Showing posts with label lullabies for preemies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lullabies for preemies. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2007

Can Babies Remember Music Heard in the Womb?


With all the talk today about playing music for your baby during pregnancy, a logical follow-up question that I hear all the time is: can the baby remember the music heard in the womb? The good news is "yes!". Researchers in London have put tiny cameras in the womb and measured the amount of time that the baby turns her head toward the music. With each subsequent playing of the same song, the baby "pays attention" a little longer and after birth, the baby responds by quieting down when fussy and also showing signs of recognition. For more information, go to http://www.le.ac.uk/psychology/aml11/aml11.html. For a beautiful album of familiar lullabies, go to http://www.healingmusicenterprises.com/products/lullabies/lullabies.html

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Tiniest Preemie Goes Home


Today the news media were showing pictures of the happy family of the smallest preemie ever to survive. This little girl weighed less than a pound and was about 14 inches long I believe. The picture here shows her tiny feet between the doctors fingers! Let's hope she had lots of lullabies sung to her. I'd sure be interested to know.