It is well known the effect that music has on peoples. There are many perceptions, many are the stimuli. For each moment of the day we can choose a specific type of music.
Baby music has a good number of associated benefits. Among them, it is about relaxing and calming, calming and lulling the little ones in the house.
Pregnancy, the first musical moment
Experts assure that this beneficial effect of music on babies will be favored in the event that the mother listens to the same music during pregnancy that she will then play to her baby once it is born.
From the beginning of gestation, a baby can already perceive sound vibrations. In the fifth month of pregnancy, she is already aware of the sounds that come from the mother's body, the voice and the voices of those who are close. The same will happen with the sounds of the environment.
Soon the baby will even be able to remember sounds and react to stimuli. For this we must help you and there are several ways to do it.
The Mozart effect and baby music
The so-called "Mozart effect" has long been known when it comes to music for babies. To achieve a good development of babies, recommends playing classical music while playing or doing activities and also while they are catching sleep. Even once they fall asleep, this type of music can help them get a better quality sleep.
The music that the great genius of all time has bequeathed to us is so simple, pure and at the same time so mysterious, that it can reach stimulate neurons that are growing.
A calming effect
Adults are also greatly influenced by the type of music we listen to, for different activities of our day to day. The music we use to travel, to work, to enjoy a meeting with friends, to concentrate and study, etc. is not the same.
It is the same with music for babies. It is proven that these types of lullabies have a calming effect on babies.
Some tips to integrate music for babies into your life
- Play music to teach the little one to sleep. We can use specific songs, always the same, so that the child falls asleep. All this with the room in darkness.
- It is not effective to put a record or a song to the baby through any device, and leave the room. It is very possible that, at the end of the music, the baby wakes up and needs to listen again music from the beginning.
- Singing to the baby will also be very positive. It does not matter the quality of the voice or the intonation. The child will not be a jury, he will appreciate the effort and that we pay him adequate attention.
- Not only do you have to use lullabies. There are also other moments, such as the baby's play. Many songs can be used to make a kind of domestic children's theater, gestures, smiles, etc., that will delight the baby.
- The child can make his own music. There are some very simple instruments that the little one can already play, such as simple pianos, drums, xylophones, etc. The baby will have his preferences and will have to be located. Surely one instrument will make them more funny than another and they will prefer to play with it. We should not insist that they choose the instrument that we like.
When the baby is not so baby anymore ...
As the child is having his first months, he will be able to enhance his taste for music:
- La Musical stimulation will gradually be complemented by movement, miming, clapping and dancing, inciting the little one to imitate us. The idea is to convey a vision of music as fun.
- Little by little you have to teach baby to listen, drawing your attention to the different sounds that surround you, such as a doorbell, the telephone, birds, dogs, etc.
- An excellent activity is dance with the baby in her arms, while we listen to music or at the same time we sing to it.
- In order for them to notice the patterns of music, children must start listening to whole songs, even if they are short.
The most suitable type of music for babies
We have seen the benefits of classical music. However, not only this type of music can serve us and the baby may like it. There are other kinds of songsWhether they be pop music, meringue, even salsa. It is important, yes, that the music has a good melody and a slow rhythm.
Some more dynamic musical stylesAs is the case with rap, the trance sound, hard rock and heavy metal are not the most suitable. In all cases, it is to choose harmonic and pleasant sounds, instead of other strong ones.
As babies listen to different types of music, they will gradually learn to recognize it and also to enjoy it.
When it comes to the type of songs, those with simple letters, which are associated with physical contact or promote it, are recommended, between the father or the mother with the baby. Animal songs that include onomatopoeia, songs with dances and rocking, etc. are also good.
La research on the kind of music the child likes it can be a lot of fun. We will be choosing different types of music and we will see their reactions. Although you may like soft music at first, your tastes may change as you get older.
Benefits of music for children
- The intonation of songs with babies (even before they are born, as we have seen), in addition to the possible physiological changes (respiration, digestion, metabolism, muscle tone, neural activity, etc.), contains an important affective component. Baby goes stimulating their emotional intelligence.
- On a psychological level, emotions and feelings are awakened in the little one. You also begin to develop a principle of the ability to care and concentrate.
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