Trala la laa laa laaa..
yes this is the music i am listening to right now..experts say that i will be able to hear more properly and effectively from 5months onwards. Probably that is why i can only hear the beats and tones now ..i am now 4months. I hope to follow the music and language more clearly and effectively from my fifth month fetus age.
Still I am really happy and feel comfortable when my mom listens to some soothing music and nods her head to the tunes of it. It is not actually required that i should everytime listen to classical music or gazals,bhajans etc. Any sort of music other than Rap, Grunge and Hard Rock makes me happy and calm.
Would you believe my mamma even tries to make me listen to music directly by putting the headphone to her tummy. This does not make any difference really.. i can comfortably hear all music which my mom listens to putting headphones to her ears :)
My mamma's grandpa was such a great singer! I have that gene in me..i would also loved to sing to the beats and tunes of music myself one day. My grandpas and grandmas also have great inclination for music.
And you want to know about my mamma and pappa?
Mamma is a very good singer..she has won so many awards and prizes in music competitions and has even has done masters in Rabindra Sangeet. My pappa also likes to sing and is the lover of any sort of music but mainly sufi and hindi songs. I would like to invite you anyday when he takes a shower. You can come silently and listen to his songs from outside ;) He sings stress free, happily and even loudly :)
This my background of music..hence you can easily understand my intellect in this field!
I am developing my liking for music from now onwards and hope to do the same over the next few months when i am there inside my mamma waiting to come to the outside world.
I have stated here my own experience and story regarding music but there are different researches done by experts regarding fact of listening during pregnancy period.
Your Baby Needs Music:
Studies show that fetuses can hear and react to sound from as early as 20 weeks and begin active listening by the 24th week. Researcher Michele Clements found that playing a lullaby, or calming music by Vivaldi and Mozart soothed 4 to 5 month-old fetuses but loud and discordant music disturbed and upset them.
The sense of hearing is the most developed of all senses before birth. French pioneer Dr. Alfred Tomatis states the ear is “the Rome of the body” because almost every cranial nerve leads to it. He believes the ear is far more than just an instrument for hearing, or an organ for maintaining balance. The ear acts as a generator of energy for the brain that gives a cortical charge which is distributed throughout the body. This charge tones up the whole system imparting greater dynamism to the human being. Therefore the proper pre-natal sound stimulation leads to better verbal, listening and thinking skills. He discovered that songbirds hatched by silent foster mothers can’t sing.
Renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin believes his musical ability is partly due to constant exposure to music before he was born.
The heartbeat of four-month-old fetuses accelerates if exposed to loud sounds. A Japanese study discovered pregnant women who lived near Osaka airport had a greater incidence of premature births and delivered smaller babies. Chronic noise has also been linked to birth defects.
Babies remember music they hear in the womb more than a year later. Some mothers have found that playing the same calming music they listened to before the baby was born calms the baby after birth.
When playing music for your unborn child it is important that the music is not too loud. It doesn’t have to be a lullaby or classical music. Elton John or smooth jazz is just as good. Whatever you enjoy, as long as it isn’t loud or discordant is fine.
Studies show that constant exposure to aggressive, discordant music negatively alters the brains structure. Even plants suffer when exposed to this sort of music.
So if you are pregnant the 3 types of music that you must avoid are Rap, Grunge and Hard Rock. If you are a fan of these styles of music and you really don’t want to give up listening then put on headphones and listen to your heart’s content. But, when you turn on the stereo or the car radio, stick to sweet melodies and beautiful harmonies. Your baby will thank you.
taken from:http://weeks-of-pregnancy.com/
Classical Music can have powerful effects on babies before birth:
One recent study demonstrates that children exposed to classical music in the womb show a positive change in physical and mental development after birth. In this experiment, fetuses were exposed to 70 hours of classical music during the last weeks of pregnancy. When studied at six months, these babies were more advanced in terms of motor, linguistic and intellectual development than babies who received no musical stimulus during pregnancy.
Scientists explain that children are born with 100 billion nerve cells in their bodies. These cells, however, are connected only loosely. Each event a baby experiences - such as listening to his mother, seeing a picture, feeling a sheet against his skin, or attempting to touch a toy hanging above - triggers electrical signals (neural impulses) which establish or strengthen the intercellular connections in the brain.
taken from:http://www.tinylove.com/
Music to your baby's ears:
It is said that making your baby listen to music while he/she is in the womb has a positive effect on them. When babies listen to soft soothing music like bhajans or soft instrumental meditative music, it helps them to calm down. It is also observed that babies who have listened to music while in the womb are calm and composed in their nature as compared to other babies.
There is also another study that indicates that one does not necessarily has to listen to slow music. Pop music can also help your child to calm down. It is essentially the rhythm that works well with babies. Also baby’s breathing pattern changes according to beats. Hence, listening to music with rapid beats for an extended period may stress out the baby.
