Help Your Baby to Sleep

Author:Penney Hames [Penney Hames]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780007405008
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Music and Movement

Many young babies are soothed by sound and movement – continuous, rhythmic sounds and movement work best. You could try womb music (tape available from NCT Maternity Sales website, see page 152), or a vacuum cleaner, although this option may be less appealing at night. From a few months before he is born your baby is able to hear sounds outside your body. Some mothers find that songs they sing or music they play at this time have a particularly calming effect on their baby once he is born.

Richard, father of Hannah, aged nine months, found that loud and insistent music rapidly stopped her crying at night:

‘I used to rock her while I was walking up and down. It was incredibly boring so I put on some loud music and the insistence of the rhythm overwhelmed her senses and she went to sleep. I think it was Verdi’s Rigoletto, and some Stephen Stills that were the most effective. But then she’s always had great taste in music – just like her father!’

Naturally, the effect isn’t always so immediate, which is probably why so many traditional folk songs have at least a dozen verses.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.