Throughout my three pregnancies I wondered, “can my baby hear the music around me; can she hear my conversations with friends and family?” Well, I didn’t know the answer then, but I do now! The developing ear is beginning to be functional by the beginning of the second trimester! Research shows that around the beginning […]
Entries Tagged as 'Music with Newborns and Preemies'
How early can baby hear?
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Tags: baby's hearing·lullabies·preemies
Lullabies and Breastfeeding: A match made in Heaven!
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Breastfeeding and Lullabies Nursing your baby is one of the best things you can do to get her off to a healthy start in life. Research and common wisdom tells us that Mommy’s milk is meant to feed a newborn baby and no baby is ever going to be allergic to Mommy’s mild. It almost […]
Tags: breastfeeding·lullabies
Man sings to baby girl during her open-heart surgery!
August 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Music with Newborns and Preemies, The Lullaby Effect
Man sings to infant daughter during surgery Just moments ago I read about a man who sang a love song to his six-month-old daughter during her open-heart surgery. The original citation of this can be found at http://teamtsunamiblog.blogspot.com/. What a beautiful thing! I would love to know more about this story but it definitely seems […]
What does the unborn baby hear: the importance of her sonic environment
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Music Healing, Music with Newborns and Preemies
Have you wondered what your unborn child really hears? According to Giselle E. Whitwell, a pre-natal music therapist in Los Angeles, “Uterine sounds form a “sound carpet” over which the mother’s voice in particular appears very distinct and which the prenate gives special attention because it is so different from its own amniotic environment. These […]
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Can infants un-Ravel classical music? (yes they can!)
June 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Recent research is suggesting that even infants can detect slight changes in a piece of classical music. Canadian researchers say babies can remember complex classical music, even after a two week delay. Their findings were detailed at a recent meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. To read more about this fascinating study, click HERE.
Have you heard about the musical pacifier for preemies?
April 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Music with Newborns and Preemies
Hospitalization can stress out anyone, but especially severely premature babies, who are born neurologically immature. Florida State University music therapist Jayne Standley and her colleagues are reducing the trauma and speeding the pace of the infants’ progression with a simple tool: a customized pacifier and a round of lullabies. [paragraph] Babies born before the 34th […]
Tags: music and newborns·music and preemies·musical pacifier
