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The mother’s womb is not an isolated place smothered in absolute silence. The womb presents a constant symphony of primal sounds to the baby. In the backdrop of this prenatal history, soft music indeed helps babies fall asleep quicker. Perhaps it is because gentle sounds create an ambience that the baby is more familiar with, than a quiet room. The degree or type of noise that disturbs sleep is different for each individual, evident in the fact that while some have no trouble sleeping through an alarm siren, there are others that snap awake at the slightest noise. Regardless of what kind of sleeper a baby is, soft music or white noise can help in several ways. Gentle sounds can play on the psychology to soothe and lull the child into sleep. It also filters out jarring noises such as people talking, the clinking of dishes or your neighbor’s dog barking. What’s more, it offers a consistent cue for sleep, and brings about a state of environmental constancy.

Bedtime Music: If you are one of those people who play music to help your child relax and sleep well, you need to choose bedtime music with care. Music genres such as jazz or classical music might be too stimulating to encourage sleep for your baby. For soothing music that can lull the child into sleep, you can pick predictable, repetitive music such as traditional lullabies. It is important that you choose something that you can enjoy listening to every night too.

White-noise Sources: Natural sound recordings work great for soothing your baby, or even your own frayed nerves. There are a number of white-noise devices, or sound-generating options and clocks in the market. The pitter-patter of raindrops or the bubbling of a brook represents a genre of ‘music’ similar to the sounds a baby has heard in the womb. A ticking clock or a fish tank too makes for great white-noise sources.

With a number of sound recordings meant to soothe. Listen to each one of them yourself. If it relaxes you and lull you into sleep, it should work for babies too.

Midnight Sleep Intervals: Once your baby is accustomed to his regular lullaby music, the piece can be used to lull your baby back to sleep when he wakes up disturbed in the middle. Simply play the music in a very low volume to calm him down while patting or rocking him back to sleep.

On-the-move Sounds: If you know that sleep-time music works very well for your baby, you need not worry about how your baby will respond to a different, unfamiliar environment at night. This helps when you are traveling, and you need to spend the night at a different place, since you can play his favorite bed-time music to bring about a sense of familiarity, helping him fall asleep.

Of course, your baby will eventually be weaned out of dependency on music in a matter of time. Till then, the practice of playing soothing sounds can help both you as well as your little one drift to sleep without much fuss.