A great tool that parents can use for the care and education of our children, is the music. There are songs for game time, to sleep the baby, to enjoy together and even to teach activities such as eating vegetables or learning to go to the bathroom.
But what is the favorite music of babies? The British company of infantile foods Cow & Gate was given the task to investigate it. With the help of child development expert Caspar Addyman and music psychologist Lauren Stewart, different scientific beliefs about children's preference for their musical tastes were analyzed. The purpose was compose a pop song that was baby friendly and was able to make them happy.
After a long investigation they hired Imogen Heap, a Grammy-winning vocalist and composer and mother of an 18-month-old girl, to compose a melody. Its specifications were as follows: it had to be simple and repetitive, with a high tone and a series of sounds that would keep babies' attention.
According to the research conducted by Addyman and Stewart, animated soundsimitate the sound of babies' hearts (which beats faster than adults) and use a feminine and cheerful voice they are characteristics of the songs that have been most liked in babies.
The result was "The happy song"or" The Happy Song ", a nice melody with lyrics that talk about nature and that includes familiar sounds for the baby like the sound of a horn or little screams of emotion that keep them excited.
I loved the song, I put it on my two-year-old daughter and niece of one and they liked it a lot. It seems to me very cheerful and contagious, listening to it only once is easy to remember.
What do you think of this song? Did it work with your baby?
