For an expectant mother, keeping calm and being cheerful is the prime goal. Music can help achieve both. Happy rhymes and rhythms make you sing along and smile while soft instruments or the violin can ...

Lullaby. Even the word for a mother’s song for her baby is soothing and intimate. Lullabies are universal. They exist in every culture and are passed down through the generations. Almost all are ...

Your baby may need you to help them fall asleep now, but learning to self-soothe is an important developmental step for a child. Here are ways you can help them learn this skill. Share on Pinterest ...

CHICAGOAs the guitarist strums and softly sings a lullaby in Spanish, tiny Augustin Morales stops squirming in his hospital crib and closes his eyes. This is therapy in a newborn intensive care unit, ...

Whether you are happy, sad, or angry, music can bring about all kinds of reactions in babies to adults. Music therapy involves age-appropriate music to support the diverse cognitive, physical, ...

We’ve brought together some of the best music to play to babies to keep them calm, happy and to help their development. Dr Rob Hicks explains how classical music plays an important role in your ...

Singing and playing music to your baby or young child may seem to be a no-brainer. We all have strong associations with nursery rhymes or childhood ditties sung to us by our parents and grandparents.