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Although many experts recommend that the music is classical, the fact is that other genres are also valid. Has not been shown that a child exposed to classical music is to be an intellectual-looking, nor has shown that a child listen metal music going to be a rebel without a cause. This applies only to certain stereotypes that society has.

What parents should seize the potential of music as a vehicle for interacting with our children. It is appropriate to devote a day to make time to listen to different tunes and see how they react. You may find some tunes or sounds that relax you to such an extent that can be used when sleeping difficulties, for example.

In short, music can be a great ally in the development of our baby, even before birth. Like any activity that takes place in the formative stage of the child, should be encouraged and promoted by parents, including in the routine that is followed, taking advantage of the opportunity pass to spend quality time with our children.

For adults, listening to pleasant music we can be the perfect complement to enjoy a nice relaxing time, or the peak of excitement at a party in which we give free rein to our abilities. In the case of the baby, we know that from week 18 or 20 of pregnancy is able to hear and even remember melodies, at least until the first year after birth.

The music produced in both the mother and fetus relaxing effects, which is important in the future development of the child, as determined by listening to melody, associated with the environment that surrounded him in the womb and relax significantly. To this effect, also suggests the use of soothing sounds (sounds of nature, birds singing, streams, sounds of the sea).

Listening music from before birth may increase a child’s intelligence, but no solid studies to support this assertion. What is best documented is the so-called Mozart Effect, “according to which music stimulates certain parts of brain related to speech, coordination and psychomotor activities. It is noteworthy that, contrary to what the name might suggest, the study itself speaks of music in general, not only of a particular composer or singer, the name being derived from a well known product line. There is also a wide range of products on the market that offer different alternatives.