Music is a very attractive thing. Everyone has some favorite songs that have a special meaning to them. It may be the song you had your first kiss on. The track that was played on your marriage. The tune that played in the store when you bought your first motherhood bra (zwangerschapslingerie in Dutch). Or the favorite song of your now deceased dad. These songs stick with you for your entire life. They’re real when you hear them and some can even give you goosebumps. In a way they're engrained in your DNA.
Did you ever hear somebody say you should play classical music when your baby is still in your belly? Or heard a story from a chum where they spotted their baby reacting to certain rhythms while they carried it? This is down to the fact that music is so special and is one of the first things that can cause emotions apart from hunger and pain. You might not do your kid a better favor then to find out early on what music they like and play it for them a lot! Not only will it keep them contented, if they’ve a hidden musical talent you can be sure it is going to surface early!
My very own girl had a special liking for jazz. Not because she knows all the classics but because it is the only type of music she has heard from before she was born. Now that she is three she would rather hear Micheal Buble and Sinatra than some of those unpleasant high pitched children songs! Thank god for that.
Another thing that is developed with an early exposure to music is a good sense of rhythm. Those tiny hips will begin to sway before they have even the slightest idea of what dancing is. It may look like a dancing monkey initially, but it will quickly evolve into real regular dancing!
Do your children a favour and play them music, lot’s of it!
Salmsed Turns is a dutch writer with a particular loveof baby related subjects. This is thanks to the proven fact that he has just become dad of a lovely little girl. Sick of all of the kraamcadeaus he found an outlet for that in his writing. Other subjects he likes are (in Dutch) : Zwangerschapslingerie en Luiertassen.