Sep 05 2008
Newborn Babies and Music
My first born child has always struggled with patience. Even when he was born, he was two months early. My little 3 lb baby was in the hospital for over a month so I spent many days up in ICU. When you have a tiny baby like that, the environment really makes a difference. It is easy to see when the baby becomes stressed or when they are peacefully resting, especially with all the monitors around them.
I noticed that music in the ICU helped sooth agitated babies. Before I could even hold him we played him lullabies. When he was particularly upset the nurse would turn the soothing music on and it would help to calm him down. I know newborn babies don’t understand they name yet, but what a neat idea to have a personalized CD singing some sweet lullabies to them personally. They would begin to learn their name and the music can be something you can use at home to help calm them down.
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