Can Prenatal Music Benefit Your Baby?
There does seem to be conflicting information out there, but the sources that believe that prenatal music can be beneficial claim the following:
- Babies who heard particular music while in the womb seem to remember it after birth
- Music played before birth creates some type of consistency between being in the womb and coming into the outside world
- Music can relax the mother and this state of relaxation can benefit the unborn baby
- An unborn baby's sense of sound and hearing begins at about the 22nd day of gestation and the ear matures around month 5
- The unborn baby's response to music has been recorded through a change in heartbeat showing a state of attentiveness.
- Listening stimulates the nervous system
- There is certainly no harm in listening to prenatal music. The volume should be around 50-60 decibels which is about the volume you would listen in your home.
