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The Aural Majority
Insights on Infant Audio with Isabelle
Remember that scene in The Wizard of Oz? The one in which Dorothy and Toto’s Kansas casa -- after quite the whirlwind tour -- lands directly on the Wicked Witch of the East? Our heroine tentatively opens the door, and when she does, her formerly monochromatic world has transformed radically into a Technicolor, singing Munchkin-inhabited marvel.
Trying to envision my wee one’s debut/delivery reaction from uterus to universe, I can’t help but imagine young Judy Garland’s awestruck expression of sensory overload. After all, the in-womb sights, smells, tastes and tactile surfaces…are largely limited.
Are you seeking to somehow stimulate the developing senses of an embryo on the grow? Give him -- or her -- an earful! Mix Master Mama-to-be has already been hooking Baby up with an in-house, internal organ playlist. Go ahead and add Liszt to that list. Stir in a few lullabies, some Led Zeppelin, literature read aloud and plenty of laughter. Provide Baby with some audible anchors for that crossover from insulated to inundated.
Much is made of fixations oral, and our belly residents are known to suck a thumb, but researchers (and I) advocate mixing in some aural.
The sound of silence? Overrated!
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