Best Approach To Caring For Your Newborns With Classical Music

The great Martin Luther once said "Music makes people more gentle and meek, more modest and understanding." The classical music on FirstWhispers CDs unequivocally calms newborn babies - but it has an equally important effect on parents. There probably isn't a single moment when a parent of a newborn is a little worried or apprehensive about being a first time or second time or even third time caregiver. Classical music has such a soothing effect, that when it's played in the background of a stressful situation, we're able to change our apprehensions and our perspectives so that we may calm down. And a calm approach to care giving is undoubtedly the best approach to caring for newborns.

Music has the power to transform any situation to one that invites singing and dance - pleasure and comfort. We've all experienced this magical transformation and those who are exposed to this magic at an early age (like newborns) are lucky to discover this shift, which happens to be one of life's most intriguing moments. We can stop doing everything in an instant just to hear a pleasing combination of notes or to enjoy a hypnotic rhythm. In doing so, we begin to change our behavior - we slow down, we change our breathing, and we succumb to its power.

The human condition is one that affords wondrous appreciation of such power no matter what age we are. Whether we're aged and all knowing or whether we're fresh from the womb - classical music captures us all and ultimately creates an environment conducive to peaceful moments and a shared emotion of happiness. These are the ingredients for an instant bond between parent and child because classical music - a time cherished genre - enters the hearts of those who listen to it. And there could be no better instrument for bonding than that which prompts the hearts of mother, father, and child to beat as one, in sync to beautiful sounds.

There are a few things that you can do to maximize the results of playing classical music for your newborn. When you exercise this type of child rearing, you want to do so in a manner that will facilitate its effects rather than minimize them or eliminate them altogether. One of those things is to play a little of the classical music on FirstWhispers CD when your newborn is rested (not asleep), dry, and fed. Things like a lack of sleep, a wet or soiled diaper, or hunger may distract your little one from fully absorbing all the wonderful sounds that classical music has to offer.

You can also monitor how you react to the music that you play. Babies are well known for being some of the world's greatest imitators. So while you may or may not be aware of it, your newborn will not only watch your behavior and mood toward the music you hear, she may even copy it. Your newborn may learn wonderful lessons from the classical music playing in the background, but she will also learn a few other unintended lessons from your own reaction!

In addition, you don't want to saturate your newborn with the music either. Some parents get a little obsessed with pushing their children into things that they believe will give them a push or an extra advantage down the road. They compete with the Jones's next door. They buy their children expensive computers before the kids can even read or they enroll them in high priced preschools for a hopeful academic edge.

You don't need to carry your efforts that far because it's highly probable that those extremes do more harm than good. Instead of perceiving the above as helpful, young children may perceive them as pressure and when they don't meet the expectations placed upon them, they get discouraged. Keep your efforts light and fun instead to see healthy results - not pressured results.