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Lullabies Not Only Improves the Health of Premature Babies During Intensive Care, It Can Lift Family Too


Singing lullabies can not only improve the health of premature babies during intensive care, but it can also lift up your anxious family, according to new research.

Gentle music therapy slows the heart rate of babies born prematurely and also helps them eat and sleep better, scientists say.

New research on live music that helps new mothers and family members has shown that rhythmic strings or humming help with care or therapy procedures.

While playing sad songs may seem like the antithesis of what scared parents may need at a time when their baby is in the intensive care unit, medical staff have said the impact of these songs was positive.

Playing songs about death, heartbreak or other difficult times is believed to help parents process their feelings and also a sign of life from outside the hospital.

Taru Koivisto, a PhD student at UniArts Helsinki, said he worked with other professional musicians in hospitals and saw that playing live instruments helped both mother and baby with healing, physically and mentally.

She said: “A moment of music can create an intimate atmosphere where parents can forget about the treatments, tubes and machines and put their full attention on their baby and truly see it.

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“For the parents, music was a sign of life outside the hospital and helped them understand that life will continue even in difficult times,” says Koivisto.

When the premature baby in a family is admitted to intensive care, his life can be permanently changed.

Ms. Koivisto added: “The musical moments were described as a break that allowed the whole family to metaphorically travel to another space or place.

“A shared musical journey together may have helped family members create a new narrative for their life.

“In one of the example situations, the mother of a baby asked her own mother, the baby’s grandmother, if the song she chose was too emotional for her.

“Grandma said ‘no.’ When they sang the song together, the grandmother began to cry, but the child’s mother was happy in her own way.

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Other live therapeutic studies have shown that gentle music therapy, such as singing lullabies, can influence the heart and respiratory function of newborns.

Previous research found that babies who receive this type of therapy leave the hospital earlier.

The findings were published in the journal Expanding Professionalism in Music and Higher Music Education.

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