Classical music to help kids sleep?
Our son is not a big sleeper. Although we’ve tried numerous techniques, tips and tricks described by doctors, friends and family members, only on rare occasions has he slept more than 4 hours in a row in the past five months.
Introducing a source of white noise to block out external sound is one of the first things people advise, which we already do. We have an air purifier in his room which provides sufficient white noise to isolate him from noisy cars, barking dogs and the like. The other night we tried a different approach to improving his sleep, which so far seems to be working.
We bought a cheap CD player for his room and played a Mozart mix on repeat all night long, in addition to his white noise. The result, since we’ve done this he’s had two nights of 7+ hours of uninterrupted sleep, and another night of 6 hours in-a-row. This could be pure coincidence, but it looks promising.
I’d love to believe there is a causal relationship between the Mozart and length of sleep, but it could be something else completely; he could be experiencing a growth spurt and needs more sleep, or played harder than usual and tired himself out. I’d like to hear from any of you who have played music in their kids rooms at night, and what effect it had on their sleep.
We’ve had both music and sound machines in the kids’ rooms. The music tends to keep them awake.
We’ve had better luck with a simple sound machine that plays the sound of rain. Just steady rain, no thunder or croaking frogs (I never understood why some of these machines have THAT on there).
I have a 6 week old that tends not to sleep any longer than 3 hours at night.
Normally we use white noise, but hearing about Bill’s success, I tried the classical music last night, and it just seemed to keep him up. Because as soon as I turned it off, he calmed right down.
Bill, how loud were you playing the music?