Rock-a-Bye Baby? Hush Little Baby?
We bet you are humming the tune of these as you read the titles of two of the most well-known lullabies in the English-speaking world.
However, question is – how often do you actually sing them to your babies at bedtime?
Not very often? Then you are not alone.
According to a new YouGov poll commissioned by the Lullaby Trust (and reported on by The Telegraph) in the UK, only just over a third of new parents with kids under the age of five sing lullabies at bedtime. And it’s millennial parents who are more likley to skip this age-old tradition alltogether.
The thing is – for the sake of our kids, we should really be looking to bring lullabies back.
Why? Well, how this for reason: Numerous studies—including this one out of the University of Montreal—report that singing keeps babies calm twice as long as talking to them. As well as this, lullabies are also scientifically proven to be an essential precursor to later educational success and emotional well-being, according to Sally Goddard-Blythe, director of the UK’s Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology.
