A premature baby needs to feel the contact of his parents' caresses, feel the heat and smell of his skin, but he also needs to feel his voice that calms and comforts him. Therefore, It is very important to talk to the premature baby.
Armando recently commented on the sad news that thousands of premature babies die alone each year in neonatal units, something that shakes because there are still hospitals that do not allow contact with parents during the 24 hours, a need and a right of the premature baby.
Within that continuous accompaniment to the premature baby, as we said, it is very important to talk to him. Communicating with him through the voice, speaking in a soft tone, singing songs and telling stories makes him feel safe and protected, as well as being beneficial for his development.
A study published in the magazine Pediatrics He has analyzed how premature babies respond to the sound stimuli of their parents and have found that premature babies who are hospitalized produce as many sounds as full-term babies if parents talk to them frequently.
The research was conducted with 36 babies born with a gestational age of 27 weeks on average.
The hearing experience of a premature baby in the care unit is very different from what he should have in the womb. According to the recordings made by the researchers, hospitalized premature babies heard very little spoken language (only 2 to 5 percent), while most of the time they prevail are the sounds of the monitors, the general noise and the silence.
They recorded the ambient noise and vocalizations of the babies in what would have been weeks 32 and 36 of gestation. They observed that there was vocalization at 32 weeks, that is, 8 weeks before reaching completion and that the vocalizations increased 129 percent when their parents talked to them.
This indicates that premature babies feel when dad and mom talk to them and try to communicate with them. responding to the sound stimuli of their parents.
In week 32, babies vocalized more when their parents fed them than when nurses did, but that difference disappeared in week 36. The authors believe that this could be attributed to a greater relationship between babies and nurses.
As you see, talking to the premature baby is very important. The continuous relationship with the baby, the closeness and communication with him through the caresses, the skin and also the voice, makes a close emotional bond between the parents and their child, in addition to promoting their growth and developing.
