Did you know that there has been quite a bit of clinical research on music with preemies? It's true. Several decades ago a man had the idea to make a tape for preemies that would be lullabies and nursery rhymes with a mother's heartbeat in the background. The tape was called "Baby Go to Sleep" and with the help of a grant from J.C. Penney, he gave thousands of them away to hospital NICU's as well as the regular newborn nurseries. The nurses and the mothers said the tape was miraculous in terms of instantaneously stopping crying and quieting fussy babies. Babies in the NICU gained weight faster and left the hospital days earlier as a result. It's so easy that most people overlook it as a therapeutic intervention. Give it a try!
