Young infants seem to prefer fast, upbeat music to slow music.

I read that phrase from a parenting site while browsing the web for the effect of music in fetal development. Why did the phrase caught my attention? Because I was listening to some upbeat music the other day – great Beats that I found in a great site called JeeJuh Productions. It struck me odd that after 2 days of listening to the music, I came across the phrase.

I always believe that music affects fetal development – the reason why I always let Little Nicholas listen for classical music like Mozart. No one really knows for sure or could ascertain the fact in this but there are studies that prove that fetuses do react to music by moving. I can attest to that so I listen to classic music because I’ve read that it will help babies become more intelligent. But the phrase above caught my attention so I went back to JeeJuh site to listen to the beats once again and observe Little Nicholas reactions.

And oh my! Was he wiggling! It’s like he’s put on a dancing shoe and grooved to the upbeat music. Uh-uh! My little Nicholas is a dancer! And he just loves these beats like his Mommy!

Wow! The beats produced by the site’s owners Mike Lightner and Elliot Waite are indeed astounding! As a music lover, I found the beats great for my active lifestyle. I was not expecting Baby Nico will like it as well. I guess he got fed up with Mommy’s Mozart and Kiddie Rhymes huh? So he now prefers Mike Lightner’s Oh Lord than Mozart’s Church Sonata in C Major, K. 336. Oh my indeed!

Mommies, you gotta check the site up. I was planning to orders some beats from there (they’re highly original and of great quality, you can try and listen) and maybe you might want to order some yourself (if your babies like the beats as well). Placing your order is as easy as 1-2-3 and payments can be made through PayPal.

I know we shouldn’t go out of our way to create a musical genius, though having one wouldn’t hurt, hihihi! But that mustn’t be our goal why we listen to these great beats by music geniuses. We should enjoy the music – it will definitely perk us up during our pregnancy blahs. Well, if, after listening to these beats, we happen to give birth to the next Mike Lightner, so much the better.

Yup! In fact, Mommy loves to sing as well. I just hope songs love her back, hihihi! Just kidding Mom!

Mommy took this test at a Test Site just for the fun of it. Well, there were 10 questions actually, all about Mom’s personality and stuff. She’s not really sure of the validity of the test results but well, like I said, Mommy took it just for the fun of it.

The results say it all. Mommy loves soulful and relaxing music from the heart – and why not? Mommy’s a hopeless romantic! Hihihi! She loves singing from the heart as well, so I guess the result is valid huh?

I’m glad Mommy’s a music lover. Because of that, she sings me to sleep every night after reading me my Bible stories. I love listening to my Mommy’s voice, I love my Mommy… I wanna be a music lover too when I come out from Mommy’s tummy. I bet Mommy wants that too. I think Mommy and me have the same music personality…

Expecting Moms have been hearing advice from their doctors or from other people about the legendary “MOZART EFFECT“. I have been curious about this piece of information as well. Music-lover as I am, I found it really interesting to know that the mathematical area of the brain is situated in close proximity to the music centre, development and enhancement of one area would have a similar effect on others nearby. Hmmm… Maybe this is the reason why I love Mathematics and Music? And that I love numbers and problems and solutions as much as musical notes, lyrics and rhythms?

But what really is the “Mozart Effect”? Is it true that if a baby (moreso in the womb) listens to Mozart, he/she’ll grow smarter than those who don’t? Shucks! I always believe that intelligence runs on the blood, it’s on my genes honey! Well, what’s behind the popular Mozart concept? Where did it come from? Is it a fact? A myth? What does the concept really mean? If it really makes one smarter, how?

Now, I’ve never really done a thorough research about the subject in question but as far as I know, this study has been proven to be true on College students but never on babies. For how can one researcher know that a certain music has a certain effects on babies? They can’t read minds, they can’t really judge a baby’s action. Babies can’t talk, they can demonstrate certain abilities but how can one prove that such abilities were brought about by Mozart?

According to one baby-parenting site however, there is in fact a connection between intelligence and exposure to music. Meaning, exposing babies/children to music early in their lives will cause the neurons in their brain to fire up and linking them to other neurons to perform a series of connections called synapses. Science tells us that the more synapses are formed in the brain the better the chance of a baby to become intellectual.

Spatial-temporal reasoning is the ability to think in patterns and pictures, and is crucial in math, in particular, in learning proportional reasoning, The [current] school system teaches only language-based math equations, word problems and memorizations. But students need to understand the concepts behind math, and it’s spatial-temporal reasoning that helps them visualize a problem at a higher level. Einstein
said that’s how he thought when he wrote down his equations.

Playing Mozart’s music to a baby in hopes that her brain will become better hardwired seems like an obvious theory - but is it the perfect match? Studies have shown that playing most forms of classical music can create a more positive environment and therefore can be beneficial, however - if you want to specifically prepare your baby’s brain for enhanced spatial-temporal reasoning (understanding and being able to SEE the concepts behind math) - then you need to look deeper than just any classical music.

Specifically, a baby’s brain is an enormous potential, just sitting there, waiting to understand things.
Science now knows that Mozart’s music is a “key” that opens the door to higher math understanding and is matched to a college-level brain. Therefore it follows that a baby’s brain - being much simpler and lacking fundamental understanding - would experience the same higher level of understanding while hearing music that is equally suited.

I’m not really sure if a Mozart piece would do the trick or not. I can try it though. I’m sure however that with or without Mozart, my Little Nicholas will be smart! How’s that for modesty?