I realise long before that I'm no mariah carey but I love singing to Izzul. It calms him and make him lay still and listen. For me, it's quality bonding time.
I sing to him wherever and whenever I feel like breaking into a tune. My hubby, my in-laws, my friends, cousins... they all have been my 'faithful' audience :)
I think most of us already know that singing and talking are important stimulations of the environment for babies and young children. Music makes children artistically more sensitive and also contributes to the development of his brain.
But how true is it that classical music makes children smarter? The Mozart effect is said to have been proven to help stimulate the senses and mental development of babies. They claim that listening to Mozart raised the IQ of children, helped retrain the ear to hear better, and developed spatial reasoning skills in early cognitive development.
But a simple fact is that any slow songs can soothe a fussy baby. That's why we have lullabies.
The truth of the matter, Mozart effect research has been conducted on college undergraduates while no test yet involving the possible influence of this music on infants' has been conducted. Despite popular sentiment, the evidence that listening to classical music made anybody smarter is still questionable.
For me, I'll still sing for izzul..any song that comes to mind... I'll just recite them. From ba ba black sheep to Alhamdulillah.. from Sometimes to Sukiyaki.. yes, I am from that long ago.. from Majulah Singapura to Negaraku.
And if mozart effect is still tenuos, there are still million other ways we can think of to educate and raise our children to be intelligent. Well, it won't be as easy as listening to a piece of music, but I believe in any hard work, it will sure pay off.