Lullabies and other tunes have been played to babies for many years to calm them and lull them to sleep ... believe that exposure to music whilst in the womb also contributes to increased intellectual ...

Certain melodies promote brain development in premature infants. For several years, a team of scientists have observed this ...

The idea that Mozart’s music in particular is hard-wired ... to calm them down when they’re tired and need to sleep.” That’s as true of infants now as it was for those 5,000 years ago ...

So don’t feel like you have to play Mozart around the house ... Singing your baby to sleep may not work for everyone, but music can still calm your baby down at key moments says Dr Peter.