Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby

Brahms Mozart (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 20, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Big Kids Productions
• ASIN: B000068IFD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,975 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Indie Music > Classical
  • #88 in Music > Indie Music > Children's Music > General

Track Listings

1. Crockett: Rockabye, Baby

2. Traditional: Bedtime

3. Mozart: Sleep, Little Child

4. Brahms: Sleep On

5. Traditional Welsh: Through the Night

6. Brahms: Lullaby

7. Traditional English: Golden Slumbers

8. Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria

9. Faure: Pavane

10. Saint-Saens: The Swan

11. Mozart: Little Children

12. MacDowell: To a Wild Rose

13. Traditional: Sleepytime

Editorial Reviews

From the Artist

ABT's Music for Babies is a break-through for early child development; it's built note by note on the latest discoveries related to brain development in very young children. Created in a collaboration among experts across a broad range of scientific and artistic disciplines, each volume helps children achieve their extraordinary, and unique, potential. The Music for Babies series includes: Sleepy Baby, Peaceful Baby, Cheerful Baby, and Playful Baby.

Product Description

Sleepy Baby is a restful collection arranged to progressively lull your child into a deep and refreshing sleep. Designed by a team of experts from a broad range of scientific and artistic disciplines, Sleepy Baby's music gradually slows in rhythm and softens its tonal range, encouraging sleep in little listeners. Sleepy Baby's resonant acoustic recordings feature harp, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and celeste, masterfully played by the award-winning musicians of The Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble. Selections include classical music and lullabies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great to soothe baby, May 8, 2003

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chicago mom (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby (Audio CD)

Let's face it, nothing out there is going to put a baby immediately to sleep. At least that's the case in my experience. However, this CD definitely helps to calm my son down right before his bedtime (and naptime). Once the lights are dimmed, and he hears the CD playing softly in the background, he immediately relaxes, which I think is a more realistic expectation.

Before we bought this Sleepy Baby, we used a different CD we received as a gift, and it was horrible - the music took forever to start and it wasn't as long as this CD, plus the quality of Sleepy Baby is so much better.

My only regret was waiting until my son was three months old before getting this CD.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This tops my list of must-haves!, May 9, 2003

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Katie's Mom (Gaithersburg, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby (Audio CD)

This CD is wonderful. I enjoy it as much as my 1 year old daughter. We've been listening to it for 9 months and it is incredibly peaceful and soothing. From now on, I will be giving it as a baby gift to friends and family.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Music for Bed or Nap Time; Parents Choice Recommeded, December 7, 2002

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This review is from: Music for Babies - Sleepy Baby (Audio CD)

This is very pleasant classical music to listen to anytime, but especially at bed or nap time. It makes a good buy for home, nursery, or daycare. I think it makes the home environment soothing and happy.

Please keep in mind that neither this CD nor any other CD can magically put a crying baby to sleep like a drug. A child usually cries because he or she needs something (music is not what the baby needs), which is usually to be loved and babied by a parent. I am rather shocked by some of the other heart-breaking comments written here by others complaining that this CD "did not work." I suggest reading a book on basic baby care. The primary goal of the first six months is to nurture the baby as much as you can and just bond with your child. Babies are going to cry and cry some times (sometimes just to work their lungs) and there is nothing you can do to stop it, which can be puzzling and frustrating. Sometimes they just need to be held for long periods of time, and you just need to keep rocking, singing, snuggling, and loving the baby.

They need to swaddled, held, cuddled, rocked, craddles, touched, talked to softly, hummed to with the lights down low, caressed, and LOVED. Get in the habit of carrying the baby around alot and speaking in baby talk.

A baby needs to be nurtured - babied - to thrive. This music is really good to listen to and helps create a positive and pleasant purpose. It is not able to drug your child to sleep so you can be left alone.

My experience is that some children's music CD's are of great quality, while others are of poor quality. This one is well made. All four "Music for Babies" CD's are high quality, enjoyable and recommended by Parents Choice. This is good music.