Playing music
for premature babies may lessen their pain and improve their feeding habits
according to researchers in the Archives of Diseases in Childhood. It's a
Canadian study. They analyzed nine other studies on music for babies and found
there was evidence that babies had less pain during needle sticks or
circumcision when they listened to music during the procedure. There is
also some evidence that music could improve babies' oral feeding.
However, the authors say the studies are mostly preliminary and they need to be
confirmed through further research. We like these studies on music
because what they show is that you can actually be affected by your environment
and things like music can make a big difference.
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