The influence of maternal singing on increasing the duration of lactation and improving the health of children

Abstract

The program "Music of mother's milk" presented in the article is aimed at teaching a pregnant woman the skills of communicating with a child even before his birth, at optimizing her health, improving well-being and preparing for childbirth, the formation of a dominant lactation. The program includes a cycle of specially written songs ("milk songs"), which are performed first by a pregnant woman, and then by a nursing mother. A retrospective and prospective study conducted with children who have passed and have not passed the prenatal education school using the "Sonatal" method, using the program "Music of mother's milk" is described. It was found that the use of the program "Music of mother's milk" within the framework of the "Sonatal" method allows to extend the lactation period up to 12 months in the majority of nursing mothers (more than 65% of women), in comparison with the control group (no more than 25%). It is shown that the special "milk music" written for the program is integrated into the general system of personality formation of an infant and young child, transforming the feeding process into the process of upbringing, contributes to the formation of primary behavioral patterns in the child, among which, first of all, the formation of biorhythms of the day can be distinguished.