| There are heaps of benefits in singing to a baby. You | | | | matter, just the voice and tone is apparently very |
| might not be an opera diva or a pop singer -- it does | | | | soothing. |
| not matter, but singing something simple to a baby | | | | A simple lullaby is often the best bet. If the baby hears |
| establishes a special bond. It develops the child's verbal | | | | it while still in the womb, it bonds with the tune. The |
| skills and a liking for music. What you sing is not | | | | song can be sung later to calm the child when agitated. |
| important -- a simple nursery song or a popular hit | | | | You might like to introduce different genres into your |
| number. The objective is to bring music into your | | | | routine. It's surprising but babies are much like adults. |
| baby's life. | | | | They soon have their own preferences with music |
| Child psychiatrists maintain that merely listening to the | | | | and songs. You might have noticed this when driving, |
| voice of the father or mother is often enough to calm | | | | that a particular piece of music abruptly quietens a |
| a baby. This helps when putting the baby to sleep and | | | | child. |
| is calming and soothing when the baby is hurt of | | | | Introduce a child to music from the womb and continue |
| frightened. Many mothers-to-be report that her unborn | | | | that from infancy. Not only does music 'soothe the |
| child slows its movements when hearing the voice of | | | | savage breast' as Shakespeare puts it, but gives the |
| his mother or father. It isn't the tune or the words that | | | | child a sense of it. |