Music CD for Mother's AND your Baby! Mother's Touch NEW
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Music CD for Mother's AND your Baby! Mother's Touch NEWPerfect for Every MOTHER and BABY! Heartbeats! Music!
Why this AMAZING CD? Newborns respond to music and aural stimulation from the womb and through infant months of growing. See the benefits of musical selections for babies. In fetal development the auditory system forms extremely early and the ear is actually the first sensory organ to develop brain connections. And from those first weeks in the womb an infant's ability to process sound and music only grows stronger. When a baby is born he is already able to recognize familiar tunes and songs and distinguish between the voice of his parents and any other voice. Babies show a marked preference for a song sung by their own mother or father than a song sung on tape or CD. Even premies show a preference for soothing classical music over harsher rock beats and studies done in Neonatal Intensive Care Units with premature infants show that soothing music from the Baroque period can lower the blood pressure and stress hormones of these young infants. How Babies Respond to Music · Birth to Six Months: At this young age most babies respond to music playing that they enjoy with full body movements and wiggles. They will turn their heads towards sounds that catch their attentions and cry in response to unpleasant noises. Babies show a preference for songs sung by familiar voices so it is better for parents to rock and sing to their babies rather than putting in a CD with a stranger singing the lullabies instead. · Six Months to One Year: As an infant's eye-hand coordination develops and they become more mobile, babies will grasp and manipulate objects. This means that a baby can shake a rattle and understands that the shaking causes the noise to occur. Babies begin to clap their hands in response to music and this should be encouraged and demonstrated by the adults around them. By the time she turns a year a baby will understand the purpose of an instrument such as a drum or keyboard and understand how to produce the music and sound. Infants respond well to many pieces of classical music and research shows exposure to a variety of musical experiences help baby's brains develop an increased level of neural synapses. Harsh rock music actually weakens brain connections in young infants. So enjoy music, sing, play, dance and move with your babies in a wide variety of ways throughout the day. Kids love listening to music, and experts say it might even help their cognitive development. Now there's evidence that it may make little ones healthier as well. According to music therapists, certain tones, rhythms, and vibrations can help treat various medical and behavioral problems. For instance: Sweet Lullabies Premature babies, whose much-needed energy is often drained by stress, seem to thrive when relaxing music is played. In a study from Utah Bally Regional Medical Center, in Provo, two 20-minute doses of vocal lullaby tapes each day slowed preemies' heart rates and increased the amounts of formula and oxygen they took in. Any song with a soothing melody and steady rhythm can also calm a colicky or teething baby, says Rosalie Pratt, a music professor at Brigham Young University who oversaw the preemie research. Instrumental music is soothing, but a human voice will make babies feel more secure. "A parent's voice is best," says Pratt, "even if you can't carry a tune or if you make up the lyrics." Classical Treatment Brigham Young researchers found that when a group of kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), ages 7 to 17, listened to three 40-minute recordings of classical music a week, their brain waves moved to higher levels that allowed them to focus more on tasks while they listened. And 70 percent of the kids continued to show improvement from regular music sessions six months later. Rhythmic music, such as Mozart or Haydn, can help kids without ADHD settle down, too. Play a few pieces periodically throughout the day or whenever your child is restless, suggests Pratt, such as after school and before dinner. Some kids work well with music playing during homework, others don't. For kids who have trouble following directions, try turning directions into rhythmic, sing-songy tunes, such as Now-it's-time-to-put-on-our-shoes, suggests Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect, a book about the benefits of music. Rhythm is perceived differently by the brain, he says, so kids are more attentive when you say things musically. Play classical music for your baby, your toddler and even your "bun in the oven" and your child will grow up to be more intelligent. This widely circulated advice, dubbed the "Mozart Effect," has become a mantra for many new parents. And its premise has spurred the creation of an entire line of CDs, DVDs, books and other media all based on the topic of how to make your kids smarter by having them listen to classical music. Where did the "Mozart Effect" begin? In 1993, psychologist Frances Rauscher published a study in the journal Nature (Nature. 1993 Oct 14;365(6447)) titled "Music and Spatial Task Performance." The study involved 36 college students who listened to 10 minutes of a Mozart sonata, a relaxation track or silence, then were asked to complete several spatial reasoning tasks (such as determining what a folded paper that was cut would look like when it was unfolded). The students who had listened to Mozart showed significant improvement (about eight to nine spatial IQ points) in their performance of some of the tasks. From this study, the "Mozart Effect" was born, and media coverage touting the benefits of classical music, not just for college students, but for babies, children and fetuses, began. Is the "Mozart Effect" All Hype? A 1999 review of numerous subsequent studies found that none could verify the findings of the original 1993 study, according to a report by Stanford University, which attempted to explain why this study was singled out, and why the finding became so popular. In fact, after the "Mozart Effect" became widely publicized (Stanford researchers found that "Music and Spatial Task Performance" was cited in the top 50 U.S. newspapers 8.3 times more than the second-most popular paper at that time) several states passed laws that required state-subsidized childcare centers to play classical music. Others passed laws to give all new mothers a classical music CD in the hospital after giving birth. The Stanford researchers theorized that the study appealed to people's anxieties and obsessions with their child's education. "It seems to be a circumscribed manifestation of a widespread, older belief that has been labeled 'infant determinism,' the idea that a critical period early in development has irreversible consequences for the rest of a child's life," the Stanford researchers said. "It is also anchored in older beliefs in the beneficial powers of music." Even the study's original author, Frances Rauscher, now an associate professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, seems to believe the study's results were blown out of proportion. "I would simply say that there is no compelling evidence that children who listen to classical music are going to have any improvement in cognitive abilities," Rauscher said in Scientific American. "It's really a myth, in my humble opinion." Classical Music DOES Have Benefits Classical music, it seems, may not turn your child into a genius, but it does have many proven benefits. Among them is a positive influence on crime. In London, England, when the British Transport Police piped classical music into London Underground stations in some of the area's most dangerous neighborhoods for six months, they found that: Robberies were cut by 33 percent Staff assaults decreased by 25 percent Vandalism went down 37 percent Soothing music like classical is also known to reduce stress and anxiety. One hospital study even found that heart patients received the same anti-anxiety benefits from listening to 30 minutes of classical music as they did from taking the drug Valium. Music in general is also known to be beneficial. According to the American Music Therapy Association, music therapy can be used to help: Children, adolescents, adults and the elderly with mental health needs, developmental and learning disabilities Alzheimer's disease and other age-related conditions Substance abuse problems Brain injuries Physical disabilities Acute and chronic pain, including mothers in labor So while the effects on intelligence are still up in the air, it does seem that playing some classical music for your child could be a way to help them relieve stress, feel more calm and just have some pure, simple enjoyment. Why not test out the potential benefits in your own home, and see if you or your child notices a difference? ISN’T YOUR CHILD WORTH IT? BRAND NEW and Sealed! 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