I love singing to my baby.
I love singing to him at night before putting him to bed. I love singing to him when he is upset. I love singing to him when we are playing.
I love singing to him because he’s my biggest fan. Ok, he’s my only fan.
Here are 14 ways singing to babies benefits them and you:
Bonding – Singing to your baby helps the two of you bond by teaching your baby that you love him. Singing helps him bond with your voice and makes your voice one of the most important voices in his life. This bond will help him grow intellectually by improving learning and memory. Singing can also help them grow emotionally.
Transitions – Babies like routines. Singing to your baby before bed or while he eats will help him understand what is happening and predict what will happen next. This can also help your baby learn the names of routines and objects used in those routines.
Language Development – Listening to you sing prepares your baby for language development. The more you sing and speak to your baby the more language he will learn. He will start to comprehend what you are singing.
Vocabulary – When you sing your baby is learning new words. When you sing about his head, and touch his head, he starts to associate those words with what you are singing. Acting out songs and singing repetitive songs helps your baby anticipate upcoming words and attach words to their meanings.
Rhyme – Babies will begin to recognize the rhyme in the songs.
Play – Babies enjoy listening to you sing. They find it fun and playful.
Family Fun – Singing can be a family activity. Mom, dad and siblings can all sing to the baby to create a family bond.
Names – Babies can learn his name and the names of the people around him if you sing it often.
Listening – Babies can begin to learn the skill of listening by listening to you sing. They will need to learn to listen while being spoken to and read to and beginning with singing is a fun way to practice this much-needed skill.
Calming Effect – Your baby will feel calmer when you sing to him. Singing to your baby can also be calming to you in those stressful mommy moments.
Brain Development – The first three years of life is an optimal time for brain strengthening and development and singing can help form the foundations of future learning and success.
Traditions – Culture and family traditions are passed along through song. Your baby might sing the songs you sing to him today to his children one day.
Positive Physical Responses – Singing can help improve respiratory and heart rates, better sleep and feeding patterns, better weight gain and increased cortisol levels.
Love – Babies learn when you give them attention that you love them. When you sing to your baby he will feel loved.
Don’t worry about how well you sing, just sing to your baby!
When you sing to him, he will feel loved and smile. His smile will make you feel like a great singer and the superstar you are in his eyes!
What are your thoughts and opinions?