Thursday, 05 November 2009
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"Interesting" Baby Product of the Day: Lullabelly Prenatal Music Belt
We know a lot of moms love to play music for their bun in the oven but this is one of the more unusual and tad expensive ways to do this. For $50-$60, you can purchase the Lullabelly prenatal music belt, which is like a giant, soft cummerbund with a speaker stuffed into it. Just plug your personal music player into it and you'll be all set to turn the womb into a super musical fun fest. The speaker has an output of about 60 to 80 decibels, and you can plug in your own earbuds to jam along. (Via Engadget)
Would you consider buying this product? Did you play music for your baby when you were pregnant?
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i wouldn't do that. would try to minimize all wireless waves around me during pregnancy... i've heard bad things about how much we rely on wireless things nowadays but i also don't think this is necessary at all
I played music, but not to that crazy extent! I would not buy that product. I would add that to the absurd shit that people buy when they're pregnant list, or the manufacturers really know how to steal an idiot's money list! Awesome business people!
Nah, I'm good. I'll save the money for something more worthwhile. Like baby socks and crib shoes and all those inexpensive but useful baby items.
I would rather lay next to my wife's womb and sing to my baby. Electronic frequency is on the raise nowadays, we don't need more.
i'm a music therapy student, and studies are showing things like this are actually harmful for the fetus. The frequencies are too loud for the fetus's ears developmentally and i haven't heard the music, but i'll bet it is too complex to benefit the fetus.
that's why things like this (playing music to fetuses/infants/preemies) should be left to the pros. ;)
No I wouldn't. This is like those electric exercise belts that when people sweated it electrocuted them...
Nope, I will go for traditional, and yes, I play music and sing to my baby. NTM, why would I spend so much just to play music?
Although I absolutely love that these little "buns in the oven" are so adored and anticipated that momma would go to these lengths to make baby happy...these devices are,as "full of contradictions" said, actually harmful to the babies developing ears and nervous system. The sound waves are actually amplified when sent through the viscous fluid that surrounds the baby and by the time those sound waves reach their little ear buds...they are deafening.
Look at it this way...you wouldn't (hopefully) take your newborn to a rock concert and jam out with them, right? Well this is about the same extent.
Better idea would be to play the cd away from your belly and sing along so baby learns to recognize and be soothed by YOUR voice...You beautiful momma!
Keep shining!
Tara Kennedy-Kline
Author of Stop Raising Einstein; Discover the Unique Brilliance in Your Child...and You!
Everyone’s entitled their own opinion, so here’s mine. My husband is an audiologist, and we’re both somewhat of a science geek. We heard music was very beneficial for a fetus, so when we got pregnant we decided to study up on the facts.
Music stimulation (along with singing or talking to the fetus) affects the baby’s brain at a neurological level. Essentially, it’s a positive stimulation to enhance brain development and is crucial for the development of synaptic connections in the brain. Basically, if you don’t stimulate brain cells, they simply die (called “apoptosis”).
So whether or not you would purchase a product like this, you should know the facts and do your own research about prenatal music.
RaisingEinstein: this is nothing like taking your newborn to a rock concert to jam out. Rock concerts can average more than 125 decibels. The Lullabelly’s 60-80 decibels is about the same as if you were talking or singing to your baby in the womb, and therefore is not harmful.
Full of Contradictions: as a music therapy student, you should be ashamed of yourself for not recommending music played in the womb. Music at all stages of life is a wonderful developmental tool and has proven to be beneficial for all children. Yes overly loud music might be harmful if played for a prolonged period of time, but 60-80 decibels is not very loud and is not harmful.
I wasn’t aware of this product when I was pregnant 5 years ago, but would certainly recommend it
Very interesting.
But I play music loud enough!!
@Shawna - i didn't say music shouldn't be played in the womb. i said it should be at a low decibel level and that it should be very simple; if it's too complex it can be detrimental. all i'm saying is be careful. but thanks for saying i should "be ashamed" of myself - how rude.