{"id":82779,"date":"2013-04-16T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/?p=82779"},"modified":"2013-04-16T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T19:46:08","slug":"preemies-development-nicu-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/preemies-development-nicu-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Your Best Lullaby Or Live Music To Help Your Preemie In The NICU"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The\u00a0study coordinated by researchers at Beth Israel Hospital in New York shows that\u00a0live music that is either sung or played to premature babies<\/a> has many positive effects on their\u00a0development. Researchers tested 272 preemies in 11 NICUs who had a wide range of health issues, and\u00a0positive\u00a0results were seen across the board.<\/p>\n

When the preemies in intensive care listened to live music, they showed measurable improvements in heart rate, sucking behavior, sleep patterns and calorie intake, according to the study. In addition, music helped parents and babies bond, and eased the stress of mothers and fathers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Researchers believe that live music is key and that recorded music would not have the same effect. In this study the\u00a0babies were subjected to three different types of live music.<\/p>\n

One involved a Remo ocean disc, which is an instrument that produces a soothing “whoosh” sound; and another intervention involved a gato box, which is a drumlike wooden box that is played softly with the fingers. The ocean disc mimics the sound of the in utero enviroment, the researchers said, and could have a soothing, sleep-enhancing effect, while the gato box would sound like a mother’s heartbeat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The third\u00a0form\u00a0was music being sung to the babies by their parents. The study found that each form of music had some positive affect on the baby’s health. The babies who were sung to by their parents became\u00a0more alert, the gato box improved the babies’ sucking which aids in their swallowing and eating, and\u00a0remo disk was shown to help the babies sleep better.<\/p>\n

What the study really brings to light is that interaction of\u00a0parents and their babies in the NICU<\/a>\u00a0can be\u00a0vital in improving the baby’s health. It also proves that it’s never too early for a baby to hear Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.<\/p>\n

(photo: Fotonium<\/a> \/ Shutterstock<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When parents have a child in the NICU they often try their\u00a0hardest to make the best out of\u00a0a tough\u00a0situation….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21298,"featured_media":82792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3325,69,1867],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Pregnancy"}],"post_tag":[{"value":3325,"label":"children's development"},{"value":69,"label":"children's health"},{"value":1867,"label":"premature baby"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/shutterstock_101106997-1.jpg",500,334,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Jennifer Malone","author_link":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/author\/jamalone\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Pregnancy","slug":"pregnancy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Learn how to combine pregnancy and good health. Get the best good health, pregnancy tips for women, advice trends & info\r\n","parent":0,"count":2199,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":2199,"category_description":"Learn how to combine pregnancy and good health. Get the best good health, pregnancy tips for women, advice trends & info\r\n","cat_name":"Pregnancy","category_nicename":"pregnancy","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":3325,"name":"children's development","slug":"childrens-development","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3389,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":15,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":69,"name":"children's health","slug":"childrens-health","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":69,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":387,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":1867,"name":"premature baby","slug":"premature-baby","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1928,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":22,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mommyish.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}