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Parents intuitively use continuous rhythmic rocking motions to soothe babies and induce sleep. One could assume that humans have rocked their young to sleep since temps immémorial. Throughout recorded history, rocking has been a standard reference in nursery rhymes, lullabies, and pop music.
The first known published references to “rock-a-bye baby" date back hundreds of years. For example, the partial lyrics to this lullaby appeared in a 1765 print version of Mother Goose's Melody.
In 1893, the New York Times reported, “The composer of the popular song, “Rock-a-Bye Baby,” which beautifully adapts and incorporates the old and familiar lullaby, is Miss Effie L. Canning.” In 1918, a Broadway interpretation of this lullaby, "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby (with a Dixie Melody)," from the musical Sinbad was recorded by Al Jolson and reached #1 on the charts. Almost a century later, in 2016, Clean Bandit (feat. Sean Paul & Anne-Marie) hit the top of the charts with their 21st-century interpretation of Rockabye, which has been viewed by over two billion people on YouTube.
Have you ever wondered why rocking has the universal ability to calm a baby and helps infants fall asleep? A new study, “…