In my student days my children's literature teacher whom I admired a lot, told us that the first poetry for children had been a Lullaby also known as nana or arrorró.
And in these happy times of mom I remember how my child when baby fell in my arms and those of Morpheus under the effect of a soft terror.
The nannies have been transmitted orally from generation to generation. A love lullaby that has calmed and slept babies of all times and in all cultures. By popular tradition it is known that nannies exert a calming power on the baby. Today we know that this reassuring effect It is because the baby from the fifth month of pregnancy already hears the voice of his parents.
The lullabies have a monotonous and repetitive rhythm similar to that of the heartbeat and the babies are reminded of the intrauterine life where all their needs were covered.
In each lullaby sung a portion of love goes that makes the baby calm down in the face of discomfort, it does them good when they are ill (when they have colic) while reinforcing the bonds of attachment. And if the child is balanced in the arms this effect multiplies.
Do not hesitate to sing your babysitters so you don't have a good voice; for the baby it will be the prettiest voice that helps you sleep, relax and feel loved.
