progrem that needs a lot of updating.
JumpStart Baby 
2005-07-06
We have a 10 month old daughter who absolutely loves Jumpstart Baby. She sits on our laps for hours, bouncing away to the music. It's very easy for her to use, and she seems to enjoy it emmensely.
Still Fun For my 3 year old 
2004-12-14
This was purchased for my daughter when she was 7 months old - she really didn't grow into it until she was over a year, but at 3 1/2 she still requests it for some of the fun little games. I'm about ready to introduce it to my 14 month old son - It's great to have good beginner software out there.
Excellent first software 2004-04-18
I'm a bit baffled by the negative reviews listed here. I used JumpStart Baby with my first son (now 4) and found it to be an excellent introduction to the world of computer software. The "dress teddy" and "color train" games provided months of fun. The fact is, babies can't mouse around (as in JumpStart Toddler) -- the best they can do is hit the keyboard and that is exactly how the games are designed to function: to respond with the next logical action when the keyboard is pressed. The comments regarding "waiting" are off-base.... if you think children hate to wait then this game is not nearly as frustrating as LeapPad products which are all "sit and listen" and very little "interact." I have just begun introducing the game to my 7 month old and he loves it! But's it's only appropriate in small doses at the beginning... still, with this softare, even before age one your child can learn that playing with computers is fun and that "something happens" when he/she presses buttons on the keyboard. What more do you want from a baby? (Note: I never encountered any of the installation problems mentioned by other reviewers.)
My kids ages 1 and 3 love it! 2003-09-26
This is the second time I'm purchasing this software (the first disk got scratched). I bought it 3 years or so ago for my son. He used it from ages 9 months and now my daughter loves it. She loves the songs, animals and putting teddy "night-night," which makes it easier to stop playing when mom's had enough. My son enjoys helping his sister play the games now, which are simple enough to do on their own.
Would Not Install 2003-06-17
Quite simply, the software would not install. Auto-run would run correctly, but clicking 'install' from the Jumpstart welcome screen resulted in nothing happening. A complete waste of money, since I threw out the packaging some time ago.
